Grand Prix
ActionDrama
7.217/10
|US
|en
|176 min
Release Date: 1966-12-21
Overview - The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
Production Companies
Cherokee ProductionsDouglas & Lewis ProductionsJoel ProductionsJohn Frankenheimer Productions Inc.Metro-Goldwyn-MayerPolyphony Digital
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John Chard
8/10
Frankenheimer's F1 Epic is Grand in Itself. In truth the plot of Grand Prix is pretty wafer thin, with not enough story to fully justify the gargantuan run time, yet it's both thrilling and fascinating all the same. Plot essentially centers around the 1966 Formula 1 motor racing championship, with James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford, Eva Marie Saint and Toshiro Mifune heading up the large...
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