The Love Bug

– Herbie is a car - but no ordinary car. The story follows the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its ow..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 48 Minutes
Release Year:
1968
The Love Bug (1968)

Herbie is a car - but no ordinary car. The story follows the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own from the showroom to the race track, with various close escapes in between. Three further Herbie movies were to follow.

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Producing Country:
USA
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The Love Bug (1968) - Trailer

Release Date:

13 Mar 1969

Language:

English, Cantonese, Spanish

MPAA Content-Rating:
G – General Audiences

All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.

Director:

Robert Stevenson

Writer:

Bill Walsh (screenplay), Don DaGradi (screenplay), Gordon Buford (story)

Main Actors:

Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson, Buddy Hackett

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 went to a luxury car dealer and surprisingly seen a strange Volkswagon Beetle with a unusual problem, it tends to drive on it's own almost having its own mind. Then this car drove all the way to Jim's home. Believing that the owner of the car dealership Peter Thorndyke, planted the car on him. Then, Jim wanted to try out the car for himself, then, he experienced the nature of the car for himself. Then, Jim fixed it and now is in more control. Tennessee dubbed the car "Herbie". Then, Jim used Heribe for races. Jim then, was rising to fame and becoming more successful in racing, Then, Thorndyke wants Herbie back, but Jim refuses and Thorndyke wanted to compete against Jim in the races, then Thorndyke sabotaged Herbie before a race so, he can win. then, a big race known as the "El Dorado" was coming up and Jim and Tennessee along with Thorndyke's former assistant (and ex-Girlfriend) Carrol Bennet, repaired Herbie before the El Dorado. The trio are determined to beat Thorndyke in the El Dorado, who will swindle and cheat to make sure that they do not win.

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations.

Production:

Disney

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
Metacritic:
48%