The Great Race won the film an Oscar. In his Top 10 Favorite Comedies video, Doug Walker cited Jack Lemmon's performance as Professor Fate as a major influence for his "Nostalgia Critic" internet persona. 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 ),
Jack Lemmon actor was signed by Columbia. Lemmon's singing voice was first heard on two film soundtracks in 1955, "Three for the Show" with Betty Grable and "My Sister Eileen". He also performed songs in the 1956 film "You Can't Run Away from It" with Stubby Kaye and June Allyson. His first solo album, "A Twist of Lemmon", was released in 1958 on Epic Records. While filming "Some Like It Hot" with Marilyn Monroe in 1959, Lemmon released a second album, "Some Like It Hot". Both featured Lemmon's singing and piano solos. The two Epic albums were later released as "A Twist