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The Great Race
The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Great Race
Cast
Jack LemmonProfessor Fate
Tony CurtisThe Great Leslie
Natalie WoodMaggie Dubois
Peter FalkMax
Keenan WynnHezekiah
Arthur O'ConnellHenry Goodbody
Vivian VanceHester Goodbody
Dorothy ProvineLily OlayCredits
- Directed by
- Blake Edwards
- Written by
- Arthur A. Ross
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $12M
- Box office
- $25.3M
Production
- Jalem ProductionsUnited States
- Patricia ProductionsUnited States
- Reynard ProductionsUnited States
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