The Great Race (1965)
The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!
160 min
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.
- Release date
- July 1, 1965
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $25,300,000
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Free
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Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Professor Fate
- Tony Curtis as The Great Leslie
- Natalie Wood as Maggie Dubois
- Peter Falk as Maximilian Meen
- Keenan Wynn as Hezekiah Sturdy
- Arthur O'Connell as Henry Goodbody
- Vivian Vance as Hester Goodbody
- Dorothy Provine as Lily Olay
- Larry Storch as Texas Jack
- Ross Martin as Baron Rolfe Von Stuppe
- George Macready as General Kuhster
- Marvin Kaplan as Frisbee
- Hal Smith as Mayor of Boracho
- Denver Pyle as Sheriff
- William Bryant as Baron's Guard
- Ken Wales as Baron's Guard
- Hal Needham as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
- Raoul Retzer as Mayor-Domo (uncredited)
- Kenner G. Kemp as Townsman (uncredited)
- Chuck Hayward as Soldier (uncredited)
- George Boyce as Executive Board Member (uncredited)
- Charles Fredericks as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
- Max Wagner as Barfly (uncredited)
- Paul Bryar as Policeman (uncredited)
- Jack Gordon as Observer at Start (uncredited)
- Sol Gorss as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
- Jack Lemmon as Crown Prince Frederick Hoepnick
Crew
- Blake Edwards · Director
- Arthur A. Ross · Writer
- Blake Edwards · Writer
- Martin Jurow · Producer
- Henry Mancini · Composer
- Russell Harlan · Cinematographer
- Ralph E. Winters · Editor
- Fernando Carrere · Production designer