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.
- Director
- Blake Edwards
- Signature
- Drama · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $25M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Great Race returned 2.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $12M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $25M
- Release date
- Jul 1, 1965
- Runtime
- 2h 40m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- United States of America
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