The Green Helmet is a 1961 British drama film directed by Michael Forlong starring Bill Travers, Ed Begley and Sid James.

"[5] The star was Bill Travers who Cleary said "was a charming likeable bloke but he was miscast" and who asked the author not to write "any long speeches because I can't handle them.

Cleary said Walters was a beauty queen who had been signed to MGM "and she was charming and friendly and everybody liked her, she was an absolute dish to look at...and she couldn't change expression.

"[3] South African Sid James was cast as an Australian although Cleary says he spoke in "an Afrikaaner accent.

It is the driving scenes at Le Mans, Sebring and in the Mille Miglia, however, which really matter; and they are handled with a professionalism suggesting a sharper eye for cars than for people.

"[7] The New York Times called it "a noisy diatribe against speed car racing" in which Travers "looks unhappy" and Begley "delivers every cliche in the script with embarrassing enthusiasm.