19711h 44mDir. Lee H. Katzin

Le Mans

Name: Le Mans
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1971-06-23
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Fred Haltiner

“Steve McQueen takes you for a drive in the country. The country is France. The drive is at 200 MPH!”

ActionDrama

4.0 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 4.0 ★vs2nd Half: 4.0 ★

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Filmed during the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney is a Porsche driver haunted by the memory of an accident at the previous year's race in which a competing driver was killed. Delaney also finds himself increasingly infatuated with the man's widow.

Starring:Steve McQueen,Siegfried Rauch,Elga Andersen,Ronald Leigh-Hunt,Fred Haltiner

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Steve McQueen

Michael Delaney

Siegfried Rauch

Erich Stahler

Elga Andersen

Lisa Belgetti

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

David Townsend

Fred Haltiner

Johann Ritter

Luc Merenda

Claude Aurac

Christopher Waite

Larry Wilson

Louise Edlind

Anna Ritter

Angelo Infanti

Lugo Abratte

Jean-Claude Bercq

Paul-Jacques Dion

Michele Scalera

Vito Scaliso

Gino Cassani

Loretto Fuselli

Key Production Crew

Director

Lee H. Katzin

Screenplay & Writers

Harry Kleiner

Cinematography

René Guissart Jr., Robert B. Hauser

Original Score

Michel Legrand

Producers

Jack N. Reddish

Film Details

Budget$7,500,000

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Cinema Center FilmsSolar Productions

Keywords & Themes

#sense of guilt#road trip#le mans#race car driver#race car crash#motorsport#factual#enthusiastic

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

4.0

Yo. MY 500TH MOVIE OF THE YEAR. MIGHTY STEVE LIGHTNING MCQUEEN’S LE MANS. This isn’t just a “thousand to one shot,” nah bro, this is PROFESSIONAL BLOODSPORT WITH VROOM VROOMS. Like, you think it can’t happen to you? ...

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