what i want to know is why the heck i haven't seen this movie?! this thing looks freaking awesome! love the sight of all that American sheetmetal filling the streets...and the bouyant suspensions on those old cars, what a sight of beauty. a bygone era.
@bigbiscuit100 Awesome film worth looking for, even without the chase. If you loved French Connection, this was an unoffcial sequel from the same people and many of the same actors, except for Gene Hackman, from both films are here. An overlooked classic of the 70's!
This car chase among others that was filming in 60,s and 70,s have cameras that people didnt see all the times so some times they did think is was a real car chases! And there for movies was better becouse of it!...ahhh this is so realistic speacially in the end when he drive in the rear of the truck...he look really chocked that is a great actor Roy Scheider
Anybody else notice that when ol' Roy hits the horn....he's hitting the steering wheel ? The horn is located dead center on those Pontiacs. Oh, and that particular car has the over sized brake pedal and no clutch..which means..DUH..its an automatic. LOL...the sound over sure is cool, winding out that manual transmission. Gotta love Hollywood
wow I cant belive the ventura was having a hard time keeping up with the old whale grandville that was a very sweet looking ventura to bad they totaled it! great action film
WHO is the actor that played the blond "phony cop" kidnapper and passenger in the chase scene? he was GREAT as psyco bad guys in numerous 1970's crime movies BUT I can't remember his name.
Ah the good old days when your would wheels pop off and you can still drive away on all 4. Classics. Im off to find this movie. I gotta see the rest of it!
The guy driving the car that Roy Schnider is chasing was the guy driving the Charger in the chase scene in Bullitt, and they copied the part were his passenger climbs in the back to shoot at the other car, and they dubed the sound from the Bullitt chase....but I still love it.
9:30 Great Dane trailer before the bumpers were required. And when the cop gets out of the wreck he kinda casually walks in the lane without looking for traffic.
I love the way they made up his face after the crash, viens poppin out of his head, his face all flustered, it looks real LOL! This chase is better than Steve McQueen's "Bullitt" chase . And the bad guy driving the Bonneville in this chase is the same bad guy who was driving the 68 Charger in the "Bullitt" car chase
@kdemonde That is right. It's Bill Hickman who drove the Dodge Charger in Bullitt. Hickman also drove in The French Connection and Love Bug but you can't see his face in those. And he drove in other movies. One where you do see his face but the driving is normal is in Patton as he plays Gen. Patton's jeep driver. I saw an interview Robert Culp did and they talked about a chase scene in a movie and he said that was Bill Hickman who was one of the best drivers in Hollywood then. Bill died in '86.
@Toni7859 Thanks, i always thought the GrandVille was produced only as a 2-Door and Convertible and i believe the GrandVille came with the standard 455 cu. motor and the Bonny came with optional 455 & 440. Correct me if i'm wrong, i grew up with theses cars but was too young to own and drive them lol, however i've admired American cars well into adulthood and owned a great deal of GM vehicles in my days. Never had a GrandVille, i've only owned a 81 Parisienne and a 90 Bonneville SSEi
@kdemonde - your welcome! Yeah, it was also available in a 4dr hardtop/wagon (not available as a 4dr sedan) from 1971-75. By 76, Bonneville Brougham was the top model again. I have one identical to this one, except its brown. Its been a super reliable car I have owned as a 3rd car for about 11 years now. Yep, 455 was standard in Grand Ville, optional in Catalina/Bonneville, 400 was also another engine in these. 440 was in Mopars. Grand Ville wagons... were called Grand Safari's. :)
@Toni7859 Thanks again! Yes i'm familiar with the wagons of that era such as The Chevy Kingswood Estate, The Buick Estate, and Oldsmobile had a wagon (what was the name of that? was it the 98 wagon?) I thought the Bonny came in wagon not the GrandVille. And how could i mistake the 400 for the 440 LOL! Yes i remember The GrandVille dissappearing in the mid 70's. I had an friend who had a 71 GrandVille coupe, he was a drinker and much older than me, but that car was FAST! Didnt have it long...
@kdemonde - yeah, I actually have a Kingswood Estate, (1972) as well. lol. Yeah, Oldsmobiles wagon then was called the Custom Cruiser (name lasted up through 1992). Oh yeah, for 71-72, Grand Safari was based on Bonneville, but for 73-75, based on Grand Ville's trim. lol. It was confusing back then. lol. My uncle had a 71 Grand Ville sedan in the 80s, but used the engine for a Trans AM he had back then. lol. I would type more, but only allows so much on here. lol. Hope I helped some!
@Toni7859 Yep!, that little piece of information helped out a great deal Thanks! As a young boy growing up, i had a thing for the coupes and sedans, the wagons weren't my fave lol! I remember in 1973 my family were going on a trip to see family in Mobile Alabama from New York. Our family car at the time was a 67 Pontiac Executive, so my father rented a Brand New! 73 Plymouth Fury station wagon, and for me looking at it, it was HUGE! lol! I'm sure it had the 360 cu. motor, the trip went well.
@DC322 Oh okay Thanks...although it was already clarified to me that it was a GrandVille but i do appreciate you clarifying this for me as well, and no problem on the lack of specifics the first time..i do it all the time LOL!
This movie and the French Connection are two of the best police story / movies EVER made. This was back when movies were great and they didn't need non stop action to cover over lousy acting and pathetic story lines. And to top it all off, both the chase scenes in these movies were done with no computer animation etc.
They shot three scenes of this movie in my old neighborhood and a friends father from the old hood playes a mobster that beats up the cop and puts him in the trunk.
Always loved this movie came out around the same time as the French Connection. Don't believe that was the real police siren that was with those cars. Loved those black green and whites. Saw one on a flat bed about six yrs ago could have been going to a car show or something.
I like the French Connection chase but this one is simply better. TimeWarp: Could you see a couple of those little boxed prius' chasing each other.......I feel sorry for young people nowadays, they got jacked. with practically everything.
I always refer to this film as the perfect illustration of what the American car industry was like at this point in time. The ratio of American to foreign was probably around 10% foreign . Now it's more like 10% American.
@45myob LOL. hospital part was hilarous but yes as a collective society seems to be losing its edge and getting one in places where it does not belong.
This era will never be topped. The cars are not plastic, they sound like cars should sound, no annoying theme music for the background, just the sound of what a car chase should be. Awesome.
@ashland1977 Umm, better choreography and stunts? Background music that's scientifically proven to give you an adrenaline rush, which is why they put it in? Newer, faster, stronger cars? Dude, this era HAS been topped.
@ashland1977 Certainly it sounds awesome; they probably dubbed the exact same Ford GT40 that was used for 'Bullitt." It makes for the best sounding Pontiac Ventura, anyway.
@ashland1977 Also, I swear I can hear a double-clutch/downshift around 1:33-4; two seconds later he's banging on the horn right next to the column shift... I love this chase but it has its hilarious parts!
The only real reason to watch this movie, and the only thing you will remember after seeing it 20 years ago. Is it true or just an urban myth that a stunt driver died in that wreck?
@verbusen Jerry Summers drove Scheider's car and did not die in the wreck. IMDb shows that he was doing stunts through 1995. I saw a documentary many years ago about the making of the movie, maybe it was just the car chase. It was a long time ago. I remember them showing how the interior of Scheider's car was padded with a bunch of foam rubber, and they showed the stunt driver after the crash. There is a behind-the-scenes featurette of the 2006 DVD release of the film, but I haven't seen it
@T1m3Trav3l3r Thanks, now I won't think as highly of the car chase, lol, just joking. Actually watching it now in this age of cgi effects and because I've seen it before, it seems, dare I say it? average. Guess I enjoy it now because it takes me back to when I was a kid watching it and being blown away.
@verbusen I still think it's the best car chase ever. Check out this short documentary on The French Connection's chase v=KpLq9vhsZbQ
Bill Hickman drove in all 3 films, (Bullitt, 7 Ups, French Connection), he's also an actor. It sounds like he would have been fun to hang out with. One of the producers was talking about Bill telling him, "You want a chase? If you have the balls to get in the car with me I'll give you a f***in chase...." The documentary is only 8.5 min. it's worth the watch.
@T1m3Trav3l3r Also, the interesting about The French Connection chase was they didn't have permits, or block off the streets or anything. I don't think it was as good a chase as the 7 Ups, but found the story of the chase itself more interesting.
They showed the scene of Scheider ducking at the end and crashing into the truck on TV about every five minutes in commercials when this film was out in the '70s. I was surprised that Bill Hickman drove both this and the car in "Bullitt," I recognized him immediately. Also, it looks like they're driving up 10th Avenue early in the chase. Ah, those were the days when you could get across the bridges without any traffic in the middle of the day....
From the French Connection, I know Roy was like hey why does Gene get to do the car chase. He can't drive worth sh*t. Then Seven Ups comes out and Gene is like: hey you think you can drive better. Roy says: WWWWWWatch me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@brtshstel Hmmmm....... Both Pontiacs. A 1973 Ventura (the pontiac version of the chevy Nova) & I think a Bonneville. How they got to those speeds in NYC traffic is a mystery to me.
The dark-blue Pontiac sedan was driven by The Great One: Bill Hickman.
Who drove the "Tuxedo Black" Dodge Charger 440 Magnum/RT in arguably the greatest chase scene of all time--with Steve McQueen in his "Highland Green" Mustang 390 GT in 1968's "Bullitt." But THIS chase in "The 7-Ups was pretty damn good, too.
Dads in the 70´s were awesome. "Would you like your kid to be in a movie? All he has to do is stand in the middle of the street while two cars go past them at 150 km/H, and they have to get out of the way"..."Sure, go ahead!!"...nowadays parents would sue the producers if they even suggested a dangerous scene, and would have 20 lawyers and stunt doubles, LOL....those were the good old relaxed days, now everyone is so uptight...
If Scheider had a radio, why didn't he call for backup right away? (I know - the chase scene would not have been asexciting.) Also - Scheider's car was much more show than go. Given its engine noise, it should have been much faster.
@paktype because those radios are short wave for car to car person to person use they dont have a long range if u watch the whole movie youll see them on stake out having to go outside and down a block to be able to broadcast to the next guy . i have an old 2 channel short wave police radio which dosnt work anymore but when it did it had lousy range on it its for useing if 2 people are close to eachother but past that , thats why he didnt radio for back up because he was to far away
I've seen this a million times and its amazing how much its like the Bullitt chase. Which makes sense, considering that Bill Hickman (the driver of the '68 Charger in Bullitt and the '73 Grand Ville in this movie) was the stunt coordinator for both films.
@NIGHTWHMAN Nope, Bill Hickman. He was also the stunt coordinator for The French Connection's famous car-train race scene but he didn't drive the car in that movie, it was Gene Hackman and a stunt double, He did play a cop in that movie though.
for those of you who are looking for the blue van, its at 5:19 . and just incase you were hoping it was a dodge tradesman like me , its not. its a ford econoline.
i think this is basically what happened to Jayne Mansfield. the Mansfield bar extends below the trailer to possible prevent things like this from happening. but if youre traveling at Roys speed, i doubt it will help.
It was scripted to have Scheider's car stop within inches of the truck. When they filmed it, the car's brake line gave out and you saw the end result. The stunt driver was OK. He demanded extra pay for the stunt, they gave it to him.
@Va98im 10-4 is one of the 'ten codes' or 'ten-signals' that are used mostly by American police officers. You can go to apco911.org/new/commcenter911/downloads/10codes.pdf to see them.
Any New Yorker who has gone over the George Washington Bridge knows that their is a major discontinuity in the sequence. The Palisades Interstate Parkway is off the GWB. But after a few seconds, the scenes are of the Taconic Parkway which is on the other side of the Hudson River and north, in Westchester County. I'd say it would take you at least 30 minutes at high speed -- longer at normal driving speeds -- to get to the Taconic from Northern NJ which is where the PIP starts.
I don't think the Bullitt chase has anything on this one. This chase was balls out wild and damn good. Bill Hickman sure got his revenge with this one... Interesting though how the police did not seem aware of a car chase happening in uptown Manhattan until five minutes into it. Even though there was at least one beat cop on the sidewalk who saw it. In 2011, someone would have filmed the cars speeding by on their camera phone and posted it on YouTube in that amount of time, lol.
way , way back( 35 or so years ago) the local movie theater had this showing with Bullitt, dirty mary and crazy larry and race with the devil...good times... only paid $1.00 too see all of them...
Tricky geography: the parking garage stood on W 56th St between 11th & 10th avenues where the chase begins, but then both cars emerge from W 48th St and turn the wrong way up 9th avenue for a block, then left on W 49th St for a block and race up 10th avenue to turn right on W 78th St, which really is closed on school days as a play street. They then swing south around the Museum of Natural History and continue north on Central Park West to turn left onto W 96th St westbound.
@speeta thats awsome i am a huge fan of bill hickman and any movies with car chases in general but the movie it self doesnt do anything for me i like the stuff that you just posted the whats and wheres of the actual filming so thankyou , you filled in the last blank of info i wanted about this movie . the only place i recognized was palisades parkway
@smokey213964 You're welcome. The film plays tricks with geography elsewhere too. Prior to the chase they follow a car from a funeral parlor in the Bronx to car wash located on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn (without crossing any bridge or tunnels, pretending the car wash is somewhere on the west side of Manhattan) and then exit the car wash, cross the street and end up in the parking garage in Manhattan!
lol truthfully i just love to watch bill hickman man handle that black pontiac through the city if u watch real close shortly after they leave the the blk pontiac comes slideing around the corner and hickman actually had one arm rested on the rolld down window...........I FRICKIN LOVE IT
Still in my personal top 5 car chases, you gotta love the work and choreography of Bill Hickman, who drives the Pontiac Grand Ville... One of the greatest drivers ever!
"A squad from the Chief Of Detectives office is investigating stories about undercover police - ALLEGED police - going around kidnapping wiseguys for ramsom."
"And they think it's US?"
"Buddy, what would you think? What was Anson doing with Cotello? A lot of people never wanted our outfit formed. You know that."
choice detail,is it not?
aptcmpasion 21 hours ago
no matter how many times I watch this chase scene it never gets old I love it.
TheSuperCRASHer 1 week ago
Yup!
Still my all time favored chase movies.
The stunt driver actually did the 18 wheeler stunt, and never told the crew his intentions!
Scared everyone on the set to death !
There must have been 100MPH parts in this sequence.
mrwizard1us 1 week ago
what the devil was that lorry doing there, towards the end of the scene?
bourdon30 1 week ago
I always wondered how they drove cars when the gear shifter was in "P"
DOCRX09 2 weeks ago
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In the background you can see people behind orange tape watching the chase
IdentifiableUser 3 weeks ago
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STP43FAN1 1 month ago
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STP43FAN1 1 month ago
what i want to know is why the heck i haven't seen this movie?! this thing looks freaking awesome! love the sight of all that American sheetmetal filling the streets...and the bouyant suspensions on those old cars, what a sight of beauty. a bygone era.
bigbiscuit100 1 month ago
@bigbiscuit100 Awesome film worth looking for, even without the chase. If you loved French Connection, this was an unoffcial sequel from the same people and many of the same actors, except for Gene Hackman, from both films are here. An overlooked classic of the 70's!
jennifersman 3 weeks ago in playlist Jim's Videos
@jennifersman this film was way better then FRENCH CONNECTION it had a way better chase scene in this film and was more AWESOME.
TheSuperCRASHer 1 week ago
Roy finally got his convertible that he always wanted..lol
oldyuma 1 month ago
Cudos to the great Bill Hickman as the Bonneville driver..Roy is driving a Ventura with a 350 CI 4/BBll?
oldyuma 1 month ago
This car chase among others that was filming in 60,s and 70,s have cameras that people didnt see all the times so some times they did think is was a real car chases! And there for movies was better becouse of it!...ahhh this is so realistic speacially in the end when he drive in the rear of the truck...he look really chocked that is a great actor Roy Scheider
awesomepat 1 month ago
@awesomepat The stunt driver actually did the 18 wheeler stunt, and never told the crew his intentions!
Scared everyone on the set to death !
mrwizard1us 1 week ago
@mrwizard1us That i understand myself...but the thing is he is was a great actor Roy! I always loved hes films....
awesomepat 1 week ago
Anybody else notice that when ol' Roy hits the horn....he's hitting the steering wheel ? The horn is located dead center on those Pontiacs. Oh, and that particular car has the over sized brake pedal and no clutch..which means..DUH..its an automatic. LOL...the sound over sure is cool, winding out that manual transmission. Gotta love Hollywood
dbuckbee61 1 month ago
This film, Bullet, and The French Connection were the inspirations behind the Playstation Driver Series. Great films, inspire great gaming!
TheTxBandit 1 month ago
@TheTxBandit All three films were Philip D'Antoni productions.
STP43FAN1 1 month ago
wow I cant belive the ventura was having a hard time keeping up with the old whale grandville that was a very sweet looking ventura to bad they totaled it! great action film
rockinrollfan37 1 month ago
00:14 Oh dear, jelly suspension!
swordfish1986 1 month ago
same driver of the charger indeed. truly one of the best car chases. i miss those big boats. luv how they floated over the roads.
69mercurymarquis 1 month ago
@69mercurymarquis
Yes, but the market changed and Detroit took years to adapt.
veritasvg 1 month ago
Mel Gibson?
Mdudeman13 1 month ago
huh this is a lot like how i drive every day .
zapster2412111 2 months ago
his name is Richard Lynch,and it's true he always seemed to play a nut case.
tomloft2000 2 months ago
WHO is the actor that played the blond "phony cop" kidnapper and passenger in the chase scene? he was GREAT as psyco bad guys in numerous 1970's crime movies BUT I can't remember his name.
LeRinkRat 2 months ago
Wow!!! that was one of the best chase sequences i've seen in a long time :)
Arun88able 2 months ago
@BroadwayJoe1965 There was a behind the scenes clip of the Seven Ups. Hickman talked about the upcoming car chase with planning and preparations.
DC322 2 months ago
Screw CGI car chases. Bring on the real car chases with stunt drivers on a real street and highway.
DC322 2 months ago
Ah the good old days when your would wheels pop off and you can still drive away on all 4. Classics. Im off to find this movie. I gotta see the rest of it!
vipmd 2 months ago
AND THEY SAY AMERICAN CARS CANT GO AROUND CORNERS... YEAH RIGHT SKURRRRRRRRRRRRRRT BWHAHAHA
vipmd 2 months ago
HELL YEAH THIS IS WHEN IT WAS REAL!
vipmd 2 months ago
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@ 0:11 - I have a car identical to this... except its brown. Have owned for 11 years... best car I have ever owned.
Toni7859 2 months ago
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Toni7859 2 months ago
The guy driving the car that Roy Schnider is chasing was the guy driving the Charger in the chase scene in Bullitt, and they copied the part were his passenger climbs in the back to shoot at the other car, and they dubed the sound from the Bullitt chase....but I still love it.
Eightbanger 2 months ago
9:30 Great Dane trailer before the bumpers were required. And when the cop gets out of the wreck he kinda casually walks in the lane without looking for traffic.
takeadayofff 2 months ago
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takeadayofff 2 months ago
Seeing the same Fiat 850 coupe turn up 4 times during the chase is a bit too much
sonnylatchstring 2 months ago
There's always a stack of fruit boxes. Jesus, don't fruit box guys know how to get out of the way of car chases?
Pihasanddunes1 2 months ago
same driver of the dodge charger in bullitt
stickyshortz 2 months ago 10
@stickyshortz Bill Hickman.
DC322 2 months ago
There is something about fall in NYC. Just a random thought while watching this video : )
sugarmaple28 2 months ago
@BroadwayJoe1965 Hickman was incredible!
sugarmaple28 3 months ago
@sugarmaple28 Indeed. Hickman was a top stuntman and proved in this film and The French Connection that he was a capable actor.
STP43FAN1 2 months ago 6
The best, ever. Period.
edwardjames50 3 months ago
Cars not made of plastic. Awesome chase.
sugarmaple28 3 months ago 2
Schmidt's truck on the GWB at 7:07!
daddy912 3 months ago
This chase rocks!
jdez10 3 months ago
I love the way they made up his face after the crash, viens poppin out of his head, his face all flustered, it looks real LOL! This chase is better than Steve McQueen's "Bullitt" chase . And the bad guy driving the Bonneville in this chase is the same bad guy who was driving the 68 Charger in the "Bullitt" car chase
kdemonde 3 months ago 2
@kdemonde That is right. It's Bill Hickman who drove the Dodge Charger in Bullitt. Hickman also drove in The French Connection and Love Bug but you can't see his face in those. And he drove in other movies. One where you do see his face but the driving is normal is in Patton as he plays Gen. Patton's jeep driver. I saw an interview Robert Culp did and they talked about a chase scene in a movie and he said that was Bill Hickman who was one of the best drivers in Hollywood then. Bill died in '86.
boblackey1 3 months ago
1973 Pontiac Bonneville vs. a 1972 Pontiac Ventura
kdemonde 3 months ago in playlist Car Chases
@kdemonde i think its a 73 ventura
carbonfootprintmyass 3 months ago
@carbonfootprintmyass You're probably right,... too bad the Nova outsold the Ventura back then.
kdemonde 3 months ago
@kdemonde - to be exact, its a 1973 Pontiac Grand Ville... just a fancier Bonneville. :)
Toni7859 2 months ago
@Toni7859 Thanks, i always thought the GrandVille was produced only as a 2-Door and Convertible and i believe the GrandVille came with the standard 455 cu. motor and the Bonny came with optional 455 & 440. Correct me if i'm wrong, i grew up with theses cars but was too young to own and drive them lol, however i've admired American cars well into adulthood and owned a great deal of GM vehicles in my days. Never had a GrandVille, i've only owned a 81 Parisienne and a 90 Bonneville SSEi
kdemonde 2 months ago
@kdemonde - your welcome! Yeah, it was also available in a 4dr hardtop/wagon (not available as a 4dr sedan) from 1971-75. By 76, Bonneville Brougham was the top model again. I have one identical to this one, except its brown. Its been a super reliable car I have owned as a 3rd car for about 11 years now. Yep, 455 was standard in Grand Ville, optional in Catalina/Bonneville, 400 was also another engine in these. 440 was in Mopars. Grand Ville wagons... were called Grand Safari's. :)
Toni7859 2 months ago
@Toni7859 Thanks again! Yes i'm familiar with the wagons of that era such as The Chevy Kingswood Estate, The Buick Estate, and Oldsmobile had a wagon (what was the name of that? was it the 98 wagon?) I thought the Bonny came in wagon not the GrandVille. And how could i mistake the 400 for the 440 LOL! Yes i remember The GrandVille dissappearing in the mid 70's. I had an friend who had a 71 GrandVille coupe, he was a drinker and much older than me, but that car was FAST! Didnt have it long...
kdemonde 2 months ago
@kdemonde - yeah, I actually have a Kingswood Estate, (1972) as well. lol. Yeah, Oldsmobiles wagon then was called the Custom Cruiser (name lasted up through 1992). Oh yeah, for 71-72, Grand Safari was based on Bonneville, but for 73-75, based on Grand Ville's trim. lol. It was confusing back then. lol. My uncle had a 71 Grand Ville sedan in the 80s, but used the engine for a Trans AM he had back then. lol. I would type more, but only allows so much on here. lol. Hope I helped some!
Toni7859 2 months ago
@Toni7859 Yep!, that little piece of information helped out a great deal Thanks! As a young boy growing up, i had a thing for the coupes and sedans, the wagons weren't my fave lol! I remember in 1973 my family were going on a trip to see family in Mobile Alabama from New York. Our family car at the time was a 67 Pontiac Executive, so my father rented a Brand New! 73 Plymouth Fury station wagon, and for me looking at it, it was HUGE! lol! I'm sure it had the 360 cu. motor, the trip went well.
kdemonde 2 months ago
@kdemonde Granville.
DC322 2 months ago
@DC322 Huh?
kdemonde 2 months ago
@kdemonde It was a Pontiac Grandville, not a Bonnieville. Sorry about not being specific.
DC322 2 months ago
@DC322 Oh okay Thanks...although it was already clarified to me that it was a GrandVille but i do appreciate you clarifying this for me as well, and no problem on the lack of specifics the first time..i do it all the time LOL!
kdemonde 2 months ago
That roadblock was pitiful, in the words of Buford T. Justice: "You som'bitches couldn't close an umbrella!".
Anyway, that was an awesome chase, Bill Hickman was the greatest!
MarkoShumarko 4 months ago
from 8:38 to 8:42 you hear the true sound of the venturas 4 barrel
ant240 4 months ago
maybe its been mentioned before but that pontiac ventura sounds alot like the mustang in bullitt
TRANSAM19777 4 months ago
@TRANSAM19777 It is, they borrowed the soundtrack of the chase from Bullitt for this film, well spotted!
CycolacFan 3 months ago
The tire screeches at the beginning of the chase were sampled in the game Driver on the PS1.
RetroGamerr1991 4 months ago
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I knew I recognized that sound! Thanks! :-D
crazyfooInc 4 months ago
This movie and the French Connection are two of the best police story / movies EVER made. This was back when movies were great and they didn't need non stop action to cover over lousy acting and pathetic story lines. And to top it all off, both the chase scenes in these movies were done with no computer animation etc.
GTX1123 4 months ago 2
I wonder how much gas that Grandville burned through?
chpman2013 4 months ago
They shot three scenes of this movie in my old neighborhood and a friends father from the old hood playes a mobster that beats up the cop and puts him in the trunk.
BronxNYE206St 4 months ago
Always loved this movie came out around the same time as the French Connection. Don't believe that was the real police siren that was with those cars. Loved those black green and whites. Saw one on a flat bed about six yrs ago could have been going to a car show or something.
BronxNYE206St 5 months ago
@BronxNYE206St Thats the saw mill river parkway its like a roller coaster a guy in front of me was towing a car he took out a sign
spacepatrolman 5 months ago
@BronxNYE206St this movie was roy scheiders part2 of the french connection, and french connection 2 was gene hackmans
ant240 4 months ago
My god that cop siren is annoying.
MuzzDrifter94 5 months ago in playlist Car chase scenes
@MuzzDrifter94 ditto
ant240 4 months ago
I like the French Connection chase but this one is simply better. TimeWarp: Could you see a couple of those little boxed prius' chasing each other.......I feel sorry for young people nowadays, they got jacked. with practically everything.
MrTracythomas1 5 months ago
I always refer to this film as the perfect illustration of what the American car industry was like at this point in time. The ratio of American to foreign was probably around 10% foreign . Now it's more like 10% American.
MrSteve24fps 5 months ago
@45myob LOL. hospital part was hilarous but yes as a collective society seems to be losing its edge and getting one in places where it does not belong.
ashland1977 5 months ago
One of my all time favorite movies! Next choice, "The French Connection".
They just don't make classics like these anymore.
Bacmaster 5 months ago
Engines sounds like those from "Bullitt"
jstoes 5 months ago
This era will never be topped. The cars are not plastic, they sound like cars should sound, no annoying theme music for the background, just the sound of what a car chase should be. Awesome.
ashland1977 5 months ago 35
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@ashland1977 Umm, better choreography and stunts? Background music that's scientifically proven to give you an adrenaline rush, which is why they put it in? Newer, faster, stronger cars? Dude, this era HAS been topped.
lewiskyle11 3 months ago
@lewiskyle11 No.
ashland1977 3 months ago
@lewiskyle11 wrong. you are hilarious.
sugarmaple28 3 months ago
@sugarmaple28 Thanks. But unless you present an argument against mine that proves me wrong, I'm not wrong by default.
lewiskyle11 3 months ago
@lewiskyle11 Agree
sugarmaple28 3 months ago
@ashland1977 You are absolutely right.
sugarmaple28 3 months ago
@ashland1977 Could not have said it better myself - I was just thinking the same thing!
nxne75 3 months ago
@nxne75 Thanks man!
ashland1977 3 months ago
@ashland1977 Certainly it sounds awesome; they probably dubbed the exact same Ford GT40 that was used for 'Bullitt." It makes for the best sounding Pontiac Ventura, anyway.
davefla2 2 months ago
@davefla2 very true. Some of the sound was taken from Bullitt, but it does make for a great sounding ventura lol.
ashland1977 2 months ago
@ashland1977 Also, I swear I can hear a double-clutch/downshift around 1:33-4; two seconds later he's banging on the horn right next to the column shift... I love this chase but it has its hilarious parts!
davefla2 2 months ago
@davefla2 I completely agree. I love how it is done in the Fall in NY. Perfect bleak backdrop just like in "The French Connection"
ashland1977 2 months ago
The only real reason to watch this movie, and the only thing you will remember after seeing it 20 years ago. Is it true or just an urban myth that a stunt driver died in that wreck?
verbusen 5 months ago
@verbusen Jerry Summers drove Scheider's car and did not die in the wreck. IMDb shows that he was doing stunts through 1995. I saw a documentary many years ago about the making of the movie, maybe it was just the car chase. It was a long time ago. I remember them showing how the interior of Scheider's car was padded with a bunch of foam rubber, and they showed the stunt driver after the crash. There is a behind-the-scenes featurette of the 2006 DVD release of the film, but I haven't seen it
T1m3Trav3l3r 5 months ago
@T1m3Trav3l3r Thanks, now I won't think as highly of the car chase, lol, just joking. Actually watching it now in this age of cgi effects and because I've seen it before, it seems, dare I say it? average. Guess I enjoy it now because it takes me back to when I was a kid watching it and being blown away.
verbusen 5 months ago
@verbusen I still think it's the best car chase ever. Check out this short documentary on The French Connection's chase v=KpLq9vhsZbQ
Bill Hickman drove in all 3 films, (Bullitt, 7 Ups, French Connection), he's also an actor. It sounds like he would have been fun to hang out with. One of the producers was talking about Bill telling him, "You want a chase? If you have the balls to get in the car with me I'll give you a f***in chase...." The documentary is only 8.5 min. it's worth the watch.
T1m3Trav3l3r 5 months ago
@T1m3Trav3l3r Also, the interesting about The French Connection chase was they didn't have permits, or block off the streets or anything. I don't think it was as good a chase as the 7 Ups, but found the story of the chase itself more interesting.
T1m3Trav3l3r 5 months ago
The Car, wich Roy Scheider is driving, reminds me of "Sabre Turbo" from GTA VC
RSOFT92 5 months ago
On what planet would the Grandville weigh 5500lbs.?
MrSteve24fps 5 months ago
Nothing like seeing almost 3 tons of Detroit steel powered by a 455ci big block catch air while screaming through upper Manhattan.
sitelease11 5 months ago
They showed the scene of Scheider ducking at the end and crashing into the truck on TV about every five minutes in commercials when this film was out in the '70s. I was surprised that Bill Hickman drove both this and the car in "Bullitt," I recognized him immediately. Also, it looks like they're driving up 10th Avenue early in the chase. Ah, those were the days when you could get across the bridges without any traffic in the middle of the day....
kellyadmirer1 5 months ago
A car chase that makes "Bullitt" look like "Driving Miss Daisy"!
CesMan83 6 months ago
At 3:17 a 1969 Oldsmobile 442 with a black landau top in blue paint?
roastbeefdinner 6 months ago in playlist Car Chases and Steve McQueen - to edit.
From the French Connection, I know Roy was like hey why does Gene get to do the car chase. He can't drive worth sh*t. Then Seven Ups comes out and Gene is like: hey you think you can drive better. Roy says: WWWWWWatch me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eldo59 6 months ago in playlist Car Chases/Crashes
love the sounds of those cars!
TheTeMaRuS 6 months ago
Now that's a damn car chase!
kkarls1 6 months ago
Wow, now that's a car chase scene.
codename617 6 months ago
Gotta love Scheider. Great car chase scene and a very good movie.
easyscore 6 months ago
That sound effect when he collides against the truck at 9:30 is beautiful.
DonaldvsSephy 6 months ago 8
I just love the sound of that Pontiac Ventura at 00:23 when he starts it up and 04:29 when he floors it. Can't beat the sound of that 5.0l V8
DanielC650 6 months ago
It was after this chase scene that Roy decided it would be safer to chase SHARKS.
beardsleyaubrey 6 months ago
Ahh... the good ol' days, when cars had 300-plus horsepower V-8 engines, and they could take a beating without crumpling up like tin cans.
Tessmage 6 months ago
I find it funny how that trucker just casually ran to the car and started touching on the guy without a single word.
Tidermans 6 months ago
Has anyone seen the car chase in the movie Jade with David Caruso?
That should be among the top 5 of all car chase scenes.
TheLastOfTheFinest80 6 months ago
what are these two cars anyways?
brtshstel 6 months ago
@brtshstel Hmmmm....... Both Pontiacs. A 1973 Ventura (the pontiac version of the chevy Nova) & I think a Bonneville. How they got to those speeds in NYC traffic is a mystery to me.
WALTERBROADDUS 6 months ago
@WALTERBROADDUS The 2 bad guys care was the Pontiac Grand Ville. Schneiders was in fact a Pontiac Ventura.
sitelease11 5 months ago
@sitelease11 Ok. Hard to tell. Not up On my early 70's Pontiacs. Always been more a Ford guy.
WALTERBROADDUS 5 months ago
YEAAAAHH!! I miss the old days when most cars were big solid metal boats!! Nowadays cars are little plastic jalopys...
MrPage2004 6 months ago
I was expecting a smashed body in there
WarningSign1000 6 months ago
this pontiac is built like a tank
maloyas 6 months ago
I love how the kids got right back in the middle of the street!
dengeist 6 months ago
The dark-blue Pontiac sedan was driven by The Great One: Bill Hickman.
Who drove the "Tuxedo Black" Dodge Charger 440 Magnum/RT in arguably the greatest chase scene of all time--with Steve McQueen in his "Highland Green" Mustang 390 GT in 1968's "Bullitt." But THIS chase in "The 7-Ups was pretty damn good, too.
B304A124 6 months ago
I MISS PONTIAC AUTOMOBILES ESPECIALLY THE OLDER ONES FROM THE 60'S AND 70'S
JRG1120 6 months ago
Dads in the 70´s were awesome. "Would you like your kid to be in a movie? All he has to do is stand in the middle of the street while two cars go past them at 150 km/H, and they have to get out of the way"..."Sure, go ahead!!"...nowadays parents would sue the producers if they even suggested a dangerous scene, and would have 20 lawyers and stunt doubles, LOL....those were the good old relaxed days, now everyone is so uptight...
TheSRalston 6 months ago
EPIC..
flauretta 6 months ago
I've wondered all these years what motor was in Roy's car ? I'm pretty sure the Grand Ville had a 455, but the Nova/whatever prolly only had a 350
chg657 7 months ago
If Scheider had a radio, why didn't he call for backup right away? (I know - the chase scene would not have been asexciting.) Also - Scheider's car was much more show than go. Given its engine noise, it should have been much faster.
paktype 7 months ago
@paktype because those radios are short wave for car to car person to person use they dont have a long range if u watch the whole movie youll see them on stake out having to go outside and down a block to be able to broadcast to the next guy . i have an old 2 channel short wave police radio which dosnt work anymore but when it did it had lousy range on it its for useing if 2 people are close to eachother but past that , thats why he didnt radio for back up because he was to far away
smokey213964 6 months ago
Just guessing. The weight of the Ventura was about 3300 and the Grand ville about4200LBS.
MrSteve24fps 7 months ago
@MrSteve24fps The Grand Ville came in at 5500 lbs.
sitelease11 5 months ago
@sitelease11 4,400 was it's curb
chpman2013 4 months ago
I've seen this a million times and its amazing how much its like the Bullitt chase. Which makes sense, considering that Bill Hickman (the driver of the '68 Charger in Bullitt and the '73 Grand Ville in this movie) was the stunt coordinator for both films.
paktype 7 months ago
@paktype I thought Cary Lofton was the car driver in both films
NIGHTWHMAN 7 months ago
@NIGHTWHMAN Nope, Bill Hickman. He was also the stunt coordinator for The French Connection's famous car-train race scene but he didn't drive the car in that movie, it was Gene Hackman and a stunt double, He did play a cop in that movie though.
paktype 7 months ago
@paktype Bill Hickman and Gene Hackman both drove in the chase. Here's a short (8.5 min.) documentary about it v=KpLq9vhsZbQ
T1m3Trav3l3r 5 months ago
@paktype Hickman was the FBI agent Popeye Doyle accidentally shoots in the end
jennifersman 3 weeks ago
@NIGHTWHMAN Cary Loftin did Barry Newman's stunt driving in Vanishing Point
jennifersman 3 weeks ago
@paktype same soundtrack too, these are the SFX from the Bulitt chase.
CycolacFan 3 months ago
for those of you who are looking for the blue van, its at 5:19 . and just incase you were hoping it was a dodge tradesman like me , its not. its a ford econoline.
yourallbrainwashed 7 months ago
WOW, gonna find and rent this, just can't get enough of these 1970's action flick lately!
Bertisevil666 7 months ago
Man how much did both cars weigh?
SubaruB4RSK 7 months ago
@SubaruB4RSK Not sure about the smaller Ventura that Schneider drove, but the big 4 door was just under 3 tons.
sitelease11 5 months ago
@sitelease11
thanks!
SubaruB4RSK 5 months ago
battleship racing! :-)
SubaruB4RSK 7 months ago
I think it was an ending like this that puts this car chase a step ahead of Bullitt.
kdemonde 7 months ago
OUCH
blue39503 7 months ago
i think this is basically what happened to Jayne Mansfield. the Mansfield bar extends below the trailer to possible prevent things like this from happening. but if youre traveling at Roys speed, i doubt it will help.
sosidecop64 7 months ago
It was scripted to have Scheider's car stop within inches of the truck. When they filmed it, the car's brake line gave out and you saw the end result. The stunt driver was OK. He demanded extra pay for the stunt, they gave it to him.
jacktheripoff1888 7 months ago
When he's talking with the cop on the radio, the cop says " We've got 'em. 10-4" what does the 10-4 mean?
Va98im 7 months ago
@Va98im 10-4 is one of the 'ten codes' or 'ten-signals' that are used mostly by American police officers. You can go to apco911.org/new/commcenter911/downloads/10codes.pdf to see them.
RickSeraf 7 months ago
@Va98im 10-4 basically means they acknowledge the command/request
kdemonde 7 months ago
The same driver as the Bullit Charger ??????
bloolouboyle 7 months ago
...loose the hood, more air flow f/ the engine.. I like that... ;-)
kewlbreez77 7 months ago
Pontiac Ventura
380AMS 7 months ago
Is that a lemans sport or a buick omega can`t tell.
DarthRiggle 7 months ago
Yes, a truck at the Millwood/Briarcliif exit of the Taconic State Parkway! The roads were closed for most of this. A great classic chase scene!
380AMS 7 months ago
steam at 2:40 ? xD
SyncMaster190T 7 months ago
Any New Yorker who has gone over the George Washington Bridge knows that their is a major discontinuity in the sequence. The Palisades Interstate Parkway is off the GWB. But after a few seconds, the scenes are of the Taconic Parkway which is on the other side of the Hudson River and north, in Westchester County. I'd say it would take you at least 30 minutes at high speed -- longer at normal driving speeds -- to get to the Taconic from Northern NJ which is where the PIP starts.
zl1vette427 7 months ago 2
I don't think the Bullitt chase has anything on this one. This chase was balls out wild and damn good. Bill Hickman sure got his revenge with this one... Interesting though how the police did not seem aware of a car chase happening in uptown Manhattan until five minutes into it. Even though there was at least one beat cop on the sidewalk who saw it. In 2011, someone would have filmed the cars speeding by on their camera phone and posted it on YouTube in that amount of time, lol.
LateNightCable 7 months ago
way , way back( 35 or so years ago) the local movie theater had this showing with Bullitt, dirty mary and crazy larry and race with the devil...good times... only paid $1.00 too see all of them...
HAnchondo 7 months ago
Tricky geography: the parking garage stood on W 56th St between 11th & 10th avenues where the chase begins, but then both cars emerge from W 48th St and turn the wrong way up 9th avenue for a block, then left on W 49th St for a block and race up 10th avenue to turn right on W 78th St, which really is closed on school days as a play street. They then swing south around the Museum of Natural History and continue north on Central Park West to turn left onto W 96th St westbound.
speeta 8 months ago
@speeta thats awsome i am a huge fan of bill hickman and any movies with car chases in general but the movie it self doesnt do anything for me i like the stuff that you just posted the whats and wheres of the actual filming so thankyou , you filled in the last blank of info i wanted about this movie . the only place i recognized was palisades parkway
smokey213964 8 months ago
@smokey213964 You're welcome. The film plays tricks with geography elsewhere too. Prior to the chase they follow a car from a funeral parlor in the Bronx to car wash located on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn (without crossing any bridge or tunnels, pretending the car wash is somewhere on the west side of Manhattan) and then exit the car wash, cross the street and end up in the parking garage in Manhattan!
speeta 8 months ago
@speeta I FRICKIN LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
smokey213964 8 months ago
lol truthfully i just love to watch bill hickman man handle that black pontiac through the city if u watch real close shortly after they leave the the blk pontiac comes slideing around the corner and hickman actually had one arm rested on the rolld down window...........I FRICKIN LOVE IT
smokey213964 8 months ago
@smokey213964
That's the way to handle the corner in style!
SubaruB4RSK 7 months ago
hey man, ok this is great, but no one beats the fucking Bullitt !
porcodundio 8 months ago
Still in my personal top 5 car chases, you gotta love the work and choreography of Bill Hickman, who drives the Pontiac Grand Ville... One of the greatest drivers ever!
johngova 8 months ago
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i like how at the pontiac grandville sounds like a machine and not a computer
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vpiedra1 8 months ago
Nowadays no city in America would allow a car chase like this to be filmed on city streets.
2indulgent 8 months ago
"A squad from the Chief Of Detectives office is investigating stories about undercover police - ALLEGED police - going around kidnapping wiseguys for ramsom."
"And they think it's US?"
"Buddy, what would you think? What was Anson doing with Cotello? A lot of people never wanted our outfit formed. You know that."
STP43FAN1 8 months ago
better than bullitt
teadigg 8 months ago