Movie · 1965
The Great Race
“The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!”
Released 1 July 1965 160 min Comedy / Adventure / Action / Romance / Western / Family More from 1965 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Joseph Crehan
as Observer at Start (uncredited)
Charles Seel
as Freight Agent (uncredited)
George Macready
as General Kuhster
Harry Harvey
as Executive Board Member (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
as Barfly (uncredited)
Arthur O'Connell
as Henry Goodbody
Vivian Vance
as Hester Goodbody
Paul Bryar
as Policeman (uncredited)
Keenan Wynn
as Hezekiah
Hal Smith
as Mayor of Boracho
Raoul Retzer
as Mayor-Domo (uncredited)
Ross Martin
as Rolfe Von Stuppe
Denver Pyle
as Sheriff
Larry Storch
as Texas Jack
William Bryant
as Baron's Guard
Jack Lemmon
as Professor Fate
Tony Curtis
as The Great Leslie
Bob Herron
as Palace Guard (uncredited)
Marvin Kaplan
as Frisbee
Peter Falk
as Max
Paul Smith
as First Employee (uncredited)
Hal Needham
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Dorothy Provine
as Lily Olay
Natalie Wood
as Maggie Dubois
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The numbers
2.1×$12m budget became $25m at the box office
55years between the oldest and youngest billed
81Joseph Crehan — oldest on the call sheet
26Natalie Wood — youngest billed
48average age of the credited cast