like its near contemporaries the great race and those magnificent men in their flying machines and i always associate this film with my childhood especially at new year. on new year day we would visit my granny and after lunch and while the adults talked and the kids would watch tv where invariably one of these three crazy race films would be on. for that reason alone and i really wanted to mark monte carlo or bust well but i fear i can not and the child not being father to the man on this occasion. by which i mean i can see all too clearly its faults and while i was tempted to smile occasionally and in truth i really wanted all the competitors to get to the end of the race long before they actually do. of course it dated by its stereotyping of nationalities and woman as the weaker sex and i also do not much care for one or two stray and admittedly mild vulgarities which occasionally surfaced. more than that though and the cast and despite hamming it up outrageously just do not sell the film enough. tony curtis and in a trial run for his yank abroad turn in the tv series the persuaders and seems too old to be playing the young gallant and terry thomas just isn not dastardly enough and eric sykes is unbelievable as a dirty minded lothario while gert frobe as an overdone teuton and is just weird doing camp comedy when you remember he was bond best villain goldfinger. if anything the englishers come off best  susan hampshire is at least engaging as a bright young thing and suitably gamine as a posh flapper and although chained to the leash of the script pete and dud offer the most amusement as stiff upper lip army types and although even then the carry on team did this so much better in carry on up the khyber pass. director annakin tries everything to evoke the golden silents and with lashings of slapstick and mistaken identity capers and speeded up camera shots and would be dramatic stunts and some light romance and but there no real tension for such a famous race and anyway the race off at the end seems like another swizz. actually i would have given it another mark if they would stuck to the alternative title those magnificent men in their jaunty jalopies but in truth the animated series wacky races did this so much better. 
like its near contemporaries the great race and those magnificent men in their flying machines and i always associate this film with my childhood especially at new year. on new year day we would visit my granny and after lunch and while the adults talked and the kids would watch tv where invariably one of these three crazy race films would be on. for that reason alone and i really wanted to mark monte carlo or bust well but i fear i can not and the child not being father to the man on this occasion. by which i mean i can see all too clearly its faults and while i was tempted to smile occasionally and in truth i really wanted all the competitors to get to the end of the race long before they actually do. of course it dated by its stereotyping of nationalities and woman as the weaker sex and i also do not much care for one or two stray and admittedly mild vulgarities which occasionally surfaced. more than that though and the cast and despite hamming it up outrageously just do not sell the film enough. tony curtis and in a trial run for his yank abroad turn in the tv series the persuaders and seems too old to be playing the young gallant and terry thomas just isn not dastardly enough and eric sykes is unbelievable as a dirty minded lothario while gert frobe as an overdone teuton and is just weird doing camp comedy when you remember he was bond best villain goldfinger. if anything the englishers come off best  susan hampshire is at least engaging as a bright young thing and suitably gamine as a posh flapper and although chained to the leash of the script pete and dud offer the most amusement as stiff upper lip army types and although even then the carry on team did this so much better in carry on up the khyber pass. director annakin tries everything to evoke the golden silents and with lashings of slapstick and mistaken identity capers and speeded up camera shots and would be dramatic stunts and some light romance and but there no real tension for such a famous race and anyway the race off at the end seems like another swizz. actually i would have given it another mark if they would stuck to the alternative title those magnificent men in their jaunty jalopies but in truth the animated series wacky races did this so much better. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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