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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   661 votes
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Director:
Ken Annakin
Writers:
Jack Davies (original story and screenplay) and
Ken Annakin (original story and screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
June 1969 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
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. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Wacky Races style comic caper more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
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Additional Details

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)
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Runtime:
Spain:120 min | USA:122 min | UK:125 min
Country:
UK | France | Italy
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Arthur Conn more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jack Hawkins is dubbed by 'Robert Rietty (I)' more
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). more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (2008) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Wacky Races style comic caper, 13 September 2003
8/10
Author: liammurphy1 from United Kingdom

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

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