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The Great Race is a 1965 American Technicolor epic slapstick comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, written by Arthur A. Ross (from a story by Edwards and Ross), and with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Russell Harlan.
With Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk. In the early 20th century, heroic Leslie Gallant and his despicable rival Professor Fate engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris while enthusiastic suffragette Maggie Dubois enters the race to report on every step of it.
1965 · 2 hr 33 min. TV-PG. Comedy · Adventure. Set in 1908, dastardly, black-garbed Professor Fate dares the world's greatest hero, The Great Leslie, to race 22,000 miles from New York to Paris.
Jul 14, 2019 · Tony Curtis was dashing as the honest and forthright race car driver. However the part where Tony, Natalie, Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk were caught up in European royal affairs felt tacked on and made the film unnecessarily long.
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A spectacular land race from New York to Paris in the early 20th century is planned, the two main competitors being the handsome, dashing hero in white, The Great Leslie (Tony Curtis), and the...
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Academy Award winner Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood star in a slapstick farce about a 22,000-mile road race from New York to Paris set in 1908.
In the early 20th century, heroic Leslie Gallant and his despicable rival Professor Fate engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris while enthusiastic suffragette Maggie Dubois enters the race to report on every step of it.
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.
2 hr 40 mins. Drama, Comedy, Action & Adventure. NR. Watchlist. Bitter rivals participate in an early 20th-century road race from New York to Paris that spans three continents. Streaming. Airings...
