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The Great Race

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

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NR 1965 · 2h 40m
Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Starring Jack Lemmon · Tony Curtis · Natalie Wood
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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.

Theatrical
Dec 17, 1965
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 4, 2002
Box Office
$25.3M
Budget
$12.0M
Return
2.1x
Director
Blake Edwards
Writer
Arthur A. Ross
Producers
Martin Jurow, Dick Crockett
Music
Henry Mancini
Studio
Jalem Productions, Patricia Productions, Reynard Productions
Keywords
paris, france new york city car race inventor slapstick comedy steampunk wager daredevil cross country race turn of the century evil genius mad professor
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Cast

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J
Jack Lemmon
Professor Fate
T
Tony Curtis
The Great Leslie
N
Natalie Wood
Maggie Dubois
P
Peter Falk
Max
K
Keenan Wynn
Hezekiah
A
Arthur O'Connell
Henry Goodbody
V
Vivian Vance
Hester Goodbody
D
Dorothy Provine
Lily Olay
L
Larry Storch
Texas Jack
R
Ross Martin
Rolfe Von Stuppe
G
George Macready
General Kuhster
M
Marvin Kaplan
Frisbee
H
Hal Smith
Mayor of Boracho
D
Denver Pyle
Sheriff
W
William Bryant
Baron's Guard
K
Ken Wales
Baron's Guard
H
Hal Needham
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
R
Raoul Retzer
Mayor-Domo (uncredited)
L
Leslie Sketchley
Executive Board Member (uncredited)
K
Kenner G. Kemp
Townsman (uncredited)
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