Randomly saw the video here, hadn't seen the movie since I was a kid. Clicked on it and I actually cannot believe that Frank Spencer was Condorman lol. I almost fell out of my seat. 😂
I remember watching this on TV when I was less than 5, never forgot about two scenes on this movie, the flying from the tower at beginning and this car chase... I didn't knew the name of this movie, it bugged me for years... but now after 10+ years trying to figure out I can now enjoy this again! thanks.
Exactly as me, I remember watching this movie as a small child in the 80s!, and all I remember was the scene where the yellow car appears below the old car and a flying man in a red suit! and the name of the movie as birdman, that's was why I was unable to find the movie until today, I was looking for this movie for years!.
@Patrick Swayze Yeah, it was such a great relief when I've finally found out. I've always think it was some 80's james bond due to the nature of the movie, and I even tried watch them one by one, but to no success. hahaha
Wow... Frank Spencer grew a pair! 👍🇬🇧 Damn, I have never even heard of this? If you had said this had happened I would never had believed it! I have to find this now.
Fun Fact: the driving stunts were done by the legendary French stunt driver Remy Julienne and his team. The same people who did the stunts for The Italian Job & many James Bond movies.
My brother and I wore out the VHS as kids!!! One day the tape broke. My dad worked for Disney when we were little and would rent the actual 35mm reals of movies and project them on a screen in the front yard. He couldn’t play Condorman because it required a special lens on the projector. To this day, it’s still one of my favorite movies from my childhood.
Casually playing 35mm in the backyard? 6-8 reels, 20 minute each for a complete movie, on a giant projector, with deadly voltage bulb, etc. I'm skeptical but rock on.
Funny you should mention that since Barbara Carrera who plays Natalia in “Condorman” would go on to play the villainous Fatima Blush in the James Bond flick “Never Say Never Again”.
Well the lead is Michael Crawford, who is big a British stage actor in his 80’s now. Was the original phantom in phantom of the opera. Was big on uk tv comedy before this in the 70’s.
I saw this movie the first and only time on an Air Canada flight with my parents and little brother … I was only 8 years old at the time. I vaguely remember liking it. Ahhh, the 1980’s … such memories.
I likely haven't seen this movie since maybe, 1983 when I was a very young child. I have now discovered where my Porsche obsession origninated. Those black 911's are beautiful.
I've seen this quite a few times as a kid. Absolutely great oldskool goodness. AND that opening theme song....👌🏿downright epic. I will say that of the oldskool (seemingly forgotten) Disney films.... Drangonslayer is top of the list for me.
I watched the movie as a small kid and I remember the black cars struck me as the most awesome thing I've ever seen. I even 'modded' a toy car of mine to make it look like one (not really, I just removed the external cover because the inner body was all mate black) It's funny I didn't really remember how the cars looked like or the model (I was too young to know about car models) and more than 40 yrs later, I discover they were damn Porsche 911s. Well, at least I was right about the cars, they're cool AF. Thanks for completing my memories back
i have a feeling some of the 007 crew worked on this :) I think (in the uk), Michael Crawford was too well known for Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em. To then be cast as a lead/hero character in an action movie. But as a kid i loved it too :) And Crawford was famous for doing his own stunts.
Hahaha! The "on board computer" was the height of 1970's technology. It ha an impressive 24 kb of RAM. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough memory to use both weapons at once. If he had tried, the car would have shut down. 😂
I've got to be one of the very few people who can genuinely say... "I preferred the book".... hehehehe Seriously, as an 8 year old me, I carried the book everywhere - this and some random Dukes of Hazard thing... I would later progress to Dark Crystal and Never Ending Story.... I thought books made me look cool.... nope, girls like muscles, not books. And guys only respect muscles, not books. So. I was very single, and bullied. Now I'm 50 and single... because I leave comments like this one!
I absolutely loved this movie as a kid when I saw it in the theater. Years later I showed this to my nephews and daughters and they yawned with boredom. Good taste has died.
No. I saw this movie as a Kid in the theaters and liked it. Watching decades later as an adult I can see that it's in fact a horrible movie. This movie is not "good taste"
As a 12-year-old, watching this film sparked a dream of owning a black 911, 19 years later I finally bought my first ..22 years after, I still have that car :-)
I'm similar, after seeing this film when I was 8 I always wanted condormans car. Dispite not knowing what car it was. But about 6 years later I brought a cool looking kitcar that was sitting on a farm, hadn't seen the film for years so I didn't realise (even though its yellow) until me and my brother were watching this scene that Christmas. Strangely this was 22 years ago and I also still have the car
@@Starry_Night_Sky7455 That's not a 911, it's a replica of the very rare (even then) 935. I say it's a replica because not even Disney would maltreat a 935 like that just for a movie. It's certainly a kit car, as are all the 911s that they crashed.
Man I loved this film as a kid in the 80s! Watched it so many times with my dad. Seeing as it's a Disney film I'm pissed it's not on Disney+ I wanna watch it with my boys for a trip down memory lane.
@@JoshWest247 Hard for Tesla to put flame throwers out its ass since they are EV's. Goes against their ecological religion to support fuel based weaponry. 🤣
Wow, blast from the past, I remember this specific scene but couldn't remember the movie, I kept telling people its the movie where a car is jumping another car from the front, but nobody remembers. lol well I can finally say I am not totally crazy. :P
The 930 turbo flat nose driven by the boss was my favourite. I'd say you'd have to sell a kidney to afford one these days, but they're that rare, a kidney would probably just about buy the wheels 🤣
Exactly me too! The part where they pull into the village and the henchman causes the villagers to close their blinds in fear really stuck with me. Apparently debate "rages" to this day over whether the lead bad guy was in a real 935 or a body-kitted 911.
Don't forget how many Porsches gave their lives in the making of 1 chase scene. LOL. The repair guys were working over time trying to get just 1 of them to drive a couple hours on set, let lone do stunts. 🤪
@@leewriter4656at a top speed of 30 mph or less the damage would have been purely to bodywork and at a guess I'd say they gathered a bunch of write-offs and buffed them up a bit for the cameras. Come on be realistic. 🙄
For car fans: Morovich drives a 1969 Porsche 935 'Flatnose'! The others drive Porsche 911 Turbo (930)! Woody drives a converted 'Nova Sterling'! The trucks are 1969 MAN 'Hauber'!
@mipmipmipmipmip If you watch closely you can easily tell it's not a real 935 just a standard 911 with a body kit, that's movie magic for you. Managed to work that one out when I was 10 wearing the VHS tape out repeatedly watching it in slow motion lol
@@karlx19 The Movie came out in '81. Porsche 911's were all over europe and easy to aquire cheap. I'm sure the 935 was probably a track racer modified for the film.
Every time I Google this or comes up in a discussion, what comes back is that it’s a 1969 911 (front and rear window surrounds are chrome not black) with a 935 slant nose body kit.
The 'Nova Sterling' is now 'Aerotec Nova' who has held the licence for the cast of the body work. I drove one myself, with a VW Beetle engine. Really bad car, no leg room, no visibility front, side or rear, no power and awful handling. Those black cars are kits too as the end shots show those were fibreglass bodywork, not sheet metal.
@@matthewcaughey8898 in which bond actually relieved but somewhat earlier frustrated quips "not perfected yet". Barbara Carrera was casted perfectly as Fatima Blush
I genuinely had no idea the legendary Michael Crawford of “Frank Spencer” fame actually starred in this….!!! I literally did not even know this movie existed……and I’m 62 years old….😨
Watched this film the night after I split my head open jumping a Raleigh Strika off the prom onto the beach. Two things always struck me as pure class in this chase. 1, at a time when Bond baddies were fooling around in Ford Cortinas, this movie managed to source half a dozen 911s, and one a flatnose special. 2, the actor, Michael Crawford was very famous in the UK for playing a comedy character called Frank Spencer. In this chase where, the stunt driver drives the Condormobile between the log truck wheels, Michael Crawford did the exact same stunt himself, on roller skates, as Frank Spencer. Awesome work all around. Love this movie.
If you find one of the last episode done as frank spensor - he has a motor cycle - all the stunts are real and performed by Michael himself, you would not think he was a first class motor cycle rider and stuntman - it includes siting sideways, backwards, on the handlebars and operating all the controls as needed - all while acting the fool
As Frank Spencer he risked more than a bumper on those bollards! As you say, the stunt car work weaving the cars between and under the trucks was so much better than modern Star Wars CGI.
They even managed to snag Barbara Carrera. She was one of the Bond girls from "Never say never again." I loved those slant nose Porsches. They are rare today and a real one would probably fetch a decent amount of money.
Awww, I was hoping to see the part afterwards where the villain explained to his boss how the KGB's best pursuit squadron couldn't catch a rickety old truck. And, I'm paraphrasing here... "But, sir! The truck turned into a race car! And then the car... the car, it turned into a BOAT!".
Just cannot get Frank out of my head. Keep expecting him to say “Oooh Betty” especially when he misses with the lasers.
Almost looks like Betty in this clip to. Ive never seen this movie.
Randomly saw the video here, hadn't seen the movie since I was a kid. Clicked on it and I actually cannot believe that Frank Spencer was Condorman lol. I almost fell out of my seat. 😂
And he went on to become the first Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber's first London cast).
I just said it automatically 😂
The cats done a Woopsie in my bed
I remember watching this on TV when I was less than 5, never forgot about two scenes on this movie, the flying from the tower at beginning and this car chase... I didn't knew the name of this movie, it bugged me for years... but now after 10+ years trying to figure out I can now enjoy this again! thanks.
Exactly as me, I remember watching this movie as a small child in the 80s!, and all I remember was the scene where the yellow car appears below the old car and a flying man in a red suit! and the name of the movie as birdman, that's was why I was unable to find the movie until today, I was looking for this movie for years!.
I never forgot about this movie because I had a comic book version of it that included deleted scenes from it.
And the triple Istanbul express!
@Patrick Swayze Yeah, it was such a great relief when I've finally found out. I've always think it was some 80's james bond due to the nature of the movie, and I even tried watch them one by one, but to no success. hahaha
Same, literally same
There's so much wrong with this, that it makes it awesome !!
Wow... Frank Spencer grew a pair! 👍🇬🇧
Damn, I have never even heard of this? If you had said this had happened I would never had believed it! I have to find this now.
Fun Fact: the driving stunts were done by the legendary French stunt driver Remy Julienne and his team.
The same people who did the stunts for The Italian Job & many James Bond movies.
My brother and I wore out the VHS as kids!!! One day the tape broke. My dad worked for Disney when we were little and would rent the actual 35mm reals of movies and project them on a screen in the front yard. He couldn’t play Condorman because it required a special lens on the projector. To this day, it’s still one of my favorite movies from my childhood.
I'm hoping that now you have this on DVD, and maybe have several backup copies. It needs to be preserved.
Casually playing 35mm in the backyard? 6-8 reels, 20 minute each for a complete movie, on a giant projector, with deadly voltage bulb, etc. I'm skeptical but rock on.
I remember this movie. God, that car has more gadgets than James Bond 😂😂
Funny you should mention that since Barbara Carrera who plays Natalia in “Condorman” would go on to play the villainous Fatima Blush in the James Bond flick “Never Say Never Again”.
@@beethovensfidelio great i didn't know that
Love condorman i think it was 1987 when i first saw it as a kid
Looking back this is probably the first depiction of a touchscreen in movie history
OMG i remember this movie back when I was a kid, I sure hope these actors are still alive, they were so entertaining back when I was a kid.
Well the lead is Michael Crawford, who is big a British stage actor in his 80’s now. Was the original phantom in phantom of the opera. Was big on uk tv comedy before this in the 70’s.
@@markmager1669 ok so the main actor is alive, is the woman still alive too? I should think shes in her 80's also?
Oliver Reed and James Hampton (Krokov and Harry) are the only ones I know who have passed away.
@@thetxaggie6575 Thanks for the update m8
I saw this movie the first and only time on an Air Canada flight with my parents and little brother … I was only 8 years old at the time. I vaguely remember liking it.
Ahhh, the 1980’s … such memories.
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Saw this in the cinema, must have been 7 at the time, my 2 cousins were with me, great days.
Effen sweet! Greatest and best movie of all time! The boat at the end!
Barbara Carrera Was Beautiful back in This Movie Like a Doll 😘😘 Gonna Look For This Movie to Watch It Completely BTW Nice Clip 😁
I likely haven't seen this movie since maybe, 1983 when I was a very young child. I have now discovered where my Porsche obsession origninated. Those black 911's are beautiful.
OMG.... I remember that movie.... I was about 6 years old :-) And that was my favourite scene...
God knows how many times me an my bro watched this film. 35 years on I want to watch it again!
FANTASTIC.
I've seen this quite a few times as a kid. Absolutely great oldskool goodness. AND that opening theme song....👌🏿downright epic. I will say that of the oldskool (seemingly forgotten) Disney films.... Drangonslayer is top of the list for me.
God, I haven't even thought about this movie in years! I'm sorry to hear it's not on Disney+ because it really was a unique and memorable film.
I'm glad I bought the dvd of that wonderful film
I totally forgot about this movie and show, i loved it as a kid.
This movie is the definition of a what-if unlike anything anyone would ever see,now or since
Wow... So that's why I like mirrored windows on my ride... Don't have a black Porsche this clip explains a lot!
Good memories
When I watched this as a kid,
the scene of them lowering and the old truck falling away into a super cool car absolutely BLEW MY MIND. 😅
Movies like this one should be shown on TV again
I wanted to see this when I was a kid. I saw Siskel and Ebert's review of it and changed my mind.
I watched the movie as a small kid and I remember the black cars struck me as the most awesome thing I've ever seen. I even 'modded' a toy car of mine to make it look like one (not really, I just removed the external cover because the inner body was all mate black) It's funny I didn't really remember how the cars looked like or the model (I was too young to know about car models) and more than 40 yrs later, I discover they were damn Porsche 911s. Well, at least I was right about the cars, they're cool AF. Thanks for completing my memories back
Loved this movie as a kid! "I'll bring the dip, you bring the Dostoyevsky."
Loved this movie when I was a kid, thank you
Love this film when I was a kid loved watching airwolf,street hawk,blue thunder,A team,knight rider don’t make any programs like that anymore
i have a feeling some of the 007 crew worked on this :)
I think (in the uk), Michael Crawford was too well known for Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em. To then be cast as a lead/hero character in an action movie. But as a kid i loved it too :)
And Crawford was famous for doing his own stunts.
Loved this film!
Lol, I've been trying to find this for about 40 years 😂 thanks 😊
Best superhero ever.
I never heard of this show until today.
it was a movie .
Ohhh Betty I'm gonna press another button! Columbo's just done a whopsie on the seat covers!
This is the reason I love Porsche. forgot how many they destroyed, kinda hurts now.
Forget the 'AVENGERS'... This is a TRUE Superhero Movie !
I loved this movie
First film I ever watched on VHS.
Never saw the movie, but these scenes are superb!!! Better than James Bond!
Frank Spencer's attempt at an American accent is not good to say the least.
I remember watching this movie on VHS and I was blown away . They don't make fun action adventure movies like this anymore.
The acting at 2:27 🤣 "Look out!" 💀
I haven't seen it since I was a little kid.
Pity he couldn't use all rear weapons at once!
Hahaha! The "on board computer" was the height of 1970's technology. It ha an impressive 24 kb of RAM. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough memory to use both weapons at once. If he had tried, the car would have shut down. 😂
This is like watching bean as Johnny english can't help but see Frank Spencer when I look at Micheal Crawford lol
love dat movie saw it as kid good memories
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The scriptwriter played Car Wars, I bet!
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Classic Film
Oooh Betty!
Haha, this is fantastic
I have this on VHS and DVD.
Oooh Betty!!!!!!!!!
Ooooh, Betty...
That opening shot I thought it was Frank Spencer and Betty😂 you will only get that if you know UK comedy
Interesting, I lived through the 80's and never saw this ...
My heart died when the Porches burnt....
Umm Natasha the Porsche has done a whoopsie.😁
🥹🥹🥹🥹Wish they'd remake this movie. But then again I don't. Lol.
Would have been better to have if “Betty” was in the movie 😊😊
Ohhh BETTYYYYYY
I was 9 when this came out, and I've only just heard of it. How did that happen?
Went to see this movie as a kid. I thought it was great. Not even Michael Crawford's terrible American accent could even spoil the fun!😃😃😃
So many porsches. . one survived.
Looks like frank finally found a job.
Frank Spencer will mess this up 😅😂
ajajajajajajaja JAJAJAJAJAAJAJ TIEMPO SIN VER ESTA VAINAAAAAAAAAA!!!
No Porches were injured during the filming of this movie
The entire Budget was spent on 5 Black Porsches.
I thought that was Dallas Bryce Howard in the preview pic.
Frank Spencer could have easily taken on Thanos.
Didn't know Frank Spencer did a Bond film
*Yes, he did it was called "For Betty with love," and the movie was sponsored by gomez home insurance 😊*
Bro had a 16.9 touch screen.
I've got to be one of the very few people who can genuinely say... "I preferred the book".... hehehehe Seriously, as an 8 year old me, I carried the book everywhere - this and some random Dukes of Hazard thing... I would later progress to Dark Crystal and Never Ending Story.... I thought books made me look cool.... nope, girls like muscles, not books. And guys only respect muscles, not books. So. I was very single, and bullied. Now I'm 50 and single... because I leave comments like this one!
I absolutely loved this movie as a kid when I saw it in the theater. Years later I showed this to my nephews and daughters and they yawned with boredom. Good taste has died.
No. I saw this movie as a Kid in the theaters and liked it. Watching decades later as an adult I can see that it's in fact a horrible movie. This movie is not "good taste"
I watched it as a kid, I liked a few things but not others, the acting was bad for example
@@germanher7528 Now then now then - I don't think we can really accuse Michael Crawford and Oliver Reed of being 'bad actors' .
It's a load of rubbish
@@honkeykong9563that may be but this sequence is still “FANTASTIC”‼️
Oooh Betty!
As a 12-year-old, watching this film sparked a dream of owning a black 911, 19 years later I finally bought my first ..22 years after, I still have that car :-)
I'm similar, after seeing this film when I was 8 I always wanted condormans car.
Dispite not knowing what car it was. But about 6 years later I brought a cool looking kitcar that was sitting on a farm, hadn't seen the film for years so I didn't realise (even though its yellow) until me and my brother were watching this scene that Christmas.
Strangely this was 22 years ago and I also still have the car
Just don't drive it down an off-road hillside like you see here, lol. Ouch!
Thank you for following up on the fantasy so many of us had after watching this movie.
@@Starry_Night_Sky7455 That's not a 911, it's a replica of the very rare (even then) 935. I say it's a replica because not even Disney would maltreat a 935 like that just for a movie. It's certainly a kit car, as are all the 911s that they crashed.
Awesome! I’ve had my Mercedes 190e for as long. Keep it till the end!
Man I loved this film as a kid in the 80s!
Watched it so many times with my dad.
Seeing as it's a Disney film I'm pissed it's not on Disney+
I wanna watch it with my boys for a trip down memory lane.
💯 so many cool gadgets it seems Tesla is putting into their cars
Can be found on amazon video
@@JoshWest247 Hard for Tesla to put flame throwers out its ass since they are EV's. Goes against their ecological religion to support fuel based weaponry. 🤣
The DVD is out there, as I have it.
Wow, blast from the past, I remember this specific scene but couldn't remember the movie, I kept telling people its the movie where a car is jumping another car from the front, but nobody remembers. lol well I can finally say I am not totally crazy. :P
I've wanted a black 911 ever since watching this film as a kid.
The 930 turbo flat nose driven by the boss was my favourite.
I'd say you'd have to sell a kidney to afford one these days, but they're that rare, a kidney would probably just about buy the wheels 🤣
Exactly me too! The part where they pull into the village and the henchman causes the villagers to close their blinds in fear really stuck with me. Apparently debate "rages" to this day over whether the lead bad guy was in a real 935 or a body-kitted 911.
Just get the yellow one and don’t waste time morons
Tuthill
I thought I was the only one!! I still have such vivid memories as a kid of that car from this movie
it's really the only thing I remember!
Condorman is definitely a forgotten unsung hero.
And the Condorman music was great too!
This movie was dope back then! Loved Condorman! Had the novelization, the comic book. Man, this brings back good memories of being an '80s kid...😄
This and the greatest American hero
Who would have thought this was a Disney movie. A decent Spy/Action movie. You got to give a lot of credit to the stuntmen and drivers in this film.
Don't forget how many Porsches gave their lives in the making of 1 chase scene. LOL. The repair guys were working over time trying to get just 1 of them to drive a couple hours on set, let lone do stunts. 🤪
Seriously? They were radio controlled RC toys. Geez man. You really think they're just going to go around destroying Porsches?
@@leewriter4656at a top speed of 30 mph or less the damage would have been purely to bodywork and at a guess I'd say they gathered a bunch of write-offs and buffed them up a bit for the cameras. Come on be realistic. 🙄
No way I can take this seriously. It's Frank Spencer doing the part time Superheroing. 🤣
@@nigeldavey1043 You're telling me to be realistic? You think they're real cars!
For car fans:
Morovich drives a 1969 Porsche 935 'Flatnose'!
The others drive Porsche 911 Turbo (930)!
Woody drives a converted 'Nova Sterling'!
The trucks are 1969 MAN 'Hauber'!
Doubt it - the 935 didn’t come out until 1976
@mipmipmipmipmip If you watch closely you can easily tell it's not a real 935 just a standard 911 with a body kit, that's movie magic for you. Managed to work that one out when I was 10 wearing the VHS tape out repeatedly watching it in slow motion lol
@@karlx19 The Movie came out in '81. Porsche 911's were all over europe and easy to aquire cheap. I'm sure the 935 was probably a track racer modified for the film.
Every time I Google this or comes up in a discussion, what comes back is that it’s a 1969 911 (front and rear window surrounds are chrome not black) with a 935 slant nose body kit.
The 'Nova Sterling' is now 'Aerotec Nova' who has held the licence for the cast of the body work. I drove one myself, with a VW Beetle engine. Really bad car, no leg room, no visibility front, side or rear, no power and awful handling. Those black cars are kits too as the end shots show those were fibreglass bodywork, not sheet metal.
"We push another button"
Proceeds to press 6 buttons
🤣🤣I just wished it said " another button" on the panel! Love this movie.
The wonders of using Android OS.
One of the most underrated Disney movies.
💯
Nah. It's decent at best.
Could Condorman save MCU Phase Five?
A _universe_ of 'No'.
@@eins2001 he said underrated, not that it should be top of IMDB.
Ah, yes. The long-lost first pilot for "Knight Rider."
This legendary car chase scene came out of nowhere, that's why it makes it so fantastic!
And the background music fit the scene so perfectly. It wouldn't be as memorable without the music.
😅😅😂😂🤣🤣 Some Mother's do ave em' 😅😂😂🤪
not what you expected from a Disney movie, and Barbara Carrera, she was a celebrity crush for some of us.
Frank Spencer and Fatima Blush, what a paring...
Too bad Fatima blush had to square of with James Bond , sad
@@ongee3698 and it’s too bad that bonds rocket had a few seconds of delay. All that was left of Blush was her heels
@@matthewcaughey8898 in which bond actually relieved but somewhat earlier frustrated quips "not perfected yet". Barbara Carrera was casted perfectly as Fatima Blush
"I don't believe it, the cat's done a whoopsie in my Beret."
Betteeeeee.
Man, I love this movie, such a great and fun film. "He is not an agent of the CIA! He is a writer of comic books!"
Before he was the Phantom of the Opera...he was...CONDORMAN!!
I genuinely had no idea the legendary Michael Crawford of “Frank Spencer” fame actually starred in this….!!! I literally did not even know this movie existed……and I’m 62 years old….😨
I thought this was the most badass scene ever when I saw this at the drive in with my dad in 1981. Lol. Still a fun movie.
Ahead of it’s time!!
Watched this film the night after I split my head open jumping a Raleigh Strika off the prom onto the beach. Two things always struck me as pure class in this chase. 1, at a time when Bond baddies were fooling around in Ford Cortinas, this movie managed to source half a dozen 911s, and one a flatnose special. 2, the actor, Michael Crawford was very famous in the UK for playing a comedy character called Frank Spencer. In this chase where, the stunt driver drives the Condormobile between the log truck wheels, Michael Crawford did the exact same stunt himself, on roller skates, as Frank Spencer. Awesome work all around. Love this movie.
Oh Betty :)
If you find one of the last episode done as frank spensor - he has a motor cycle - all the stunts are real and performed by Michael himself, you would not think he was a first class motor cycle rider and stuntman - it includes siting sideways, backwards, on the handlebars and operating all the controls as needed - all while acting the fool
As Frank Spencer he risked more than a bumper on those bollards! As you say, the stunt car work weaving the cars between and under the trucks was so much better than modern Star Wars CGI.
They even managed to snag Barbara Carrera. She was one of the Bond girls from "Never say never again."
I loved those slant nose Porsches. They are rare today and a real one would probably fetch a decent amount of money.
All the Porsches were kit cars.
Awww, I was hoping to see the part afterwards where the villain explained to his boss how the KGB's best pursuit squadron couldn't catch a rickety old truck. And, I'm paraphrasing here... "But, sir! The truck turned into a race car! And then the car... the car, it turned into a BOAT!".
Slight correction if my memory serves. "...and before my eye, the car turned into a hydrofoil."
I'm 46 now... I think I forced my dad to take me to see this three times in the early 80s
Only 3 times?
Holy Crap! As a kid growing up in the 80’s I have no memory of this… but I do remember Mr Frank Spencer!
I used to watch this over and over again when I was a kid. I haven’t seen this in over 35 years!
SAME
To think, that guy became the Phantom Of The Opera..
Always think of him as Frank Spencer