The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.

• DirectorJohn Frankenheimer
• Release21 December 1966
• Genre
  Action / Drama
• Duration2h 56m
• Budget$9,000,000
• Revenue$20,800,000
• Rate
  

  7.208
  200 reviews
• Productions

  Cherokee Productions, Douglas & Lewis Productions, Joel Productions, John Frankenheimer Productions Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Polyphony Digital