The Great Race

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The Great Race ★★½ 1965

A dastardly villain, a noble hero, and a spirited suffragette are among the competitors in an uproarious New York-to-Paris auto race circa 1908, complete with pie fights, saloon brawls, and a confrontation with a feisty polar bear. Overly long and only sporadically funny. 160m/C VHS, DVD . Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, George Macready; D: Blake Edwards; M: Henry Mancini. Oscars ‘65: Sound FX Editing.

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