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Uploaded by on Dec 23, 2007

Fred Astaire drives in the last Grand Prix at Phillip Island, near Melbourne, Australia. From the film "On The Beach" (1959).
(filmed at Riverside Raceway in California)

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  • "Mad Max" 20 years earlier.

  • ava gardner was a tight little package...

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  • @turner681 1, The film was made in and on the outskirts of Melbourne (Berwick) 2. What Ava was alledged to have said about Melbourne is just a wives tale thats become folklore......

  • White Ferrari number 5 wins the race... Anyone see a resemblance to Speed Racer (which is released later, I get that), or is that just me?

  • Quite honestly if given the choice between dying instantly in a crash, or weeks later from the prolonged suffering of radiation sickness, than I'll take the crash.

  • About five drivers killed but hey, who cares? Fred won!

  • @IstvanN1961 Book = ridiculously good, this film was also awesome (seen it now) and yeh, think i'll give the new one a miss ;)

  • @ichithekiller85 The remake wasn't as good as this movie. It was good but a bit too loud. Still worthwhile. The book was fantastic!

  • God i really wanna see this film, the book was amazing. Saw the trailer for the remake but it looks kinda lame

  • I know they didn't think of it at the time, but they lunched some pretty valuable cars. I haven't seen this since I was a kid.

  • In the novel Dwight and Moria don't t see the race they instead, go on a fishing trip in the mountains while the race is going on. They only hear about Peter's victory in the motor race, in their hotel

    , whilst they are listening to the evening news on the radio.

  • It looks too hot to have been filmed in Melbourne and in the novel race takes place in mid winter. Mind judging by what Ava Gardner famously said about her time while filming in Melbourne being back in California must have been like heaven.

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