The Racers is a 1955 American CinemaScope drama sports film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Kirk Douglas, Bella Darvi and Gilbert Roland.

[4] Race-car driver Gino Borgesa meets a ballerina, Nicole Laurent, whose pet poodle causes a crash at the track.

A crash at a race in Brussels seriously injures Gino, whose leg is not amputated only because Nicole persuades doctors not to perform the operation.

His behavior, too, is out of control, causing him to insult Michel Caron, a young French driver who admires him.

A contrite Gino returns to the track, where he willingly lets Michel speed past him.