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71% Critic Match
The Great Race
“The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!”
7.1 / 10• 1965• 2h 40m•NR• English
ComedyAdventureRomance
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.
Cast & Crew
Jack Lemmon
Professor Fate
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Blake Edwards's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Great Race is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
