Le Mans

Le Mans is an action drama set during the French endurance race of the same name. Michael Delaney, an American driver, returns to the circuit a year after a crash there killed a rival driver. He competes for Porsche against the German driver Erich Stahler, who races for Ferrari, while also growing close to the dead man's widow.

The film was directed by Lee H. Katzin, the first of six features he directed, and written by Harry Kleiner, with Jack N. Reddish producing for Solar Productions and Cinema Center Films. Steve McQueen stars as Delaney, alongside Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Fred Haltiner and Luc Merenda. Its budget was 8 million dollars, and much of the racing footage was shot at the real event.

Released in June 1971, the film runs 104 minutes. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.7 from around 13,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.8 from roughly 283 votes. A critics' rating of 6.6 from 14 reviews places it close to the audience scores rather than sharply apart from them, suggesting a similar overall response across viewers and reviewers. The vote counts indicate a modest but steady level of attention over the decades.