The Great Race

The Great Race

1965 · 160 min · EN · NR · 7.1 (369 votes)
Dir. Blake Edwards · Starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell · Music Henry Mancini

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

ComedyAdventureActionRomanceWesternFamily

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.

VIBE

A wildly inventive, good-natured romp across continents. Expect charmingly anachronistic contraptions, broad physical comedy, and a sense of pure, unadulterated fun. It’s a colorful, high-spirited race against time with a dash of romance.

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