Great Race, The
Director: Blake Edwards
IMDB Rating: 7.00 out of 10 (2615 votes)
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. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards’ tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight.
Movie tags: 1900s - actor-playing-multiple-roles - around-the-world - automobile - automobile-racing - bach-toccata-and-fugue - balloon - bar - bar-fight - based-on-true-story - beach - bird - blockbuster - camera - car-accident - cheating - cigar - desert - dog - drunk-scene - face-slap - handcuffs - hot-air-balloon - jealousy - kidnapping - kiss - love - mayor - motor-car-on-floating-ice - new-york - newspaper - organ - outlaw - paris-france - pie-fight - polar-bear - prince - racing - reporter - river - road - saloon-singer - satire - sheriff - submarine - swimming - sword-fight - title-spoken-by-character - train - unwanted-kiss - wife - woman - woman-smoking-cigar - Lemmon Jack - Professor Fate/Prince Hapnik - Curtis Tony - Leslie ‘The Great Leslie’ Gallant III - Wood Natalie - Maggie DuBois - Falk Peter - Maximillian ‘Max’ Meen - Wynn Keenan - Hezekiah Sturdy - O’Connell Arthur - Henry Goodbody - Vance Vivian - Hester Goodbody - Provine Dorothy - Lily Olay - Storch Larry - Texas Jack - Martin Ross - Baron Rolfe von Stuppe - Macready George - General Kuhster - Kaplan Marvin - Frisbee - Smith Hal - Mayor of Boracho - Pyle Denver - Sheriff - Bryant William - Baron’s guard - Blake Edwards -
Taglines: 1: The movie with 20,000-mile or one-million-laughs guarantee!
Actors: Lemmon Jack (Professor Fate/Prince Hapnik), Curtis Tony (Leslie ‘The Great Leslie’ Gallant III), Wood Natalie (Maggie DuBois), Falk Peter (Maximillian ‘Max’ Meen), Wynn Keenan (Hezekiah Sturdy), O’Connell Arthur (Henry Goodbody), Vance Vivian (Hester Goodbody), Provine Dorothy (Lily Olay), Storch Larry (Texas Jack), Martin Ross (Baron Rolfe von Stuppe), Macready George (General Kuhster), Kaplan Marvin (Frisbee), Smith Hal (Mayor of Boracho), Pyle Denver (Sheriff), Bryant William (Baron’s guard),
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