like it near contemporary the great race and those magnificent men in their flying machine and i always associate this film with my childhood especially at new year . on new year day we would visit my granny and after lunch and while the adult talk and the kid would watch tv where invariably one of these three crazy race film would be on . for that reason alone and i really want to mark monte carlo or bust well but i fear i can not and the child not be father to the man on this occasion . by which i mean i can see all too clearly it fault and while i be tempt to smile occasionally and in truth i really want all the competitor to get to the end of the race long before they actually do . of course it date by it stereotyping of nationality and woman a the weak sex and i also do not much care for one or two stray and admittedly mild vulgarity which occasionally surface . more than that though and the cast and despite ham it up outrageously just do not sell the film enough . tony curtis and in a trial run for his yank abroad turn in the tv series the persuader and seem too old to be play the young gallant and terry thomas just isn not dastardly enough and eric sykes be unbelievable a a dirty mind lothario while gert frobe a an overdone teuton and be just weird do camp comedy when you remember he be bond best villain goldfinger . if anything the englishers come off best susan hampshire be at least engage a a bright young thing and suitably gamine a a posh flapper and although chain to the leash of the script pete and dud offer the most amusement a stiff upper lip army type and although even then the carry on team do this so much well in carry on up the khyber pas . director annakin try everything to evoke the golden silents and with lashing of slapstick and mistaken identity caper and speed up camera shot and would be dramatic stunt and some light romance and but there no real tension for such a famous race and anyway the race off at the end seem like another swizz . actually i would have give it another mark if they would stick to the alternative title those magnificent men in their jaunty jalopy but in truth the animated series wacky race do this so much good .