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Monte Carlo or Bust! is a film of genre Comedy directed by Ken Annakin released in USA on 28 april 1969 with Tony Curtis

Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969)

Monte Carlo or Bust!
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Released in USA 28 april 1969
Length 2h
Directed by
Genres Comedy,    Action,    Adventure
Rating60% 3.0482853.0482853.0482853.0482853.048285

Monte Carlo or Bust! is a 1969 British/French/Italian co-production comedy film, also known by its US title, Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies. The story is based on the Monte Carlo Rally – first raced in 1911 – and the film recalls this general era, set in the 1920s. A lavish all-star film (Paramount put $10 million behind it), it is the story of an epic car rally across Europe that involves a lot of eccentric characters from all over the world who will stop at nothing to win.

The film is a sequel to the 1965 hit Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines.
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Synopsis

An international car rally in the 1920s attracts competitors from all over the world to compete in the Monte Carlo Rally. The arch rivals from England, Italy, France and Germany find that their greatest competition comes from the United States in the form of Chester Schofield (Tony Curtis), who had won half of an automobile factory in a poker game with the late father of baronet Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage (Terry-Thomas). Ware-Armitage has entered the race in a winner-take-all to exact revenge and win back the lost half of the company.

Actors

Tony Curtis

(Chester Schofield)
André Bourvil

(Monsieur Dupont)
Lando Buzzanca

(Marcello Agost)
Walter Chiari

(Angelo Pincelli)
Peter Cook

(Maj. Digby Dawlish)
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