# Fever Heat

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{{Short description|1968 film by Russell S. Doughten}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Fever Heat
| image          = Fever Heat poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [Russell S. Doughten](/source/Russell_S._Doughten)
| producer       = Russell S. Doughten
| screenplay     = [Henry Gregor Felsen](/source/Henry_Gregor_Felsen)
| based_on       = novel by Felsen
| starring       = [Nick Adams](/source/Nick_Adams_(actor%2C_born_1931))<br>[Jeannine Riley](/source/Jeannine_Riley)<br>[Norman Alden](/source/Norman_Alden)<br>[Vaughn Taylor](/source/Vaughn_Taylor_(actor))<br>Daxson Thomas<br>Robert Broyles
| music          = [Jaime Mendoza-Nava](/source/Jaime_Mendoza-Nava)
| cinematography = Gary Young
| editing        = Tom Boutross
| studio         = Heartland Productions
| distributor    = [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures)
| released       = {{Film date|1968|5|}}
| runtime        = 109 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''Fever Heat''''' is a 1968 American [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Russell S. Doughten](/source/Russell_S._Doughten) and written by [Henry Gregor Felsen](/source/Henry_Gregor_Felsen). The film stars [Nick Adams](/source/Nick_Adams_(actor%2C_born_1931)), [Jeannine Riley](/source/Jeannine_Riley), [Norman Alden](/source/Norman_Alden), [Vaughn Taylor](/source/Vaughn_Taylor_(actor)), Daxson Thomas and Robert Broyles. It was released in May 1968 by [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74763/fever-heat |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924154146/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74763/Fever-Heat/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |title=Fever Heat (1968) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date=1968-05-01 |access-date=2015-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/91230/Fever-Heat/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422234901/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/91230/Fever-Heat/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-04-22 |title=Fever-Heat - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |publisher=[Baseline](/source/Baseline_(database)) & [All Movie Guide](/source/All_Movie_Guide) |author=Dan Pavlides |date=2014 |access-date=2015-07-12}}</ref><ref>FEVER HEAT
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 35, Iss. 408,  (Jan 1, 1968): 156.</ref>

==Plot==
Ace Jones is a talented but hot-tempered former stock car driver who's been banned from professional racing after a dangerous incident. Drifting through a small Iowa town, he stops at a rundown garage for truck repairs and meets Sandy Richards, a young widow struggling to keep the business afloat after her husband's death in a racing accident. With the help of Sandy's brother-in-law and an eccentric mechanic named Toad, Ace gets drawn into the local dirt-track stock car racing scene.

As Ace works on cars and starts racing again on a small scale, he develops a romance with Sandy while navigating rivalries, unscrupulous competitors, and the high-stakes dangers of the track. The story builds around his efforts to turn the garage into a success, redeem himself, and confront the risks of the racing world he can't escape.

== Cast ==
*[Nick Adams](/source/Nick_Adams_(actor%2C_born_1931)) as Ace Jones
*[Jeannine Riley](/source/Jeannine_Riley) as Sandy Richards
*[Norman Alden](/source/Norman_Alden) as Herbert Herpgruve
*[Vaughn Taylor](/source/Vaughn_Taylor_(actor)) as Toad Taplinger
*Daxson Thomas as Ronnie Richards
*[Robert Broyles](/source/Robert_Broyles) as Loren Peale
*[Al Ruscio](/source/Al_Ruscio) as Al Demarco
*Skip Nelson as Track Announcer
*Walt Reno Jr. as Makin
*Ron Foreman as Duke Ossman
*Mary Walker as Irma Peale
*Alvin Meyer as Customer
*John Doughten as Driver #1
*Art Breese as Bob Towner
*Cliff Carr as Cliff
*Matt Moro as Matt
*Lon Parsons as Chip Van
*Sharon Baum as Lois Towner
*Dwayne Bacon as Driver #2
*Robert McClelland as Driver #3
*Art Greco as Jensen

==Production==
The screenplay was written by [Henry Gregor Felsen](/source/Henry_Gregor_Felsen), based on his novel of the same name originally published under the pen name Angus Vicker.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Commire |first=Anne |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Something_about_the_Author/hSAbErVWIwYC?hl=en&gbpv=1 |title=Something about the Author: Facts and Pictures about Contemporary Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People |date=1971 |publisher=Gale Research |isbn=978-0-8103-0050-7 |pages=89–90 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annals_of_Iowa/hjEUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |title=Annals of Iowa |date=2003 |publisher=Iowa State Historical Department, Division of Historical Museum and Archives |pages=52 |language=en}}</ref>

The film was shot in [Dexter, Iowa](/source/Dexter%2C_Iowa).<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|date=June 3, 1970|page=7|title=Carvel's Iowa Film Set With Rory Calhoun}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of American films of 1968](/source/List_of_American_films_of_1968)

==References==
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===Sources===
* {{cite book|last1 = Knepper|first1 = Marty|last2 = Lawrence|first2 = John|date = 2014|title = The Book of Iowa Films|publisher = The Book of Iowa Films Press|location = Sioux City, Iowa|isbn = 978-0-9904289-1-6|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EDDuBgAAQBAJ}}
* {{Cite book |last=Lentz |first=Harris M. III |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Feature_Films_1960_1969/UXiPEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |title=Feature Films, 1960–1969: A Filmography of English-Language and Major Foreign-Language United States Releases |date= |publisher=McFarland |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-4766-0934-8 |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Lindvall |first=Terry |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Celluloid_Sermons/LJ0UCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |title=Celluloid Sermons: The Emergence of the Christian Film Industry, 1930-1986 |last2=Quicke |first2=Andrew |date=2011 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=978-0-8147-5324-8 |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Scheuer |first=Steven H. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Movies_on_TV_1984_1985/FO-kIntaV2sC?hl=en&gbpv=1 |title=Movies on TV, 1984-1985 |date=1983 |publisher=Bantam Books |isbn=978-0-553-23644-6 |language=en}}
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0061660|Fever Heat}}

Category:1968 films
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:American auto racing films
Category:American drama films
Category:1968 drama films
Category:Films produced by Russell S. Doughten
Category:Films scored by Jaime Mendoza-Nava
Category:Films shot in Iowa
Category:1968 English-language films
Category:1968 American films
Category:English-language drama films

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