Le Mans
“Steve McQueen takes you for a drive in the country. The country is France. The drive is at 200 MPH!”
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.
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Cast
22 people
Steve McQueen
Michael Delaney
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Siegfried Rauch
Erich Stahler
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Elga Andersen
Lisa Belgetti
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Ronald Leigh-Hunt
David Townsend
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Fred Haltiner
Johann Ritter
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Luc Merenda
Claude Aurac
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Christopher Waite
Larry Wilson
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Louise Edlind
Anna Ritter
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The Sandhamn Murders
Angelo Infanti
Lugo Abratte
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Bianco, rosso e Verdone
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Jean-Claude Bercq
Paul-Jacques Dion
Known for
The Train
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Michele Scalera
Vito Scaliso
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Gino Cassani
Loretto Fuselli
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Lee H. Katzin Director · Harry Kleiner Writer Michel Legrand Composer
Worldwide gross $5.5M · Budget $7.5M · United States release June 23, 1971
Box office
Budget
$7,500,000
Worldwide gross
$5,500,000
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
Cinema Center Films
Production
Solar Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian
Release dates
United States · June 23, 1971
Theatrical
Argentina
September 2, 1971 · Theatrical
Australia
July 23, 1971 · Theatrical
Denmark
October 11, 1971 · Theatrical
Finland
October 22, 1971 · Theatrical
France
September 23, 1971 · Theatrical
Germany
October 28, 1971 · Theatrical · West Germany
Ireland
December 17, 1971 · Theatrical
Japan
July 17, 1971 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 21, 1971 · Theatrical
Norway
August 25, 2004 · Premiere · 70mm Film Festival
Portugal
October 1, 1971 · Theatrical
Romania
March 18, 1974 · Theatrical · cinema „București” și „Casa filmului” din București
Singapore
May 24, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Spain
January 17, 1972 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 23, 1971 · Theatrical
May 25, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Türkiye
November 1, 1973 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 15, 1971 · Theatrical
Uruguay
March 23, 1972 · Theatrical
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