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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   2,331 votes
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Director:
Lee H. Katzin
Writer:
Harry Kleiner (writer)
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Release Date:
23 June 1971 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Sport more
Tagline:
Steve McQueen takes you for a drive in the country. The country is France. The drive is at 200 MPH!
Plot:
Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
NewsDesk:
Steve McQueen's Le Mans Heuer Monaco watch up for auction
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User Comments:
The Best Racing Film Ever more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Steve McQueen ... Michael Delaney
Siegfried Rauch ... Erich Stahler
Elga Andersen ... Lisa Belgetti
Ronald Leigh-Hunt ... David Townsend
Fred Haltiner ... Johann Ritter
Luc Merenda ... Claude Aurac
Christopher Waite ... Larry Wilson
Louise Edlind ... Mrs. Anna Ritter
Angelo Infanti ... Lugo Abratte
Jean-Claude Bercq ... Paul-Jacques Dion
Michele Scalera ... Vito Scaliso
Gino Cassani ... Loretto Fuselli
Alfred Bell ... Tommy Hopkins
Carlo Cecchi ... Paolo Scadenza
Richard Rüdiger ... Bruno Frohm
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Additional Details

Runtime:
106 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints)
Filming Locations:
Le Mans, Sarthe, France

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
All Ferraris appearing in the movie were borrowed from Belgian Ferrari distributor Jacques Swaters, since the Ferrari factory had refused its participation because the movie ends with a victory for Porsche. more
Goofs:
Continuity: While the track announcements are given in both French and English at the beginning of the race (and movie), throughout the rest of the movie they are in English only, which would not occur at Le Mans. more
Quotes:
David Townsend: Michael, I want you to drive flat out. I want Porsche to win Le Mans. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (1998) (TV) more

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17 out of 20 people found the following comment useful:-
The Best Racing Film Ever, 20 August 2005
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Author: Todd Kewley from United States

I am no great fan of Steve McQueen, but I am a great fan of auto racing. If you are too, this is the best auto racing film you will find (Yes, yes, I know - "Grand Prix". While Frankenheimer is fantastic at capturing the essence of cars in motion - see his "Ronin" in this regard as well - the surrounding movie is soap opera drivel.). If you aren't a hard core racing fan, this film will likely be a giant bore - there is no plot to speak of, and precious little dialog. What there is, is a documentary-like glimpse of sports car racing as it existed in the early 1970s. Watch it for the cars, and the drama inherent in the race, and you won't be disappointed.

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