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The Great Race
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
1965 · Directed by Blake Edwards · 160 min · Comedy · Adventure · Action · Romance · Western · Family · 10 frames
Tagline
The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!
Crew
- Screenplay: Arthur A. Ross
- Cinematography: Russell Harlan
- Edited by: Ralph E. Winters
- Music: Henry Mancini
- Production design: Fernando Carrere
- Produced by: Martin Jurow
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Professor Fate
- Tony Curtis as The Great Leslie
- Natalie Wood as Maggie Dubois
- Peter Falk as Max
- Keenan Wynn as Hezekiah
- Arthur O'Connell as Henry Goodbody
- Vivian Vance as Hester Goodbody
- Dorothy Provine as Lily Olay
- Larry Storch as Texas Jack
- Ross Martin as Rolfe Von Stuppe
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Italian
- Studios: Jalem Productions, Patricia Productions, Reynard Productions
- Budget: $12,000,000
- Box office: $25,300,000
- Themes: new york city, paris, france, car race, inventor, slapstick comedy, wager, steampunk, daredevil, cross country race, turn of the century
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