Desc: The Speed Classic: Directed by Bruce Mitchell. With Rex Lease, Mildred Harris, Mitchell Lewis, Jim Mason. Jerry Thornton is a wealthy playboy whose hobby is fast cars. When his fiancée, Aheila Van Hauten, objects to his competing against professorial drives in the upcoming Speed Classic race, he goes on a drinking and gambling binge in Tia Juana and gets tossed in jail by the Mexican police.