The Love Bug
Directed by	Robert Stevenson
Produced by	Bill Walsh
Written by	Bill Walsh Don DaGradi
Starring	herbie Dean Jones Michele Lee David Tomlinson Buddy Hackett Joe Flynn Benson Fong Andy Granatelli Joe E. Ross Iris Adrian Ned Glass Robert Foulk Nicole Jaffe Gary Owens
Music by	George Bruns
Cinematography	Edward Colman
Editing by	Cotton Warburton
Distributed by	Buena Vista Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s)	December 24, 1968[1][2]
Running time	108 minutes
Language	English
Followed by	Herbie Rides Again
IMDb profile

The Love Bug was the first (and most successful) in a series of movies made by Walt Disney Productions that starred a white Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie, a car with a mind of its own. It was based on a 1961 book Car, Boy, Girl by Gordon Buford. The movie follows the adventures of Herbie, his driver Jim Douglas (Dean Jones), and Jim's love interest, Carole Bennett (Michele Lee). It also featured Buddy Hackett as Jim's enlightened friend, Tennessee Steinmetz, who created 'art' from used car parts. English actor David Tomlinson portrayed the devilishly evil Peter Thorndyke, the owner of the auto showroom and multitime SCCA national champion who sells Herbie to Jim and eventually becomes his racing rival. The movie itself inspired a franchise that is still popular even today. The movie also pushed along the Volkswagen Beetle craze, as people began to identify with the strange, rounded car that seemed just a bit different from most vehicles on the road. 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Four theatrical sequels followed: Herbie Rides Again, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, Herbie Goes Bananas, and Herbie: Fully Loaded. A five-episode TV series, Herbie the Matchmaker, ran on CBS in the US in the spring of 1982. In 1997, there was a made-for-television sequel which included a Dean Jones cameo, tying it to the previous films. The latest sequel, Herbie: Fully Loaded, was released on June 22, 2005 by Walt Disney Pictures. Herbie Rides Again (1974) is the second in a series of movies made by Walt Disney Productions starring Herbie the Love Bug, a white Volkswagen racing Beetle with a mind of its own. ... Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) was the third of a series of films made by Walt Disney Productions starring Herbie - a white Volkswagen racing Beetle with a mind of its own. ... Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) was the fourth of a series of films made by Walt Disney Productions starring Herbie – the white Volkswagen racing Beetle with a mind of its own. ... Herbie the Matchmaker, also known as Herbie, The Love Bug, was a short-lived situation comedy that aired on CBS in the spring of 1982. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... The Love Bug is made-for-television film starring Bruce Campbell and a sequel to the original The Love Bug film. ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. ... Old logo from 1985-2006 Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner, was established as a designation in 1983, prior to which Disney films since the death of Walt Disney were released under the name of the...

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Tagline: It's a Love in for Herbie... the incredible little car who shifts for himself!

Cast

• Dean Jones .... Jim Douglas
• Michele Lee .... Carole Bennet
• David Tomlinson .... Peter Thorndyke
• Buddy Hackett .... Tennessee Steinmetz
• Joe Flynn .... Havershaw
• Benson Fong .... Mr. Wu
• Joe E. Ross .... Detective
• Barry Kelley .... Police sergeant
• Iris Adrian .... Carhop
• and Herbie

• with: Andy Granatelli*, Ned Glass*, Robert Foulk*, Gil Lamb*, Nicole Jaffe*, Wally Boag*, Russ Caldwell*, Max Balchowsky, P.L. Renoudet*, Brian Fong*, Alan Fordney*, Stan Duke*, Gary Owens*, Chick Hearn*, Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez*.

• Dale Van Sickel†, Reg Parton†, Regina Parton†, Tom Bamford†, Bob Drake†, Marion J. Playan†, Hall Brock†, Bob Hickman†, Rex Ramsay†, Hal Grist†, Lynn Grate†, Larry Schmitz†, Richard Warlock†, Dana Derfus†, Everett Creach†, Gerald Jann†, Bill Couch†, Ted Duncan†, Robert Hoys†, Gene Roscoe†, Jack Mahoney†, Charles Willis†, Richard Brill†, Roy Butterfield†, Rudy Doucette†, J.J. Wilson, Jim McCullough†, Bud Ekins†, Glenn Wilder†, Gene Curtis, Robert James, John Timanus†, Bob Harris†, Fred Krone†, Richard Ceary†, Jesse Wayne†, Jack Perkins†, Fred Stromsoe†, Ronnie Rondell†, Kim Brewer† .... The drivers

* Billed in opening credits, but not closing credits; not credited with specific rôle on-screen. Andy Granatelli, the Association President, appears as himself. Other parts which can now be identified are as follows: Ned Glass (Toll booth attendant); Robert Foulk (Bice); Gil Lamb (Policeman at park); Nicole Jaffe (Girl in dune buggy); Russ Caldwell (Boy driving dune buggy); P.L. Renoudet (Policeman on bridge); Brian Fong (Mr. Wu's nephew – Young Chinese man carrying Herbie); Gary Owens (Announcer); and Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez (Mexican driver).
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Notes

Dean Jones in a publicity photo for The Love Bug.

• Even though it did not get special thanks in the credits, some of the racetrack scenes were shot at the Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California.
• The driving sequences were supervised by Carey Loftin, who – as Cary Loftin – would go on to play the unseen menacing truck driver in Duel (1971).
• The hippie in the van next to Carol who talks to her ("We all prisoners, chickie baby. We all locked in.") when she is trapped inside Herbie at the carhop is actually Dean Jones himself, in makeup.
• A scene shot, but not included – presumably for time reasons – in the final cut of the film, featured Jim calling at a used car lot prior to his visiting Thorndyke's auto showroom. This missing sequence has sadly long since been lost; all that now remains is the script and a single black and white photograph of Jim talking with the salesman at the lot.
• A scripted but unfilmed scene towards the end of the film was to have shown Herbie playing with children at a nearby playground prior to taking the newly-married Jim and Carole off on their honeymoon. The script of this never-shot sequence still exists, along with the original storyboard.
• For the first and only time in The Love Bug series of films, Herbie has his own cast billing in the closing credits: 'and Herbie'.
• During one scene in the movie, Herbie has lost one of his wheels, and Tennessee is hanging out of the passenger side door to balance him. The door opens, and there is no "53" logo on the door. Without realizing the mistake, Disney used the image to heavily promote the film.
• Dean Jones credits the film's success to the fact that it was the last live-action film that Walt Disney had authorized for production.

• Contrary to popular belief, the "Thorndyke Special" is actually an Apollo GT, not a Jaguar E-Type.

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References

1. ^ HerbieMania.com Retrieved 14 Jan 2007.
2. ^ Official Disney website Retrieved 14 Jan 2007

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External links

• The Love Bug at the Internet Movie Database