• Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)

    Drivers have come from all over the world to compete in the annual race at Monte Carlo, Monaco. Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage (Terry-Thomas) is a wealthy industrialist who, on the eve of the rally, gambles away half of his company to Chester Schofield (Tony Curtis). Cuthbert proposes that the winner of the race takes everything, which inspires the other drivers, including an English...

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Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies

Release Date: 1969

DVD Release Date: June 3rd, 2008

G |2 hr 5 min

Plot Summary

Drivers have come from all over the world to compete in the annual race at Monte Carlo, Monaco. Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage (Terry-Thomas) is a wealthy industrialist who, on the eve of the rally, gambles away half of his company to Chester Schofield (Tony Curtis). Cuthbert proposes that the winner of the race takes everything, which inspires the other drivers, including an English Army duo (Peter Cook, Dudley Moore) and a treasure-smuggling convict (Gert Frobe) to put the pedal to the metal.

Cast: Tony Curtis, Susan Hampshire, Terry-Thomas , Eric Sykes, Gert Fröbe, Peer Schmidt, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore

Director: Ken Annakin , Sam Itzkovitch

Genres: Comedy

Production Co: Paramount

Keywords: Rousing, Charming, House, Pursuit, Love interest, Playful, Rivalry, Deception, Underdog

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