Photo : Pierre BARRAU - ACO/NIKON

The 2010 Le Mans Classic retrospective dedicated to cars in movies will be the opportunity to remember many great movie and TV memories.

Here’s a selection of 24 seen in great English and American movies and TV series, beginning with the legendary Ford T-Model of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, the unchallenged pioneer of this fabulous story.

In movie theatres
Sean Connery’s (a.k.a. James Bond!) Aston Martin DB5 in ‘Goldfinger’ (1965).
Dustin Hoffmann’s Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider in ‘The Graduate’ (1967).
Steve McQueen’s Mustang in ‘Bullitt’ (1968).
The Volkswagen Beetle #53, a.k.a. “Herbie”, seen in 6 Disney movies.
Robert de Niro’s Checker Marathon taxi in ‘Taxi Driver’ (1975).
Mel Gibson’s Ford Falcon “Interceptor” in Mad Max (1979).
Keith Gordon's Plymouth Fury in ‘Christine’ (1983).
Michael J. Fox’ and Christopher Lloyd’s De Lorean in ‘Back To The Future’ (1985).
Jeff Bridges’ Tucker in ‘Tucker, The Man And His Dream’ (1988).
Sharon Stone’s pair of Lotus Esprit SEs (one black, one white) in ‘Basic Instinct’ (1992).
Will Smith driving a Porsche 911 in ‘Bad Boys’ (1995) and a Ferrari 550 Maranello in 'Bad Boys 2' (2003).
Jim Carrey’s Saleen S7 in ‘Bruce Almighty’ (2003).
Colin Farrell’s Ferrari F430 Spider in the ‘Miami Vice’ movie (2005).

On TV screens
Peter Falk’s convertible Peugeot 403 in ‘Columbo’.
Tom Selleck’s Ferrari 308 GTS in ‘Magnum’.
Rowan Atkinson’s Austin Mini in ‘Mr. Bean’.
Diana Rigg’s Lotus Elan in ‘The Avengers’.
Patrick McNee’s 1926 Bentley Speed Six in ‘The Avengers’.
Roger Moore’s Aston Martin DBS and Tony Curtis’ Dino 246 GT in ‘The Persuaders!’
Paul Michael Glaser’s Ford Torino in ‘Starsky & Hutch’.
Tom Wopat and John Schneider driving their Dodge Charger (a.k.a. “General Lee”) in ‘The Dukes Of Hazzard’.

To be continued... with your own memories!

Jean-Philippe Doret