Dean Jones
Jim Douglas
Ads · The Love Bug
Search results
- / People Also Search for
The Love Bug
1969
The Love Bug (also known as Herbie the Love Bug) is a 1969 American sports adventure comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on the story "Car, Boy, Girl" by Gordon Buford. The film is the first installment in the Herbie film series.
Jim Douglas, a race car driver, befriends a Volkswagen Beetle that can drive by itself and has a mind of its own. Together, they face a rival who tries to steal Herbie and sabotage their races.
- (18K)
- Comedy, Family, Sport
- Robert Stevenson
- 1969-03-13
Watch Dean Jones, Michele Lee, and Buddy Hackett in this comedy classic about a race car driver and his smart car. The Love Bug is a family-friendly action-adventure film with a lot of humor and heart.
- Robert Stevenson
- Andy Granatelli
Ads · The Love Bug
Race car driver Jim Douglas (Dean Jones) and his philosophical mechanic, Tennessee Steinmetz (Buddy Hackett), find themselves in possession of a white Volkswagen Beetle that seems to have a mind ...
- (18)
- Robert Stevenson
- G
- Dean Jones
The Love Bug was the first in a series of movies made by Walt Disney Productions that starred a white Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie. It was based on the 1961 book Car, Boy, Girl by Gordon Buford. It follows the adventures of Herbie, his driver Jim Douglas (Dean Jones), and Jim's love...
A race car driver named Jim Douglas buys a Volkswagen Beetle that has a mind of its own and becomes a winning car. He faces a rival who tries to sabotage him and his car, named Herbie, in the El Dorado race.
The Love Bug, American live-action comedy film, coproduced by Disney and released in 1968, that centred on “Herbie,” a Volkswagen Beetle that has human qualities. The film spawned a loyal fan movement and numerous sequels. Disney regular Dean Jones played Jim Douglas, a down-and-out race car driver.
