The Great Race

The Great Race

160 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family, Romance | July 1, 1965

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 Great Race

160 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family, Romance | July 1, 1965

The Great Race
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title The Great Race
Directors Richard Landry, Jack Cunningham, Mickey McCardle, Betty A. Griffin, Blake Edwards
Writers Arthur A. Ross, Blake Edwards

Cast

Jack Lemmon

as Professor Fate / Crown Prince Frederick Hoepnick

Tony Curtis

as The Great Leslie

Natalie Wood

as Maggie Dubois

Peter Falk

as Max

Keenan Wynn

as Hezekiah Sturdy

Arthur O'Connell

as Henry Goodbody

Vivian Vance

as Hester Goodbody

Dorothy Provine

as Lily Olay

Larry Storch

as Texas Jack

Ross Martin

as Baron Rolfe Von Stuppe

George Macready

as General Kuhster

Marvin Kaplan

as Frisbee

Hal Smith

as Mayor of Boracho

Denver Pyle

as Sheriff

William Bryant

as Baron's Guard

Ken Wales

as Baron's Guard

Hal Needham

as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Raoul Retzer

as Mayor-Domo (uncredited)

Leslie Sketchley

as Executive Board Member (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Man in Hallway at Sentinel

Kenner G. Kemp

as Townsman

Bert Stevens

as Townsman

Arthur Tovey

as Reporter

Chuck Hayward

as Soldier (uncredited)