festooned with odd inventions. Italian policemen Angelo Pincelli (Walter Chiari) and Marcello Agosti (Lando Buzzanca) seem to be more interested in chasing three French women, led by Doctor Marie-Claude (Mireille Darc). The German entry from overbearing Willi Schickel (Gert Fröbe) and Otto Schwartz (Peer Schmidt) turn out to be convicts, driving with stolen gems on board. As the race begins, the contestants find that not only are they in a 1,500-mile battle with each other, but dangerous roads and the elements including a massive avalanche, are just as formidable. Chester and his new co-driver, Betty (Susan Hampshire) end up duelling with Cuthbert. Various misfortunes plague each of the contestants, with Cuthbert, poised to win, being disqualified for cheating, the British Army team blowing up, the Germans being arrested and Chester falling asleep at the wheel. In the end, the Italians are declared the winners and share their winnings with the French women's team to help people injured in the snowslide. Chester does eventually cross the finish line, albeit because Betty and some others have pushed his car. Cast In alphabetical order Bourvil as Monsieur Dupont Lando Buzzanca as Marcelo Agosti Walter Chiari as Angelo Pincilli Peter Cook as Major Digby Dawlish Tony Curtis as Chester Schofield Mireille Darc as Marie-Claude Marie Dubois as Pascale Ulf Fransson as French peasant (uncredited) Gert Fröbe as Willi Schickel/Horst Muller Susan Hampshire as Betty Jack Hawkins as Count Levinovitch Nicoletta Machiavelli as Dominique Dudley Moore as Lt. Kit Barrington Peer Schmidt as Otto Schwartz Eric Sykes as Perkins Terry-Thomas as Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage and also with Jacques Duby as motorcycle policeman Hattie Jacques as lady journalist Derren Nesbitt as Waleska Nicholas Phipps as Golfer William Rushton as John O'Groats race official Michael Trubshawe as German rally official Richard Wattis as golf club secretary Walter Williams as German customs official Production Development Ken Annakin had a huge success with Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. In September 1965 he announced he would make a follow up to that film set in the early days of automobile racing. Its working title was The Monte Carlo Rally and All That Jazz. He wrote the script with Jack Davies, with whom he had collaborated on Those Magnificent Men. He wanted to re-use some of the old cast, including Terry Thomas, Gert Fröbe and Alberto Sordi, plus one American, possibly James Garner. Annaking estimated the film would cost