| Six Cylinder Love | |
| Director: | Thornton Freeland |
| Starring: | Spencer Tracy Sidney Fox Edward Everett Horton |
| Cinematography: | Ernest Palmer |
| Editing: | J. Edwin Robbins |
| Studio: | Fox Film Corporation |
| Distributor: | Fox Film Corporation |
| Runtime: | 71 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $327,000[1] |
Six Cylinder Love is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Fox and Edward Everett Horton. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and is a remake of their 1923 silent original. Both films are based on the 1921 Broadway play.[2] [3] It recorded a loss of $25,000.[1] A further remake The Honeymoon's Over was released in 1939.
A fast-talking auto salesman persuades a couple of newlyweds to purchase a new car that they can ill afford to boost their social prestige. It soon proves to be more trouble than it is worth, leading to the wife getting into trouble by drunk driving and the husband to fall foul of his boss. Eventually, with the help of the auto salesman, they find someone else to sell the car to.