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Monte Carlo or Bust!

Monte Carlo or Bust!

Adventure · Comedy · 1969

Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic farce.

Movie details

Monte Carlo or Bust!

1969 Adventure · Comedy 2h 2m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.1 / 10

2.7K votes

TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

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Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic farce.

CriticWise case file

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Names above the title

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Directed by

Ken Annakin

Written by

Jack Davies · Ken Annakin

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Monsieur Dupont

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Marcello Agost

Walter Chiari

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Angelo Pincelli

Peter Cook

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Maj. Digby Dawlish

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

Chester Schofield

Mireille Darc

Mireille Darc

Marie-Claude

Marie Dubois

Marie Dubois

Pascale

Court is in session

Put Monte Carlo or Bust! on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Auteur Devotee

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.