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.
Verdict: Hit
> Blake Edwards (Director)
> Russell Harlan (Director of Photography)
> Jack Cunningham (Assistant Director)
> Mickey McCardle (Assistant Director)
> Richard Landry (Assistant Director)
> Harold E. Wellman (Second Unit Director of Photography)
> Arthur A. Ross (Screenplay)
> Arthur A. Ross (Original Story)
> Blake Edwards (Original Story)
> Johnny Mercer (Lyricist)
