菲特(杰克·莱蒙 Jack Lemmon 饰)和莱斯利(托尼·柯蒂斯 Tony Curtis 饰)决定进行一场惊天动地的超级大赛车,他们将起点定在纽约,终点定在巴黎。这场惊人的比赛很快就吸引了媒体的注意招致了大肆的报道,女记者玛姬(娜塔利·伍德 Natalie Wood 饰)想要全程跟踪采访比赛,她软磨硬泡总算说服了莱斯利,得到了登上他的赛车和他走完全程的机会。 这是一场漫长的比赛,一路上,莱斯利和玛姬之间不断的发生摩擦,他们互相受不了彼此的个性,却又相互深深的吸引,渐渐地,竟然在你来我往之间碰撞出了爱情的火花。临近终点时,莱斯利甚至把车停了下来,只为了向玛姬求婚。Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards' tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight.