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The Great Race(1965)
Status: Released
Date: 1965-07-01
71%
349 Votes
Time: 2h 40m
The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, Italian.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $12,000,000.00
Revenue: $25,300,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Jalem Productions
Patricia Productions
Reynard Productions
Movie: The Great Race
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jack Lemmon
Professor Fate
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
Larry Storch
Texas Jack
Ross Martin
Rolfe Von Stuppe
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