The 10 Best Car Chases Ever Filmed
Forget Bullitt. This is the real Crasharama.
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- DirectorH.B. HalickiStarsH.B. HalickiMarion BusiaJerry DaugirdaWhen a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one is in the bag - thereby, the police precipitate in a desperate car chase against Pace and his Eleanor across Southern California.H. B. Halickis 1974 original undisputedly leads the list. For mega car crash fanatics the benchmark of the genre, for all others 90 minutes of yawning boredom.
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsJean-Paul BelmondoOmar SharifDyan CannonIn 1970s Athens a group of professional burglars plans an emerald heist from the home of a gem collector, but corrupt Greek police inspector Abel Zacharia is on their trail.Epic car chase in 1971 Athens between Jean Paul Belmondo and Omar Sharif.
- DirectorMichael TuchnerStarsBarry NewmanSuzy KendallJohn VernonA man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.Ahhh, them good old days when cars were big and fast and petrol was cheap.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsJoe Don BakerTyne DalyRichard JaeckelAfter a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in private investigator Pete Novick to solve the case. While the chief of police isn't thrilled about having an outsider come and show up his men, one of the officers is a former girlfriend of Novick's who's more than willing to help him out in any way she can. After a long and convoluted investigation with false leads, psychics and the mafia, Novick at last unravels the identity of the thief.Joe Don Baker in his element. What they do to a Jensen Interceptor should be made illegal.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsJohn WayneEddie AlbertDiana MuldaurSeattle cop is caught up in a corrupt police force that he is trying to make right. McQ is a cop with a mission.They say, this film features the first ever air cannon rollover stunt. Allegedly, one stuntman lost his life in the making.
- DirectorStelvio MassiStarsMaurizio MerliGiancarlo SbragiaAngelo InfantiA hot-shot police driver has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary police interceptor responsible for numerous large scale arrests.This movie contains the mythical scene of a Lancia Flavia Coupè and a Ferrari 250 GTE going down the famous stairway of the Trinità dei Monti church in Rome.
- DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsMiou-MiouJean LefebvreBernard MenezFollowing a car chase and shootout, a man stumbles into a girl's apartment and dies. Frantic to be rid of this encumbrance, and wishing to avoid getting involved with the police, the girl finds a willing lad in a bar who will help her with her predicament. He loads the body into the back of his father's car. Before he can find a place to dump the body, his father takes off in it to see his mistress. In this comedy, the car with the body, chased by the girl and her helpful new friend, slips from their grasp time after time.The car chase takes place during the opening credits. It is relatively short, but superbly choreographed and very tongue in cheek. Like the rest of the film actually.
- DirectorMichele LupoStarsKirk DouglasGiuliano GemmaFlorinda BolkanA just released from prison professional thief decides to do one last high-risk heist, which could settle him for life or land him behind bars again.Never mind that the villain's car changes from a 58 Plymouth Belvedere 2-door to a 60 Dodge Dart 4-door halfways through the chase, and the weather changes from dry to wet to dry despite the chase never leaves the city of Hamburg. What they do to a Citroen DS Break is a crime. But even all these things considered, this is one of the most awesome car chase scenes ever filmed! As a bonus, like the rather short chase scene in The French Connection I, it is filmed only with 'natural' sound, no music, no fuzz. This makes it 'feel' extremely realistic.
- DirectorMartin BrestStarsEddie MurphyJudge ReinholdJohn AshtonA freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.Yes, the epic chase with that tandem trailer rig full of counterfeit cigarettes. If you think one can't do more damage to Detroit, think again! Halfways through the scene, a full-sized city bus does a perfect 180. I have no idea how they did it, and it hasn't been done in any other movie.
- DirectorJack VacekStarsJack VacekTrice SchubertEdward AbrahmsTwo highway patrolmen think they are working on the side repossessing cars. But eventually, they realize that they have been tricked and are actually stealing the cars.Written and directed by Jack Vacek, who was H. B. Halicki's cinematographer. Like in Gone in 60 Seconds, he has a cameo appearance as a police officer in this movie too. Shallow plot, typical B-movie acting, but the car chases, of which there are several, are brilliant. Not quite up to Halicki standards, but the mark has been made.