The Great Race The Great Race The Great Race is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Blake Edwards and Arthur A. Ross, and with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Russell Harlan. The supporting cast includes Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell and Vivian Vance. The movie cost US$12 million (equivalent to $ million in ), making it the most expensive comedy film at the time. It is noted for one scene that was promoted as "the greatest pie fight ever". The Great Leslie and Professor Fate
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon the remarkable hero at its heart: First Lieutenant Ashley White. The book was released in 2016, and is being made into a film by Reese Witherspoon. Lemmon gave a TED talk on the subject at TEDWomen 2015. Lemmon has written on the integration of women into combat roles, following the progress of the first co-ed class in Army Ranger School for the "Washington Post", "Foreign Policy", and "Defense One". She has reported on the challenges faced by female veterans for PBS "NewsHour", CNN and "Daily Beast". Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (born 1973) is a journalist, writer, and researcher.