As car culture cranks up in the early 1950s, a young machinist in England invents one of the world's most successful toys when he creates a toy car small enough to fit inside a matchbox for his daughter to take to school. In Los Angeles, Elliot Handler creates one of the biggest toy rivalries in history when he brings on a former missile designer to make a toy car behemoth of his own.
Cast Appearances
Ian Karr
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I remember loving and buying the matchbox cars in the 60s, they were 50 cents each when I was a kid and then the hot wheels came out. I loved them both, Matchbox for their authenticity and Hot Wheels for both their flash and the tracks you could run them on.