Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo 1977 Full Movie

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo: A Heartwarming Adventure Full of Surprises

Jim Douglas, his partner and mechanic Wheely Applegate, and Herbie arrive in Paris to qualify for and compete in the Trans-France Race (a fictional version of the Monte Carlo Rally), in the hopes of staging a career comeback. The team has three major opponents in the race: Bruno Von Stickle (Eric Braeden), a German driver with experience in the “European Racing Circuit,” Claude Gilbert (Mike Kulcsar), a French driver, and Diane Darcy (Julie Sommars), a beautiful young woman and the only female driver in the Trans-France Race.

Unexpected Love and Hurdles

Herbie falls in love at first sight with Giselle, Diane’s sentient Lancia Scorpion. Diane initially hates Jim for what was apparently his, but actually was Herbie’s knee-jerk behaviour that ruin her chances of succeeding during the first qualifying rounds, as the strong-willed Diane does not appear to believe in any cars that can be alive and have a mind of their own. Herbie and Giselle go on a ‘date’ together, and the following day both cars qualify successfully for the race, Herbie performing donuts across the line in a bid to impress Giselle.

Diamond Thieves and Unforeseen Challenges

Meanwhile, two diamond thieves, Max (Bernard Fox) and Quincey (Roy Kinnear), steal the famous Étoile de Joie (French for “Star of Joy”) diamond and hide it in Herbie’s fuel tank in order to avoid being captured by a swarm of searching policemen. They attempt to steal Herbie to retrieve the diamond, but Herbie causes them to blow every chance they get. The pair even threaten Jim and Wheely at gunpoint, an encounter from which Herbie manages to escape by driving through a gypsy camp and a building site. Wheely assumes Diane hired the two goons to knock them out of the race, causing a misunderstanding between Jim and Diane….

A Triumph of Friendship and Victory

After the race, it is revealed that Inspector Bouchet, also known as “Double X” as a code name to the thieves, is the real mastermind behind the museum robbery, though the motive of his scheme is revealed as he also threatens Jim and Wheely at gunpoint, only to be foiled by Herbie rolling onto his foot and knocking the gun out of his hands with his hood. Fontenoy, having himself unravelled the mystery of L’Étoile de Joie, has Bouchet clapped in handcuffs and arrested….

Celebrating Love and Victory

In the end, Jim and Diane begin to fall in love, as do Wheely and the Monte Carlo trophy girl. Most of all, Herbie and Giselle fall in love again as well, and celebrate Herbie’s victory by watching a brilliant firework display over the Monte Carlo harbour.

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