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The Great Race

1965 • 2h40m Comedy, Adventure, Action

Rating

7.1/10

Popularity

3

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.

Details

Director

Blake Edwards

Screenplay

Arthur A. Ross

Cast

Jack Lemmon

Tony Curtis

Natalie Wood

Release date

7/1/1965

Status

Released

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$25,300,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

351