Movie: The Great Race

Year: 1965

Also Known As: Blake Edwards' The Great Race

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Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical | Romance | Sport

Cast: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell, Vivian Vance, Dorothy Provine, Larry Storch, Ross Martin…

Rated: 7.1/10 from 7,094 votes on IMDb

Tagline: The movie with 20,000-mile or one-million-laughs guarantee!

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Plot: 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 Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards' tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight.

Release Date: 1 July 1965 (USA)

Runtime: 160

Directors: Blake Edwards

Writers: Arthur A. Ross, Blake Edwards

Countries: USA

Budget: $12,000,000

Languages: English

Location: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

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