During filming of "The Racers": Louis Chiron, John Fitch who did the driving stunts for Kirk Douglas in the HWM Alta, director Henry Hathaway (with hat). The car, ex-Stirling Moss, which was later turned into the Stovebolt Special after MGM sold the cars off when filming finished. Owner Simon Taylor. Monaco 1954.
During the 1954 filming of "The Racers" in Monaco, director Henry Hathaway, wearing a fedora, confers with John Fitch. Seated in the open-cockpit HWM Alta bearing number 10, Fitch performed the driving stunts for Kirk Douglas. At left, driver Louis Chiron looks on. The car itself, formerly owned by Stirling Moss, was sold by MGM after production and famously transformed into the Stovebolt Special.
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