Top billed cast

1. 

   Dean Jones

   Jim Douglas

2. 

   Michele Lee

   Carole Bennett

3. 

   David Tomlinson

   Peter Thorndyke

4. 

   Buddy Hackett

   Tennessee Steinmetz

5. 

   Joe Flynn

   Havershaw

6. 

   Benson Fong

   Mr. Wu

7. 

   Andy Granatelli

   Association President

8. 

   Joe E. Ross

   Detective

9. 

   Iris Adrian

   Carhop

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-12-27

David Tomlinson was always pretty reliable as the go-to comic English gent, and he delivers quite well here as the supercilious car dealer "Thorndyke". He only deals in the luxury end of the market, so "Jim" (Dean Jones) is a bit surprised to find a dilapidated old VW Beetle in his yard. There's something very special about this little car, and soon the down-on-his-luck driver and his mate "Tennessee" (Buddy Hackett) have bought him, repaired him and named him "Herbie". Magically, his racing fortunes take an about turn and pretty soon his erstwhile owner is after him back - and is prepared to ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$51,264,022.00

Keywords

• car race
• sports
• san francisco, california
• suicide attempt
• golden gate bridge
• race car driver
• bug
• car trouble
• based on short story
• dual role
• ghost town
• entrepreneur
• toll booth
• grand prix
• cars