Blake Edwards · 1965 · global

Blake Edwards's epic 1965 comedy, dedicated to Laurel and Hardy. In 1908 the dashing Great Leslie and the dastardly Professor Fate set off from New York in a grand automobile race westward around the world to Paris, by way of the American frontier, the frozen Bering Sea, all of Russia, and a Ruritanian kingdom with the largest pie fight ever filmed.

1. 1
   New York

   The dashing Great Leslie and the villainous Professor Fate set off from New York in a grand auto race westward around the world to Paris.

2. 2
   The American West

   The racers tear through the Old West, all saloon brawls and sabotage, as Fate's every dastardly scheme backfires on him.

3. 3
   Nome, Alaska

   North through the wilds to the very edge of Alaska, where the road runs out at the frozen Bering Sea.

4. 4
   The Bering Strait

   They cross on a drifting iceberg that thaws beneath them, carrying the cars improbably on toward Siberia.

5. 5
   Siberia

   Ashore in Russia, the race grinds its way west across the vast Siberian expanse toward Europe.

6. 6
   Carpania

   In the little kingdom of Carpania they are tangled in a Ruritanian palace plot and a colossal, city-wide pie fight.

7. 7
   Paris

   Down to the wire at the Eiffel Tower, where Leslie, ever the gentleman, throws the race away for love.