Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Ken Annakin

Writers:

Jack Davies (original story and screenplay) and
Ken Annakin (original story and screenplay)

Release Date:

June 1969 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

It was a race to the finish... if only they could finish!

Plot:

An international car rally across Europe is complicated by smuggling, cheating, love at first sight, etc. etc.

Plot Keywords:

Cheating | Smuggling | Race | Monte Carlo | Automobile Race

Cast

Bourvil	...	Monsieur Dupont
Lando Buzzanca	...	Marcello Agosti
Walter Chiari	...	Angelo Pincelli
Peter Cook	...	Major Digby Dawlish
Tony Curtis	...	Chester Schofield
Mireille Darc	...	Marie-Claude
Marie Dubois	...	Pascale
Gert Fröbe	...	Willi Schickel & Horst Muller (as Gert Frobe)
Susan Hampshire	...	Betty
Jack Hawkins	...	Count Levinovitch
Nicoletta Machiavelli	...	Dominique
Dudley Moore	...	Lt. Kit Barrington
Peer Schmidt	...	Otto
Eric Sykes	...	Perkins
Terry-Thomas	...	Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage

Also Known As:

Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (Australia) (USA)
Gonflés à bloc (France)
Il ralleye di Montecarlo... e tutta quella confusione (Italy)
Le rallye de Monte Carlo (France)
Monte Carlo Rally
Montecarlo Rally (France)
Quei temerari sulle loro pazze, scatenate, scalcinate carriole (Italy)

Runtime:

Spain:120 min | USA:122 min | UK:125 min

Country:

UK | France | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:11 | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Arthur Conn

Trivia:

Jack Hawkins is dubbed by 'Robert Rietty (I)'

Goofs:

Continuity: When the two cars disrupt the hockey match on the frozen Swedish lake, Barrington is hit by a snowball hurled through the passenger window. Yet immediately beforehand, Barrington's window is wound up (Dawlish leans across and taps on it), and immediately afterward the window is still closed (the car ploughs through a snow bank, and we see blobs of snow stuck to the window).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies

Wacky Races style comic caper

The movie isn't that funny, although you probably don't notice that what with the great actors on display - The wonderful gap toothed Terry-Thomas as a kind of Dick Dastardly Figure, Eric Sykes as his Mutley style sidekick,It has Tony Curtis romancing Susan Hampshire & The great comic actors Peter Cook & Dudley Moore as British Army men who have the best scenes and funniest lines & Gert Frobe (Goldfinger) as a escaped convict transporting stolen treasures. The scenery is wonderful as they travel throughout Europe Mostly Britain and France and has a nice 1920's feel, just don't expect many laughs, just sit back and enjoy some of the best British Actors many of who are no longer with us.

All in all a likeable caper with great performances

Rating 8/10