Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story (2022)

The Vincent was the fastest on the road... Record-setting models sell for a million dollars. But it cost its designer his fortune and his life.

Philip Vincent built the fastest and most glamorous motorcycles in the world - yet he ended his days in poverty. Some 40 years after he died, one of his machines sold for over $1 million. This is his untold story.

Cast (8)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

P

Philip Vincent

Self (archive footage)

Ewan McGregor

Narrator (voice)

Jay Leno

Self

Paul Simonon

Self

John Surtees

Self

Tim Woodward

Second Narrator

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Hans Edwards

Self

J

Jeff Decker

Self

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