The Great Race
The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!
A sprawling, good-natured slapstick adventure built on physical comedy, colorful characters, and the earnest rivalry between a white-hat hero and a cartoonish villain across an epic global race.
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Essence
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Closest match
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same mood
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Go darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
