After performing many exciting and thrilling stunts..Daredevil:"The Great Leslie"(Tony Curtis)decides to have a car company sponsor a race from NYC to Paris France.They accept his idea..unaware that the evil and ego tripping"Prof.Fate"(Jack Lemmon)and his bumbling henchman "Max Mean"(Peter Falk)plan to enter the race and win..Matters get more complicated..when an ambitious young newspaper reporter"Maggie Dubois"(Natalie Wood)wants to cover the race for her paper..but she only creates havoc for the racers. The film's director:Blake Edwards dedicated the movie to Laurel & Hardy(Stan Laurel passed away months before "The Great Race"was released).