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Le Mans

  • 6.7 /10

  • 259

  • 71%

Plot

Filmed during the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney is a Porsche driver haunted by the memory of an accident at the previous year's race in which a competing driver was killed. Delaney also finds himself increasingly infatuated with the man's widow.

Cast

Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney
Steve McQueen

as Michael Delaney

Siegfried Rauch as Erich Stahler
Siegfried Rauch

as Erich Stahler

Elga Andersen as Lisa Belgetti
Elga Andersen

as Lisa Belgetti

Ronald Leigh-Hunt as David Townsend
Ronald Leigh-Hunt

as David Townsend

Fred Haltiner as Johann Ritter
Fred Haltiner

as Johann Ritter

Luc Merenda as Claude Aurac
Luc Merenda

as Claude Aurac

Christopher Waite as Larry Wilson
Christopher Waite

as Larry Wilson

Louise Edlind as Anna Ritter
Louise Edlind

as Anna Ritter

Angelo Infanti as Lugo Abratte
Angelo Infanti

as Lugo Abratte

Jean-Claude Bercq as Paul-Jacques Dion
Jean-Claude Bercq

as Paul-Jacques Dion

Movie Facts

Rated

  • G

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • June 23, 1971

Production Companies

  • Cinema Center Films

  • Solar Productions

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Français

  • Deutsch

  • Italiano

Budget

  • $7,500,000.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.73 hrs

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Reviews

By all accounts, Steve McQueen was an ardent motor sport enthusiast - and that certainly comes across in this almost documentary style depiction of the legendary Le Mans race. There is a story, well more of a theme, but it's so peripheral as to be tangential to the real purpose of the film - a showcase of the fast and furious race, complete with some spectacular (even now) in-car coverage of the …