Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo is a 1977 American sports adventure comedy film directed by Vincent McEveety and written by Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson. The film is the third installment in the Herbie film series and the sequel to Herbie Rides Again (1974). In the film, Dean Jones returns as champion race car driver Jim Douglas (reprising his role from The Love Bug, the first film in the series), joined this time by his somewhat cynical and eccentric riding mechanic Wheely Applegate (Don Knotts). The film follows Douglas, Herbie and Applegate as they participate in the fictional Trans-France Race, a road race from Paris, France, to Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Plot
Jim Douglas, his partner and mechanic Wheely Applegate, and Herbie arrive in Paris to qualify for and compete in the Trans-France Race (a fictional version of the Monte Carlo Rally), in the hopes of staging a career comeback. The team has three major opponents in the race: Bruno von Stickle (Eric Braeden), a German driver with experience in the "European Racing Circuit", Claude Gilbert (Mike Kulcsar), a French driver, and Diane Darcy (Julie Sommars), a beautiful young woman and the only female driver in the Trans-France Race.
Cast
- Alain Janey
- Alan Caillou
- André Penvern
- Bernard Fox
- Dean Jones
- Don Knotts
- Eric Braeden
- François Lalande
- Gérard Jugnot
- Jacques Marin
- Jean-Jacques Moreau
- Jean-Marie Proslier
- Johnny Haymer
- Josiane Balasko
- Julie Sommars
- Laurie Main
- Madeleine Damien
- Raoul Delfosse
- Roy Kinnear
- Sébastien Floche
- Stanley Brock
- Xavier Saint-Macary
More details
author | Arthur Alsberg |
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contentLocation | Paris |
director | Vincent McEveety |
editor | Cotton Warburton |
events | motor car |
genre | adventure comedy |
keywords | arrest build capture code name drive end french police grand prix gypsy camp lancia scorpion love at first sight misunderstand monaco grand prix monte carlo rally rescue search upside down young woman |
musicBy | Frank De Vol |
producer | Ron W. Miller |
productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions |
publisher | Buena Vista Distribution |
recordedAt | California |
theme | children's race romantic comedy sequel sports comedy stag |