The great Beetle in the Monte Carlo Rally

Movie
German title	The great Beetle in the Monte Carlo Rally
Original title	Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1977
length	105 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Vincent McEveety
script	Arthur Alsberg Don Nelson Gordon Buford
production	Ron Miller
music	Frank De Vol
camera	Leonard J. South
cut	Cotton Warburton
occupation
Dean Jones : Jim Douglas Don Knotts : Wheeley Applegate Julie Sommars : Diane Darcy Bernard Fox : Max Roy Kinnear : Quincey Jacques Marin : Inspector Bouchet Eric Braeden : Bruno Von Stickle Xavier Saint-Macary : Detective Fontenoy François Lalande : Monsieur Ribeaux Alan Caillou : Emile Laurie Main : Duval Mike Kulcsar : Claude Stanley Brock : Taxi driver Gérard Jugnot : waiter Johnny Haimer
chronology
←  Herbie, the predecessor, is on the move Successor  → Herbie goes crazy

The Great Beetle in the Monte Carlo Rally is an American feature film from 1977 with the focus on the wonder beetle Herbie . After A great Beetle from 1968 and Herbie Big in Drive from 1974, The Great Beetle in the Monte Carlo Rally is the third film in the Herbie series.

action

Racing driver Jim Douglas and his mechanic Wheeley Applegate take part in the Trans-France Race from Paris to Monte Carlo with their VW Beetle Herbie . There Herbie "falls in love" with Giselle, a Lancia Scorpion , rally participant Diane Darcy; the first encounter between Jim and Diane is abrupt. Jim's and Wheeley's toughest competitors are the German Bruno von Stickle, driver of a Porsche 917 , and the Frenchman Claude Gilbert, who competes in a De Tomaso Pantera .

While Herbie and Giselle love at first sight, Diane initially reacts repulsively to Jim. Both find each other at the end of the race, when Herbie pulls Diane's car out of a pond.

At the same time, the jewel thieves Max and Quincey steal the Etoile de Joie stone and hide it in Herbie's gas tank; Inspector Bouchet and his assistant, Detective Fontenoy, begin the investigation. The stone reappears when Wheeley notices a suspicious knock from the gas tank during the race; it turns out that Inspector Bouchet was the head of the diamond heist.

Reviews

“A little idea of ​​the hit film 'A great beetle'; only moderately entertaining. "

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

• Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The great Beetle in the Monte Carlo Rally at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• The great Beetle in the Monte Carlo Rally at Metacritic (English)
• The great Beetle in the Monte Carlo Rally in the online film database
• The great Beetle in the Monte Carlo Rally in the German synchronous file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The great Beetle in the Monte Carlo Rally. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .