
Grand Prix
1966 · Movie · NR · 176 min · ★ 7.3 · 86% critics
Elite drivers converge for a high-stakes Formula One championship, where a shocking early crash reshapes careers and rivalries. As the season races across famous circuits, one determined driver fights for a comeback with a new team while balancing intense romance and the constant danger of life at top speed.
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Details
- Years
- 1966
- Release date
- 1966-12-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 176 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (224 votes)
- Box office
- $20,845,016
- Budget
- $9,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want long, adrenaline-heavy racing set pieces and a glamorous 1960s sports-drama vibe; Not for you if you dislike soap-opera romance, slow stretches between races, or epic runtimes.
Pros: thrilling race sequences; immersive sense of speed; iconic 60s F1 world | Cons: thin story; soapy relationship drama; very long runtime
Themes
- car race
- racing
- race car driver
- race car crash
- 1960s
- formula one (f1)
- motorsport
- dramatic
- excited
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 1967
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1967
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1967
- Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 1967 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1967 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1967 · nominated
Cast & crew

James Garner
as Pete Aron

Eva Marie Saint
as Louise Frederickson

Yves Montand
as Jean-Pierre Sarti

Toshirō Mifune
as Izō Yamura

Brian Bedford
as Scott Stoddard

Jessica Walter
as Pat Stoddard

Antonio Sabàto
as Nino Barlini

Françoise Hardy
as Lisa

Adolfo Celi
as Agostini Manetta

Claude Dauphin
as Hugo Simon
Directed by John Frankenheimer