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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. - Photo by Edward Quinn

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.

On the set of the film "The Racers" in Monaco, 1954. Director Henry Hathaway, wearing a fedora, converses with stunt driver John Fitch, seated in the cockpit of the number "1" HWM Alta. Fitch performed the driving stunts for Kirk Douglas. To the left, racing driver Louis Chiron gestures towards the vehicle. Formerly driven by Stirling Moss, the car was sold after filming concluded and later transformed into the famed Stovebolt Special.

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GPMonaco, Hats

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