The Great Race

IMDB Rating: 7.00, 2615 votes

Taglines
  • The movie with 20,000-mile or one-million-laughs guarantee!
Storyline
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.
Actors
Professor Fate/Prince HapnikJack Lemmon
Leslie 'The Great Leslie' Gallant IIITony Curtis
Maggie DuBoisNatalie Wood
Maximillian 'Max' MeenPeter Falk
Hezekiah SturdyKeenan Wynn
Henry GoodbodyArthur O'Connell
Hester GoodbodyVivian Vance
Lily OlayDorothy Provine
Texas JackLarry Storch
Baron Rolfe von StuppeRoss Martin
General KuhsterGeorge Macready
FrisbeeMarvin Kaplan
Mayor of BorachoHal Smith
SheriffDenver Pyle
Baron's guardWilliam Bryant

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