Directed by Blake Edwards | Starring: Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk

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 Great Race - Publicity still of Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood & Keenan Wynn

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