Film

The Great Race

1965 · 2h 40m · Comedy · Adventure · Action

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

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

68%

Metacritic

71

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.

Jack Lemmon

Professor Fate

Tony Curtis

The Great Leslie

Natalie Wood

Maggie Dubois

Peter Falk

Max

Keenan Wynn

Hezekiah

Arthur O'Connell

Henry Goodbody

Vivian Vance

Hester Goodbody

Dorothy Provine

Lily Olay

Larry Storch

Texas Jack

Ross Martin

Rolfe Von Stuppe

George Macready

General Kuhster

Marvin Kaplan

Frisbee

Hal Smith

Mayor of Boracho

Denver Pyle

Sheriff

William Bryant

Baron's Guard

Ken Wales

Baron's Guard

• Blake EdwardsDirector
• Arthur A. RossScreenplay
• Martin JurowProducer
• Russell HarlanDirector of Photography
• Henry ManciniOriginal Music Composer
• Ralph E. WintersEditor

The Great Race - Original Theatrical Trailer

Release date

July 1, 1965

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 40m

Rated

NR

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$25,300,000

Genres

Comedy, Adventure, Action, Romance, Western, Family

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