After three breezy episodes in ten years, this fourth film about Herbie the Love Bug was the one that finally put the skids under the series.
The novelty of having a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own was already showing signs of wearing off in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), when an “exotic” location was used to cover the holes in the plot.
However, the sights of South America are not enough to distract us from the flimsiness of this story, as Herbie rubs bumpers with a gang of Inca gold smugglers on his way to a race in Brazil.
Even fine comic actors such as Cloris Leachman and Harvey Korman are unable to raise a smile here.
Aunt Louise
Cloris Leachman
Davie Johns
Charles Martin Smith
Prindle
John Vernon
Pete Stanchek
Stephan W Burns
Melissa
Elyssa Davalos
Paco
Joaquin Garay III
Captain Blythe
Harvey Korman
Shepard
Richard Jaeckel
Quinn
Alex Rocco
Director
Vincent McEveety
