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.

The Great Race (1965)

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

★ 7.1/10 July 1, 1965 160 min

AdventureComedyRomance

Director: Blake Edwards  ·  Writer: Arthur A. Ross

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.

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Director

Blake Edwards

Cast

Jack Lemmon Professor Fate Tony Curtis The Great Leslie Natalie Wood Maggie Dubois Peter Falk Max Keenan Wynn Hezekiah Arthur O'Connell Henry Goodbody Vivian Vance Hester Goodbody Dorothy Provine Lily Olay Larry Storch Texas Jack Ross Martin Rolfe Von Stuppe George Macready General Kuhster Marvin Kaplan Frisbee