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.
The Great Race has generally received positive reviews.
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The Great Race was released in 1965 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 312 reviews, giving The Great Race (1965) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 70%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Great Race than critics were.
With a score of 73%, The Great Race is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1965, which stands at 61%.
Other movies from 1965 with similar scores include films like Alphaville and The Ipcress File.
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