Le Mans

"Steve McQueen takes you for a drive in the country. The country is France. The drive is at 200 MPH!"

Jun 23 1971 G 1h 46m
Action, Adventure, Drama

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.

Plot

Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France. The race goes over 24 hours on 13.4 kilometers of cordoned country road. Every few hours the two drivers per car alternate - but it's still a challenge for concentration and material. In the focus is the duel between the German Stahler in Ferrari 512LM and the American Delaney in Gulf Team Porsche 917. Delaney is under extraordinary pressure, because the year before he caused a severe accident, in which his friend Lisa's husband was killed.

Written by

Harry Kleiner, John T. Kelley

Directed by

Lee H. Katzin, John Sturges

Cast

Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Solar Productions, Cinema Center Films

Languages

Français, Deutsch, Italiano, English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Le Mans (1971) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
Scores
# of Votes
12,371
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
52
Popularity
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