The Great Race - 1965 - 5/10

Excessive film still shows up on whatever marathon channels there are.
Circa 1908, the motorcar race goes from New York to Paris, the long way round.
Main contenders are the Great Leslie and Professor Fate, along with other teams, including one with a feisty suffragette.
Everything in this harks back to Silent melodrama, perhaps vaudeville or music hall.
Broad comedy attempts Keystone Kops slapstick, but always feels forced and phony.
I saw this when it came out, I was bored. Rewatched now and then on TV, yawn.
So, when relatives loaded this dud, I started drinking more Cabernet. Not enough.