Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Jack Lemmon
as Professor Fate
Tony Curtis
as The Great Leslie
Natalie Wood
as Maggie Dubois
Peter Falk
as Max
Keenan Wynn
as Hezekiah
Arthur O'Connell
as Henry Goodbody
Vivian Vance
as Hester Goodbody
Dorothy Provine
as Lily Olay
Larry Storch
as Texas Jack
Ross Martin
as Rolfe Von Stuppe
George Macready
as General Kuhster
Marvin Kaplan
as Frisbee
