Directed by: Lee H. Katzin
Starring: Steve McQueen, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Siegfried Rauch
Continuity mistake: Near the end of the race, the cars are clean and dirty in the same race lap.
Continuity mistake: As McQueen's Porsche crashes and the "Gulf" bodywork comes off, you can see that there is another car's bodywork underneath, which is yellow and it also has a racing number.
Factual error: The crash of Steve McQueen's Porsche 917 is supposed to happen on the exit of Indianapolis corner, but the slow motion reveals that it was actually staged between Arnage and Maison Blanche.
Lisa Belgetti: When people risk their lives, shouldn't it be for something very important?
Michael Delaney: Well, it better be.
Lisa Belgetti: But what is so important about driving faster than anyone else?
Michael Delaney: Lotta people go through life doing things badly. Racing's important to men who do it well. When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.