The Great Race
- Released on
- Runtime
- 160 mins
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.
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
- Jack Lemmon
- Tony Curtis
- Natalie Wood
- Peter Falk
- Keenan Wynn
- Arthur O'Connell
- Vivian Vance
- Dorothy Provine
- Larry Storch
- Ross Martin
- George Macready
- Marvin Kaplan
- Hal Smith
- Denver Pyle
- William Bryant
- Ken Wales
- Hal Needham
- Raoul Retzer
- Leslie Sketchley
- Kenner G. Kemp
- Bert Stevens
- Arthur Tovey
- Chuck Hayward
- George Boyce
- Jerry Schumacher
- Charles Fredericks
- Max Wagner
- Paul Bryar
- Jack Gordon
- Sol Gorss
- Harry Harvey
- Bob Herron
- Chuck Hicks
- Christopher Riordan
- Charles Seel
- Paul Smith
- Tom Steele
- Dale Van Sickel
- Sam Harris
Director
- Blake Edwards
Producers
- Martin Jurow
Screenwriter
- Arthur A. Ross