The Great Race(1965) - Leslie Gallant vs. Baron Von Stuppe

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9 жыл бұрын

The Great Leslie(Tony Curtis) engages the Baron Von Stuppe(Ross Martin) in two rounds of Combat with Foil and Sabre in order to save Maggie DuBois(Natalie Wood) and his friend Hezekiah Sturdy(Keenan Wynn).

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@yingyang8130 Жыл бұрын

the ending with the boat had me absolutely roaring

@joshs4594 26 күн бұрын

They rehearsed this scene for 7 months. One of many great scenes in this iconic movie.

@weejim48 Жыл бұрын

Tony Curtis & Ross Martin were brilliant in this prisoner of Zender take off. And the bit when Martin dives out the window and smashes into the boat was priceless. 🤣🤣👍

@DavidPunisher23 2 жыл бұрын

I always felt that this scene was so intense. In an otherwise zany and campy adventure film, this scene really kept the audience on their toes.

@robertmcpherson1617 Жыл бұрын

In this scene, they stayed true in intensity to the 1937 production of The Prisoner of Zenda.

@samsignorelli 2 жыл бұрын

Props for the actors using Italian grips on the foils...and holding them PROPERLY (of course, Italian and French grips WERE the grip of choice back when this was filmed).

@39KHall Жыл бұрын

Good observation. When I was in college in the early '80s I appreciated having at least one Italian foil available, being left-handed (I could make a French grip work, more or less, but pistol-grip was right out, so no epee for me back then).

@fenian21 3 жыл бұрын

The escape....epic. I can't stop laughing

@pvthitch 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best duels ever filmed!

@Dremeli 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. And Tony Curtis portraying a gentleman to the end.

@mikeggg5671 Жыл бұрын

I do love the respect shown by the villains in the older movies. The fact that men could still fight like men and stop for a moment to exchange weapons. It was very well done

@moviesgalore9947 Жыл бұрын

This is the best sword fight in the history of movies it's better than any other duel.

@mikeggg5671 Жыл бұрын

I love the Barons "no..."

@princevultan6589 Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest ensemble casts in cinema history. Love this film very much.

@dmontes133 28 күн бұрын

One if the best movie sword fights in history!

@c.c.lilford2916 8 жыл бұрын

I love the way 'The Great Race' constantly swaps genres, one minute it's a western, then it's a survival movie, then it's a Jules Verne style steampunk adventure, then it's a Ruritanian romance. And it still manages to be funny throughout.

@TheLukeMonster 7 жыл бұрын

It's my number one personal favorite comedy. I'll never understand how it flopped at the box office at the time of its release or why it's not on the AFI's top 100 comedies list.

@BlackCatFilmProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I love it too. You also left out one genre Comedy!

@c.c.lilford2916 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackCatFilmProductions 🤣🤣🤣 Of course!

@luisreyes1963 8 ай бұрын

A great duel between Leslie & the Count. ⚔️

@bruthoma-ib5np 10 ай бұрын

The best saber duel ever.

@moviesgalore9947 Жыл бұрын

This is the payoff to the early setup where Leslie is dueling with Natalie Wood in his luxury beach tent and she tells him she won the international women's fencing competition and after he defeats her he says "now if you had won the international men's fencing competition" that was a brilliant seed that was planted now here is what Leslie meant we see how good he really is.

@SMAXZO 6 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, the ending where the Baron jumps off and crash into the boat? A parody of the Prisoner of Zenda

@clockworkmultiverse92 6 жыл бұрын

Most certainly.

@j_scee6819 10 ай бұрын

The whole section is a parody of The Prisoner of Zenda.

@jaimelannister1208 2 жыл бұрын

I love this scene! And movie

@BlackCatFilmProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Tony is incredible here!

@jasminnemcdonald94A 2 жыл бұрын

Tony Curtis sword fighting shirtless?? Get a bucket of water in here!!

@isaacwaite3804 2 жыл бұрын

Best duel a mix of foil and saber and for some reason it reminded me of the prisoner of zenda because of the inside of the castle.

@B61Mod12 3 жыл бұрын

The ending is bizarre and hilarious

@jonathancruz5932 2 жыл бұрын

4:28 Ouch!!!!

@Expectadorable Жыл бұрын

Gracias.

@Teladian2 22 күн бұрын

Inspiration for The Princess Bride I am sure

@nintendorakyamato1859 6 жыл бұрын

4:25 I have a boat waiting But the boat not hard enough to encase the landing force

@wadesmith4228 Жыл бұрын

It coulda been. Professor Fate pointed out that it was a 100-foot drop, and it takes a free-falling body two-and-a-half seconds to fall through a distance of 100 feet. The baron’s vertical velocity while standing at the open window was, of course, zero b/c he hadn’t yet performed his swan dive. After 2.5 seconds, he hit the boat at a speed of 80 feet per second which is approximately 54.55 MPH. Also: That boat was more like a wooden dingy. The body of a full-grown man hitting the boat head first at a speed close to 55 MPH could conceivably break it. - IMHO, the REAL question is THIS: How could the baron survive an impact like that? Even if he were strong enough to survive the fall, crashing headlong through a solid, wooden boat at the end of a 100-foot swan dive? Imagine the damage to his head and neck! The soldiers who were in that boat swam away once it sank, but this movie doesn’t show what became of the baron. Maybe he survived as a quadriplegic?