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The Love Bug ()

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Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of it's own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.
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Jim Douglas
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Carole Bennett
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Peter Thorndyke
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Tennessee Steinmetz
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Havershaw
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Tang Wu
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Detective
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Police Sgt.
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Carhop
Andy Granatelli ...
Association President
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Toll Booth Attendant
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Bice
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Policeman at Park
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Girl In Dune-buggy
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Flabbergasted Driver
Russ Caldwell ...
Boy Driving Dune-buggy
Max Balchowsky
Peter Renaday ...
Policeman on Bridge (as P.L Renoudet)
Brian Fong ...
Chinese Carrying Herbie
Alan Fordney
Stan Duke
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Announcer
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Announcer
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Mexican Driver (as Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez)
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Driver
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Driver (as Reg Parton)
Regina Parton ...
Driver
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Driver
Bob Drake ...
Driver
Marion J. Playan ...
Driver
Hall Brock ...
Driver
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Driver
Rex Ramsey ...
Driver
Hal Grist ...
Driver
Lynn Grate ...
Driver
Larry Schmitz ...
Driver
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Driver (as Richard Warlock)
Dana Derfus ...
Driver
Everett Creach ...
Driver
Gerald Jann ...
Driver
Bill Couch ...
Driver
Ted Duncan ...
Driver
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Driver (as Robert Hoy)
Gene Roscoe ...
Driver
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Driver (as Jack Mahoney)
Charles Willis ...
Driver
Richard Brill ...
Driver
Roy Butterfield ...
Driver
Rudy Doucette ...
Driver
J.J. Wilson ...
Driver
Jim McCullough Sr. ...
Driver (as Jim McCullough)
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Driver
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Driver (as Glenn Wilder)
Gene Curtis ...
Driver
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Driver
John Timanus ...
Driver
Bob Harris ...
Driver
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Driver
Dick Geary ...
Driver (as Richard Geary)
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Driver
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Driver
Fred Stromsoe ...
Driver
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Driver (as Ronnie Rondell)
Kim Brewer ...
Driver
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Tom Anfinsen ...
Race Spectator (uncredited)
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Track Timekeeper (uncredited)
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Official (uncredited)
Donald Chaffin ...
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Dick Cherney ...
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Track Official (uncredited)
Harold Fong ...
Mr. Wu's Manager (uncredited)
Ben Frommer ...
Mexican Official (uncredited)
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Official (uncredited)
Allen Jung ...
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
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Driver (uncredited)
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Flower Saleswoman (uncredited)
Paul Ravel ...
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Track Starter (uncredited)
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Race Spectator (uncredited)
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Policeman on Bridge (uncredited)

Directed by

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Robert Stevenson

Written by

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Bill Walsh ... (screenplay) &
Don DaGradi ... (screenplay)
 
Gordon Buford ... (based on a story by)

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Bill Walsh ... producer

Music by

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George Bruns

Cinematography by

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Edward Colman ... director of photography

Editing by

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Cotton Warburton

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Carroll Clark
John B. Mansbridge

Set Decoration by

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Claire P. Brown
Hal Gausman
Emile Kuri

Costume Design by

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Bill Thomas ... (costumes designed by)

Makeup Department

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Otis Malcolm ... makeup artist
La Rue Matheron ... hair stylist
Lynn F. Reynolds ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Paul Cameron ... unit manager (as Paul L. Cameron)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Christopher Hibler ... assistant director
Arthur J. Vitarelli ... second unit director
Robert Webb ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Robert O. Cook ... sound supervisor
Dean Thomas ... sound mixer
Ben Hendricks ... sound editor (uncredited)
Bill Wylie ... sound editor (uncredited)

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Willis Cook ... special effects technician
Howard Jensen ... special effects
Danny Lee ... special effects (as Dan Lee)
Robert A. Mattey ... special effects

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Peter Ellenshaw ... special photographic effects
Eustace Lycett ... special photographic effects
Alan Maley ... special photographic effects

Stunts

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Max Balchowsky ... stunts (uncredited)
Bud Ekins ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Harris ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Bill Hickman ... stunt driver (uncredited)
Carey Loftin ... stunt coordinator (uncredited) / stunt driver (uncredited)
Tom Steele ... stunt driver (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel ... stunt driver (uncredited)
Dick Warlock ... stunts (uncredited)
Jesse Wayne ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Stan Reed ... key grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Chuck Keehne ... costumer
Emily Sundby ... costumer

Music Department

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Evelyn Kennedy ... music editor
Walter Sheets ... orchestrator
Ethmer Roten ... musician (uncredited)
Jack Wadsworth ... music editor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Carey Loftin ... supervisor: driving sequences
Jayson Wall ... producer: 2010 4k digital restoration (uncredited)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Meet Jim Douglas, a down-on-his-luck race car driver who lives in an old run-down fire house in San Francisco with his friend Tennessee Steinmetz, a occasional drunk mechanic. One day, Jim goes to a luxury car dealer and sees a strange Volkswagen Beetle with a unusual problem: it tends to drive on its own, as if it were sentient. The little Bug follows Jim home but Jim believes that the owner of the car dealership, Peter Thorndyke, is playing a trick on him. Jim decides to try out the car, and experiences its magical nature, fahrvergnügen, if you will, for himself. Jim repairs the little car and Tennessee names the him "Herbie". Behind the wheel of Herbie, Jim becomes more successful in racing. Thorndyke wants Herbie back, but Jim refuses and Thorndyke decides to race against him. Thorndyke sabotages Herbie before a big race known as the "El Dorado" - an obvious parody of the then-new "Baja 1000" race in Mexico. Jim and Tennessee along with Thorndyke's former assistant (and ex-girlfriend) Carol Bennett, repair Herbie before the El Dorado. The trio are determined to beat Thorndyke who will stop at nothing in order to gain a victory - and Herbie. Written by Andy Crews

Plot Keywords
Taglines Herbie Will Honk His Way Into Your Heart. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Car-Boy-Girl (United States)
  • Love Bug (India, English title)
  • Un amour de Coccinelle (France)
  • Ein toller Käfer (Germany)
  • Ahí va ese bólido (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 108 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Dean Jones personally requested to play the hippy at the drive-in. The director originally turned him down, but after Jones proved that he could convincingly take on the persona, he was immediately given the part. See more »
Goofs There are two cars used in the Lamborghini scene. The first one in which Jim drives up is, in fact, a Lamborghini, but the car that gets destroyed by Herbie moments later, is a red Jaguar. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Green Fog (2017). See more »
Soundtracks Tik-Tak-Polka See more »
Crazy Credits At the end of the end credits, the words "The End" turn into an animated bug which drives away from the screen. See more »
Quotes Carole Bennett: Help! I'm a prisoner! I can't get out!
Van Hippy: We all prisoners, chickee-baby. We all locked in.
[Van Hippy looks over at his hippy partner, as Carole hits the window, with both palms]
Van Hippy: Huh, a couple of weirdos, Guenivere.
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