Arthur O'Connell, Dorothy Provine, George Macready

Mayhem and double-crossing abound as some zany professional racers go up against each other in a 1908 cross-continental road race from New York to Paris.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 10 min.

Directed by: Blake Edwards

Release Date: July 1, 1965

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DVD Release Date: June 4, 2002

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  • October 1, 2009
    Lemmon, Curtis & Wood. Love it, a childhood favourite and a very underrated comedy classic!
  • November 7, 2008
    A bit long, but overall very fun. Lemmon is fantastic as the villian.

    Also features films largest pie fight
  • September 21, 2008
    More fun than should be allowed. Watch for Ross Martin to try to steal this whole thing.
  • June 13, 2008
    I went into this with low expectations, but after 2hrs and 40 minutes flew by, I realized how great it actually was.

    Jack Lemmon totally steals the show....once his lookalike shows up, the funniest stuff happens.

    Quite possibly the oldest movie that I actually like....
  • July 14, 2007
    Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk were obviously the inspiration for Dastardly and Mutley in this fun live action cartoon. I'm not normally a fan of this kind of broad slapstick, but Lemmon is a comic master.
  • September 30, 2009
    this movies is one of the funniest
    movies i've every seen.it's another great classic movies.
  • August 30, 2009
    brings back memories
  • July 9, 2009
    THE best movie from my childhood! Hands down!! Love the entire cast. They sure don't make movies like this anymore!! Blake Edwards made THE BEST movies of all time in my opinion. Its timeless!!!
  • June 30, 2009
    THE best movie from my childhood! Hands down!! Love the entire cast. They sure don't make movies like this anymore!! Blake Edwards made THE BEST movies of all time in my opinion. Its timeless!!!
  • April 30, 2009
    Jack Lemmon is amazing

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