The Great Race
The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!
7.1(378) 1965-07-01 160 minComedyAdventureActionRomance
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.
DirectorBlake Edwards
ScreenplayArthur A. Ross
ProducerMartin Jurow
Original Music ComposerHenry Mancini
Cast & characters
Jack Lemmon
as Professor Fate
Tony Curtis
as The Great Leslie
Natalie Wood
as Maggie Dubois
Peter Falk
as Max
Keenan Wynn
as Hezekiah
Arthur O'Connell
as Henry Goodbody
Vivian Vance
as Hester Goodbody
Dorothy Provine
as Lily Olay
Larry Storch
as Texas Jack
Ross Martin
as 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
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Ken Wales
as Baron's Guard
Hal Needham
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Raoul Retzer
as Mayor-Domo (uncredited)
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Leslie Sketchley
as Executive Board Member (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Townsman (uncredited)
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Bert Stevens
as Townsman (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Reporter (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
as Soldier (uncredited)
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George Boyce
as Executive Board Member (uncredited)
