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The Great Race (1965) [NR]

Release Date:
July 1, 1965

Original Title:
The Great Race

Alternate Titles:
Das grosse Rennen rund um die Welt

Genres:
Adventure | Comedy

Production Companies:
Jalem Productions
Patricia Productions
Reynard Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  FR: U  IE: G  NL: 6  US: NR 

Runtime: 160

The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Assistant Director:
Jack Cunningham
Mickey McCardle
Richard Landry

Associate Producer:
Dick Crockett

Choreographer:
Hermes Pan

Costume Design:
Donfeld
Edith Head

Director:
Blake Edwards

Director of Photography:
Russell Harlan

Editor:
Ralph E. Winters

Hair Designer:
Sydney Guilaroff

Hair Supervisor:
Jean Burt Reilly

Lyricist:
Johnny Mercer

Makeup Supervisor:
Gordon Bau

Original Music Composer:
Henry Mancini

Original Story:
Arthur A. Ross
Blake Edwards

Producer:
Martin Jurow

Production Design:
Fernando Carrere

Screenplay:
Arthur A. Ross

Script Supervisor:
Betty A. Griffin

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Harold E. Wellman

Set Decoration:
George James Hopkins

Sound:
M.A. Merrick

Unit Production Manager:
Clem Beauchamp
Chuck Hansen
Jack McEdward

Visual Effects:
James Gordon
Linwood G. Dunn

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