The Love Bug (1968)

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(17531)

Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Family, Sport
Release: 1969-03-13
Director: Robert Stevenson (I) (1905–1986)
Writers: Bill Walsh (I) (1913–1975) , Don DaGradi , Gordon Buford
Language: English | Cantonese | Spanish
Stars: Dean Jones , Michele Lee , David Tomlinson (I) (1917–2000) , Buddy Hackett , Joe Flynn , Benson Fong , Joe E. Ross , Barry Kelley , Iris Adrian , Andy Granatelli
Runtime: 108 min
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
AKA: Un amour de coccinelle (Belgium) , Un amour de Coccinelle (France, French Republic) , Cupido motorizado (Colombia) , Ahí va ese bólido (Spain) , Kochany chrabąszcz (Poland) , Se o Meu Carro Falasse... (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Se o Meu 'Fusca' Falasse (Brazil) , Un amour de Coccinelle (Canada) , Ein toller Käfer (Germany) , På to hjul i svingen (Norway) , Gasen i botten (Finland) , Kicsi a kocsi, de erõs (Hungary) , The Love Bug (United Kingdom) , The Love Bug (Australia) , Se Meu Fusca Falasse (Brazil) , Фольксваген-жук , Un maggiolino tutto matto (Italy) , Als m'n wagentje eens kon praten (Netherlands the) , Κατσαριδάκι... αγάπη μου (Greece) , Cupido motorizado (Argentina) , ラブ・バッグ (Japan) , Herbie - Oh taj divni auto , Riemukupla (Finland) , The Love Bug , Cupido motorizado (Mexico) , Ein toller Käfer , Herbie: Punom brzinom (Croatia) , Car-Boy-Girl (United States of America) , The Love Bug (Canada) , Cupido motorizado (Peru) , Hurra for Herbie (Denmark) , Фольксваген-жук (Ukraine) , The Love Bug (United States of America) , A kicsi kocsi kalandjai (Hungary) , Katsaridaki... agapi mou (Greece) , Aşk Böceği (Turkey) , Cupido motorizado (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Gasen i botten, Herbie! (Sweden)
Plot: Meet Jim Douglas, a down-on-his-luck race car driver who lives in an old run-down fire house in San Francisco with his friend Tennessee Steinmetz, a occasional drunk mechanic. One day, Jim goes to a luxury car dealer and sees a strange Volkswagen Beetle with a unusual problem: it tends to drive on its own, as if it were sentient. The little Bug follows Jim home but Jim believes that the owner of the car dealership, Peter Thorndyke, is playing a trick on him. Jim decides to try out the car, and experiences its magical nature, fahrvergnügen, if you will, for himself. Jim repairs the little car and Tennessee names the him "Herbie". Behind the wheel of Herbie, Jim becomes more successful in racing. Thorndyke wants Herbie back, but Jim refuses and Thorndyke decides to race against him. Thorndyke sabotages Herbie before a big race known as the "El Dorado" - an obvious parody of the then-new "Baja 1000" race in Mexico. Jim and Tennessee along with Thorndyke's former assistant (and ex-girlfriend) Carol Bennett, repair Herbie before the El Dorado. The trio are determined to beat Thorndyke who will stop at nothing in order to gain a victory - and Herbie.
IMDB:tt0064603