The Great Race

1965 | 160 minutes | 7.1 ★ (312)

The Great Race
  • 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.

  • Release Date

    01 July 1965

  • DirectingBlake Edwards
  • Budget

    $12,000,000.00

  • Revenue

    $25,300,000.00

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