The Great Race
movie

The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!
Released July 01, 1965
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.
Cast

Jack Lemmon
as
Professor Fate

Tony Curtis
as
The Great Leslie

Natalie Wood
as
Maggie Dubois

Peter Falk
as
Max

Keenan Wynn
as
Hezekiah

Arthur O'Connell
as
Henry Goodbody

Vivian Vance
as
Hester Goodbody

Dorothy Provine
as
Lily Olay

Larry Storch
as
Texas Jack

Ross Martin
as
Rolfe Von Stuppe

George Macready
as
General Kuhster

Marvin Kaplan
as
Frisbee
Crew

Blake Edwards
as
Director
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Arthur A. Ross
as
Screenplay
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Martin Jurow
as
Producer

Henry Mancini
as
Original Music Composer

Russell Harlan
as
Director of Photography

Ralph E. Winters
as
Editor

Blake Edwards
as
Original Story
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Arthur A. Ross
as
Original Story
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Dick Crockett
as
Associate Producer
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Fernando Carrere
as
Production Design
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George James Hopkins
as
Set Decoration

Donfeld
as
Costume Design