Filmed during the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney is a Porsche driver haunted by the memory of an accident at the previous year's race in which a competing driver was killed. Delaney also finds himself increasingly infatuated with the man's widow.
Practical Effects
Actual Le Mans race footage — McQueen drove at 170mph for real
Sound
Engine roar as score; minimalist dialogue lets metal scream
Cinematography
Helicopter shots that invented modern racing coverage
Director
Lee H. Katzin
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