Alright "ironworker" you are leaving waaaaaaaaaaay too much out for anyone to even come close to properly diagnosing your problem, unless someone gets a lucky guess. Try explaining the whole situation:
When you start the car and you have the clutch in, does it start idling fine, then sputter down and die?
I mean you say you started the car, THEN, you pushed in the clutch, but you can't start a standard car without the clutch pushed in.... And you say you pushed the brake and it started reving high
Did you mean you were driving, then you put it in neutral and were slowing down and the car started reving high? or what....?
Just post again, explain your entire trip and DON'T leave anything out and your problem will be solved without a bung or random guesses.
I know from experience.....