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4.5/10   1,683 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Don Tait (written by)
Gordon Buford (characters creator)
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Release Date:
25 June 1980 (USA) more
Tagline:
Ole! It's south of the border disorder when.... [UK Theatrical] more
Plot:
The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico. | add synopsis
User Comments:
A journey too far more (21 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Cloris Leachman ... Aunt Louise

Charles Martin Smith ... D.J.

John Vernon ... Prindle
Stephen W. Burns ... Pete (as Stephan W. Burns)
Elyssa Davalos ... Melissa
Joaquin Garay III ... Paco

Harvey Korman ... Captain Blythe
Richard Jaeckel ... Shepard

Alex Rocco ... Quinn
Fritz Feld ... Chief Steward
Vito Scotti ... Armando Moccia
Jose Gonzales-Gonzales ... Garage Owner (as Jose Gonzalez Gonzalez)
Ruben Moreno ... Store Owner
Tina Menard ... Store Owner's Wife
Jorge Moreno ... Bus Driver
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min | 93 min (TCM print)
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Language:
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Herbie The Love Bug was a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle deluxe ragtop sedan painted in Volkswagen L87 pearl white. Under normal circumstances, the interior would be a matching white. However, Herbie's interior was painted a special non-reflective grey color so the camera and studio lights would not reflect. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Paco runs across the street, studio floodlights are reflected in the side of a VW Camper as it drives by. more
Quotes:
Paco: What's your name?
[Herbie beeps twice]
Paco: Que?
[he beeps twice again]
Paco: I just call you Ocho, okay?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Adam and Joe Show: (#2.4)" (1997) more
Soundtrack:
Look At Me more

FAQ

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
A journey too far, 1 April 2002
3/10
Author: Stefan Kahrs from Canterbury, England

Easily the weakest of the series, this is a film the Herbie franchise could have done without. Having a child as the nominal lead in an essentially adult role is a surprisingly common motif in children's movies; surprisingly, because more often than not it fails to work and it certainly fails here. Eight-year old taxi drivers? I think not, not even in Mexico. Our Paco is more annoying than lovable and I found myself rooting for the villains instead.

Clearly the writers are to blame for the mess - the cast is actually quite good, e.g. you cannot ask for much better villains than John Vernon, Alex Rocco and Richard Jaeckel, but they were fighting a loosing battle against a rotten script.

The best asset of the film is Harvey Korman who shows the right spirit, and is given the freedom to act out his madcap humour. Neither his routines nor his character fit very well into the story, but the story is so weak one does not care.

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