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The Great Race

1965 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

7.1/10

Rating

160 min

Runtime

1965

Release Year

Blake Edwards

Director

Cast

Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn

Quick 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.

Full Plot Summary of The Great Race

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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