One of The Best Boat Chases in Movie History
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- No CGI, no Ultimate Arm, no drones - Only Action
Movie: Puppet on a Chain - 1971
Director: Geoffrey Reeve
Writers: Alistair MacLean, Paul Wheeler, Don Sharp
Stars: Sven-Bertil Taube, Barbara Parkins, Alexander Knox, Vladek Sheybal...
Even more amazing than the boat chase was the fact the guy kept his hat on.
Only a very skilled stunt driver is capable of doing that. Dont attempt to try that yourself.
You are not a cowboy! To lose a hat is unthinkable.
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One of the basics of every western movie horseback chases.
Hahahahaha
I'll bet that hat stinks.
Someone else already said it, but James Bond "Live and Let Die" is still the best boat scene in any movie. IMO
That's the first movie that came to mind is James Bond live and let die especially when I was younger it was pretty cool and Jane Seymour was hot back then also LOL
@@peterraymon4551 Jane still looks great! Lol
@@keithdrewv1161 oh yeah she absolutely does she look good on medicine woman also I ain't seen her lately I'm sure she looks good she's always taking care of herself
@@peterraymon4551 well said, I agree!
Also The Man with the Golden Gun.
28 mph never looked so fast! Those were some ballsy stunt drivers.
Yea. The boat in the front had a Merc 65 horse...whoa
The yellow boat had a 50!
@@lafountainmountain3244That boat weighed nothing though.
The crowd of people standing around to watch the movie get made, instead of bystanding and reacting to the crazies smashing their boats together was awesome.
In my opinion one of the best boat chases if not the best is from the James Bond movie "Live and Let Die" with the late Roger Moore.
While I've never really been a huge Roger Moore fan, that chase scene is epic.
@@thephantomeagle2 Far play to you, I on the other hand was a sixty's child brought up on a young Roger Moore playing Simon Templar, aka "The Saint".
In the intro before the start credits there would be a scene where he did a good deed and someone would recognised him and say something like, who doesn't know the famous Simon Templar, at which point he'd look up and an angels halo would appear, followed by the opening credits. The was great because it was about thirty years or more before CGI. Due to his role playing The Saint he was the very first choice for James Bond 007, unfortunately due to his contract on The Saint it was offered to Sean Connery.
I suppose in a similar way that animals bond with they're parents at first sight, I bonded with Sean Connery as 007. Had it been the other way round......!
Cousin Billy Bob has the fastest boat on the river
@@gregbarhorst3986 That ain’t Billy Bob.........
@@renevanginneken7217 didn't he mention Billy Bob was the black sheep of the family?
"Puppet on a chain" a great underated film from the 70's an era when the best thrillers were made .
The book was really good as were the first 20 or so by the author.
@@RobG001 I think I've read all his books - hard to pick a favorite! Two of my favorites besides Puppet on a Chain are The Golden Gate and Night Without End.
Definitely the boat chase scene from Live and Let Die is the all time best. Great photography, crazy stunts including the sheriff's boat car and humor (Billy Bob will get him).
The small yellow boat here looks like a blast to drive though!
Director of "Live and Let Die" took a good look at this movie. Not only the boat chase. But also killing by loud noice in earphones. Ok, Sven-Bertil didn't die. And the villain's words: "Why can't you just live and let live?" Sven-Bertil Taube did much of the boat driving himself. Ended up in hospital. Sven-Bertil, son of Evert Taube. Singer song writer, poet. Any Swede knows at least 5 Taube songs by heart.
One of the Burt Reynolds movies had a good boat chase. Gator in 1973. But the James bond one was prob the best.
This boat chase was the longest in the world. It started somewhere in the docklands of some city, passed through the mississippi, then Holland...
The whole chase is filmed in the Netherlands the first shots are from the IJsselmeer, than Loosdrecht, than Ijsselmeer again, Buiten Y, Amsterdam canals and the end explosion is in the lock of the river Amstel opposite of the royal theatre Carré
I’m glad that they had large fuel tanks on those small runabout boats! I assume that they filmed this in one take! 😂
Dat was a lot of boats they went through to film that...
Thanks for clearing that up.... at first I was thinking New Orleans and the mississippi but after a few turns I know the bayou aint got that many bricks in it so I guessed Holland, an old world port... thanks again, pretty wild shootin those bridges like that
Amsterdam and the immediate surroundings, as stated above, is correct (except that it’s Markenmeer, starting by the “Paard van Marken” lighthouse at the island Marken). When they shortly after go under a large bridge, they need to go through the Oranje Locks, which would have forced them to stay still for a while… From there they can get into the city, after a bit more time on on open waters. The route inside Amsterdam jumps randomly all over the city. Nothing like a trail you can follow. I work as a tourist skipper on those canals, so I recognise all of it.
I like how the crowds gathered to watch the chase all along the bridges. Its as if they knew a movie was being filmed lol
I don't know about one of the greatest boat chases in Movie history but certainly the longest... I mean they started in winter with bare trees and frost on the roofs of the buildings and ended on a sunny summers day with all the trees in full bloom. Those small boats must do amazing MPG lol. In all seriousness however, it was an excellent film and that chase blew me away when watching it is a small child.
Moonraker has a pretty fantastic boat chase scene.
Lol at the huge crowds of people lined up all along the canals watching the action
Ha! Yeah, do ya think maybe the Dutch knew that they making a movie. I was waiting for one of them to have to clear a bicycle frame from their prop.
Tourists flock in certain bridges...
I never knew David Bowie could drive a boat like that 😂
😂
He can he just doesn't do it often because makeup runs when he's on the water
Remember watching this as a kid and thought it was fantastic, Need to watch it again 👏
lifetime marine technician here... this is what we REALLY do with your boat.
I knew it!!!!
LOL! I loved the 650 moniker on the top of the motor @1:49 assumedly indicating horsepower.....even today the the highest production Merc outboard does 600 at 7.6 liters V12 block. The driving was really sweet in this though!
@@tedk9144 that’s a 65 hp. Merc did that back in the day. An 1150 is a 115, a 1500 is a 150 etc.
Also nice is the movie Amsterdamed with a similar boat chase. Now i know where Dick Maas got the inspiration.
Those stunt drivers were nuts. Great chase
He got that motor trimmed up quick before jumping over islands, boats and flying through trees 😂
The yellow boat's Mercury sounds like a weed wacker
I owned a 1961 version of that engine and it was a beautiful sounding motor! I have no idea why they chose to dub over it with that inferior sound.
Those four cylinder Mercury outboards were the best ever outboards !
Not even close....they make much better motors now....merc 450s.... Yamaha 425s....and everyone makes a 250 for bass boats...I have a 2020 Yamaha 225 sho...that screams...lol 65 hp...naw
That cowboy hat must have been applied with duct tape.
😂👍
Wow...that was a great boat chase scene. I used to have a similar 16 ft. runabout with a 115 hp Yamaha outboard. I've never seen this movie. That was impressive!
had a 16 with a 90 hp Merc so old it was white!
@@yanni2112
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😀😀
Doesn't take much to impress you😂
Yeah, it was. I had a GT-150 with a 115 merc. in the day. I always loved the boat chase scenes and was glad to find this one that I hadn't seen.
Those small boats with an outboard are truly amazing.
That hat never blows off, amazing!
Bond! Live and Let Die. Best Boat Chase Film!
I prefer the one on the world is not enough.
You should see the best boat scene in a movie ever: the amsterdamned boat scene… makes this look like a saturday on the water haha.
Damn! That white boat repaired itself during chase! I need 1 of those!
Lol
Ol mercs were the best engines ever made!! Had that exact 65 hp merc on two boats. same color same graphics. Those engines were monsters. Since rebuilt a 65 and an 85 hp one red, one blue stripe. Sound of them is just incredible! So many great memories....Thanx mercury!
The old movies before CGI were the best
Most of you probably don't know, but for me the boat chase in Amsterdamned is the best!
Funny, they both have the exact same top speed.
Yet...one was able to hide😂
Excellent! Editing, audio and action sequences. (Live and Let Die 007 was done in 1973) This one was 1971. This has more value as the ORIGINAL. Included helicopter shots. Ahead of it's time!
And the genuine sound of a Mercury!
Live and let die boat chase was epic
I guess the white boat had the gas tank in the nose, because it exploded before there was any damage to the rear of it. 😜
I had a glastron 150 with a 115 Merc, on it. It was a fantastic boat! That being said, the driving that happened in this scene was the best. Great cuts from the driver and great cinematography from the director. No small task in limited spaces. The circular strife was legendary. A lot of angle, speed and contact.
let Die
If it wasnt for this channel I would never knew about this chase. And im from Amsterdam...
Looks like they hit some RED DISTRICT canals. Been there done that. Im from Barcelona Spain. 😜😜😜😜👌👌👌👌
How cool! He's got one of these retractable props for when you gotta jump over land without pulling off your prop.
The prop is protected by the skag as long as there is no rocks ,I rebuild props for $100, just bring it to me
@@worstknightmayor4439 My wife heard me watching this and asked if I was watching a chainsaw video . :P I owned a 1960 Merc 450, which is the same engine block as the 50 hp in this video, and it was a GREAT sounding motor, so why did they feel the need to dub over them with some higher pitched tinny sounding motor?!
@@mrgeorgeburdell I suppose it's because the camera boat engine noise would be an issue
For a minute I could've sworn that was a '68 Highland Green Fastback!
I love how they made the idling lil' Merc sound like a big block V8!
I was definitely thinking of a James bond film... also this probably was badass for the time.
That was pretty good, that yellow boat driver was pretty brave. Them jumps should have ripped the props off. And the dudes hat never came off ...
Like the way they change motors in the film. From no marking to 650.
Old Mercs!
Mercury Marine was great at getting their products into the movies.
65 HP on a16' alum the put a 115 on it
Gotta love that old Merc Thunderbolt Ignition! It really was the best ignition in its time!
I had one after it sunk in freshwater it ran OK and then I took the distributer cap off and it was full of water.!! Dried it and it was fine
Ik DENK ..dat dit zich afspeelt in +/- 1974 al met al leuk 😆👍
Just watched both 'Live and Let Die' and "The World is not Enough' boat chase scenes. Harrumph. THIS one is BEST!
I love that old 2 stroke sound
Hey! It's the creepy SHADO doctor from "UFO." We LOVE that guy!
Puppet on a chain .book by Alastair mclain, I think. Saw it in the cinema in 1974 _ 5 , can't remember exactly. I would have read all of McLean, s books as a teenager
Definitely correct, Alistair McClain's Puppet on a Chain.
McLean.
Fabulous books - went through them all!
The yellow boat had a 50hp and the other a 65. And he couldn't outrun him. I had a similar setup when I was a kid and if you managed 30 mph you were lucky
Who would've know that king Charles had such a good boating skills
pretty good now we need a remake with some bass boats
Boy I gotta say that’s better than the one James Bond did in live and let die Freaking awesome 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Well this is. Unbelievable bravery from stunt drivers, especially that yellow boat is behaving so badly that I wouldn't dare to drive it even normally.
Thanks, never even heard of this movie.
I have exactly the same boat,also yellow
Hands down it is still the best boat chase segment to date.
Haha I’m surprised mercury didn’t give them a couple 1350s instead! Never seen this before
I've never seen this, awesome! This is really really good! Definitely the best I have ever seen
Live and let die filmed in bayou liberty and Irish bayou Louisiana far better
@@nelsonrichardson3538 After watching said movie, no. By no means. It's good and very entertaining, but technically and quality wise, not up there.
I would also like to add amazing boat chases such as in The world is not enough, Face/Off and Amsterdamned
Title is NOT click bait. I just watched this on my big-screen t.v. 🙀Amazing boat handling and live action filming!
Saw this movie once in 1971.
Amazing, wonderful chasing, really great 👍
No guys this is the best...if you love boats it goes on a bit but the best and fairly accurate apart from the film is sped up a little for effect..the small boat is a Shakespeare mini clubman made Worcestershire England....so I'm a fan!.
It's funny how people on here just talk to see their comments! Those are two badass boats and two even more badass drivers! I'm with you brother!
Correct - that yellow one is a little Shakespeare - 12 or 13 footer - we used to have a 13 ft one for skiing with a 50 Merc. Brilliant.
This movie is proves how well the fiberglass boats of the 1960's were built!
I have a 1963 Runabout with a 1962 75 hp Evenrude still going strong.
My question is: What was better Evenrude or Mercury of the era?
I converted my first year of Selectric Shift to direct drive & it is a reliable engine that I take on Lake Erie.
Evinrude Johnson the old OMC were easier to get parts for the Mercury's would run but when things went wrong you would be wasting at least a month or summer getting parts.
Today it's Honda or Yamaha and I couldn't kill my 1987 Yamaha so I just sold it and bought a new Yamaha two years ago and I have a 2008 Honda few parts have been replaced primarily maintenance runs like a dream
Mercury!
I have a tri hull run about with a 1976 Evinrude 85 that just won’t die it’s strong enough to pull two skiers at once and all I’ve ever done to it is change the spark plugs and lower unit lube i’ve had it since 1994
@@johnbumpus7138
Evenrude made good engines!
I have been thinking of checking my water pump impeller, just because it has been so many years since I replaced it - but then again if it isn't broke why fix it?
@@chamberizer,
Change it! Make sure you get a quality oem part though.
I love older outboards, have had lots and still have a few. I run an 80 Mercury on my 65 SlickCraft Etc..
Don't screw around with old crusty impellers or lube for that matter. I replace it every other year regardless of use, as they have a way of getting cracked and can wear on the ends and lose some efficiency also. When I swap mine out there not in bad shape but typically the fins have 'memory' in them. I like just chucking them in the can and slapping in a new one.
I am very familiar with both of those motors (very close anyways). My father had a 1967 Merc 500 and my uncle had a 1970 Merc 650 outboard. I don't recall them ever making those kind of moves though.
I had a 1960 Swordline 14 ft with a 1965 Merc 650 and I definitely made moves like that lol it was my first boat and I was young so common sense hadn't kicked in yet lol
Boat mech here. Some of these old mercury motors are still running. None of the ones I have worked on, were as shiny and new as these though. Many parts discontinued and impossible to find, but they keep running. The old (tower of power) style of mercury outboard is the quietest 2-stroke outboard there is. I don't know why.
More importantly, they didn't make that "weeeeeweeeeeeweeee" weedwhacker sound.
@@thediplomasta5891 I work on the old Mercury kicker motors. Parts are definitely hard to find, but what a thing of beauty to see a 66’ still chugging 2 stroke
@@74nova36 I used to have a 1945 Martin 5 hp. It was definitely from a different era. What made the Martin so different was: 1. poppet valves instead of reeds. And 2. Engine was air cooled. The exhaust was water cooled by a strange rigid concentric jiggler-type of water pump impeller, in front of the prop, that never needed to be replaced.
That guy with the wite head plays also on james bond,and this boat chace is also in the dutch movie amsterdamned
Wild! Still hard to top Live & Let Die. There was an episode of Miami Vice ("Miami Heat" in other parts of the world) where in a chase the good guys took something that launched them and they went sliding down the street between cars.
My favorite boat chase was in Face-off
Gator from circa 1977 was a blast with Burt Reynolds. Only character missing from that flick was Sheriff Buford T Justice from Smokey and the Bandit.
13 foot 6 Shakespeare with 50 mercury red and. Light n fast in its day. I was our family boat in Torbay as a kid. Learnt to ski behind one. The other boat was a Broom 15 I. believe, and even with a bigger engine, the Shakespeare would eat it. Happy memories.
Thanks for the info, I was wondering if the yellow boat was a hydrostream, didn't look quite l ike one. Googled the boats you listed and know something new.
Vladek..star of UFO and a Bond movie, very clever actor.
Usually blocking the way stacked near a warehouse or on a loading bay, but a nice change to see the ubiquitous load of empty cardboard boxes on a barge !
Hats off to the camera people involved, they were often just hanging onto the boats, and getting the shots!!
Shout out to the gun guys with a Browning HiPower sighting
I said to myself, that's a HiPower. I want a HiPower. Here's to hoping that the Sprinfield planned release lowers the used Browning prices.
As a thoroughly wreckless powerboat owner, whose claim to fame was to be chased and harbour blocked at the bridge for doing many times the speed limit on the Teignmouth estuary... I really enjoyed this.
"Wreckless" (as in NOT an actual word, but IF it were a word, would mean ZERO crashes) or "reckless" (as in "...marked by lack of proper caution : careless of consequences...")?
@@1TruePatriot No Crashes....just the best laugh on the high seas. The things memories are made of.....good times!!
Today a Mercury with 65HP would never be enough. They would need 6 Outboard Engines with 300HP each.
Wow - have been thinking for a while I need to revisit this fantastic film!
Gotta love the yellow boat with the indy car shifting gears sound 👌
Thankfully the product placement by Mercury Marine wasn’t too obvious!
It’s happened so gradually that it’s hard to credit until you see these old movies - there’s a whole lot less pollution in Europe and the U.S. than there was in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In the 80's the Dutch had a minister of environment (or infrastructure, can't remember exactly) who swore that by the end of his tenure, the waterways in The Netherlands would be clean enough to swim in. He did swim in either a canal or a river, was pretty awesome.
My cousin Billy Bob has the fastest boat on the river 😂
That little yellow boat looks like a ton of fun!
The boat bond steals with the v8 pipes and blower is a standard Fletcher inboard,with dummy engine bits stuck on...I was lucky enough to meet the guy who worked on it and placed it outside a cinema for the movie premier in u.k.
Thought that boat was a carlson with the v8
that was a very good film.
Those Mercs hauled a$$ back in the day.
...the best *I never lost my Hat in the worlds dumbest boat chase scene*...😎
I still think the boat chase from Face Off was pretty good ....nice boats too
1981 Treasure of the yankee zephyr has a great jet boat chase scene.
The boat in front has a 65 hp and the one in the rear had a 55 hp. This allowed the driver in the front to lead and control the action. Great flick.
The yellow boat is actually smaller than the other one, so it's lighter and quicker.
One tank of gas, and they crossed the channel from the Norfolk Broads to Holland. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Live and Let Die is #1. Italian Job boat chase in Venice #2!
The boat chase seen from gator is banging
When people ask me why it’s necessary for 30 round mags, I’ll send them this video.
Gator with Burt Reynolds is one to watch.
Lol the sound of the Yellow boat. Bzzzzzzzz weeee 😂🤣😂
Mercury outboards, bulletproof since forever!!!!
Boat engines are no way that reliable! This is funny!