The Great Race

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.

• new york city
• paris, france
• car race
• inventor
• slapstick comedy
• wager
• steampunk
• daredevil
• cross country race
• turn of the century
• evil genius
• mad professor