Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

• DJ Dean Jones Jim Douglas

  Jim Douglas

  Back in the driver's seat for a European comeback.

• DK Don Knotts Wheely Applegate

  Wheely Applegate

  Jim's nervous, fast-talking riding mechanic.

• JS Julie Sommars Diane Darcy

  Diane Darcy

  The only woman in the race, and Giselle's determined driver.

• JM Jacques Marin Inspector Bouchet

  Inspector Bouchet

  The French police inspector with a secret of his own.

• RK Roy Kinnear Quincey

  Quincey

  One half of the hapless diamond-thief duo.

• BF Bernard Fox Max

  Max

  The other half of the duo, equally outmatched by a Beetle.

• EB Eric Braeden Bruno von Stickle

  Bruno von Stickle

  The German favorite who sneers at Herbie.

• XS Xavier Saint-Macary Detective Fontenoy

  Detective Fontenoy

  Bouchet's eager junior officer, who cracks the case.

• racing

  The Trans-France Race is a fictional take on the Monte Carlo Rally.

• production

  Paris locations included the Trocadéro, the Eiffel Tower, Place de la Concorde, Place Vendôme, the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Élysées.

• racing

  Practice and qualifying scenes were filmed at Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, in 1976.

• herbie

  Giselle is a powder-blue Lancia Scorpion wearing the number 7.

• racing

  The starting grid is a who's who of 1970s exotics, including Lancia Stratos, De Tomaso Panteras, a Ferrari Daytona and a Porsche 917-styled kit car built on a Beetle chassis.

• legacy

  On July 11, 1977, Herbie pressed his tire prints into the cement at Mann's Chinese Theatre, and Los Angeles declared it Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo Day.

• legacy

  The film inspired two different novelizations, one in the US and one in the UK, plus a Gold Key comic adaptation.

• legacy

  A Beetle used in this film and Herbie Goes Bananas later became the most expensive VW Beetle ever sold at auction.

• Love at first sight Herbie spots Giselle, the powder-blue Lancia, and is instantly smitten.
• Donuts for a lady Herbie spins donuts across the qualifying line to impress Giselle.
• Diamond in the tank Two thieves stash the Étoile de Joie in Herbie's fuel tank to escape the police.
• Date on the Seine Jim and Diane find their cars enjoying a romantic river cruise.
• Starting from last Detained by police, Herbie misses the start and has to fight back through the field.
• The lake rescue Herbie turns back to save Diane and Giselle after they crash into a lake.
• Upside down in Monaco Herbie drives along the ceiling of the tunnel to overtake von Stickle.
• Fireworks over the harbor The victorious Herbie and Giselle celebrate as fireworks light up Monte Carlo.

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