The Great Race (1965)

  • NR
  • 07/01/1965 (US)
  • Comedy, Adventure
  • 2h 40m

The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!

Overview

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.

Blake Edwards

Director

Arthur A. Ross

Screenplay

Cast

Jack Lemmon's headshot

Jack Lemmon

Professor Fate
Tony Curtis's headshot

Tony Curtis

The Great Leslie
Natalie Wood's headshot

Natalie Wood

Maggie Dubois
Peter Falk's headshot

Peter Falk

Max
Keenan Wynn's headshot

Keenan Wynn

Hezekiah
Arthur O'Connell's headshot

Arthur O'Connell

Henry Goodbody
Vivian Vance's headshot

Vivian Vance

Hester Goodbody
Dorothy Provine's headshot

Dorothy Provine

Lily Olay

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