The Big Chase (1954) Cool 50s cars! | Glen Langan, Lon Chaney, Jr. | Dig that Nash cop car!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- As his expectant wife (Adele Jergens) enters the hospital in anticipation of the blessed event, cop Glenn Langan is off to the races, trailing payroll robbers (including Jim Davis and Lon Chaney Jr.) on a mad chase that goes from cars to rowboat to motorboat to helicopter. The chase sequence, captured in all its bullet-to-bullet glory, comprises a third of the movie.
Director: Arthur Hilton
Stars: Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Lon Chaney Jr., Douglas Kenney, Jay Lawrence
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I can't believe that nobody mentioned Glen Langan's greatest role. Just three years after this he starred as "The Amazing Colossal Man." A classic 50's film.
Or Joe Flynn as the newspaper reporter who was Capt. Binghampton on McHales Navy!
How young Joe looks it took me a moment.thanks😮@@USCG.Brennan
ole lead.bottom.@@USCG.Brennan
@@ixlr8677 That's funny, I'd forgotten that name for him. ;-)
Wow, you're right! At the very end of the movie, when he's comforting his wife in the hospital room, the close up of him smiling made me think I've seen him in some other movie. Now I know which one.
Joe Flynn ("McHale's Navy") was the reporter at the beginning of this film.
I thought that’s who it was. Joe Flynn was best known as Captain Wallace Binghamton on MCHALE’S NAVY which ran from 1962 to 1966. He was always trying to torpedo the good Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale (played by Ernest Borgnine in one of his best roles).
Old Lead Bottom.
it was driving me crazy, i couldnt remember. thanks
Also was the principal in the strongest boy in the world with Kurt Russell. And smartest kid in the world. Those old Disney flix.
'' I could just scream - I could just SCREAM ''🤣
Lon Chaney Jr was the "Wolf Man" in old horror movies and also "Chingachgook" on "Hawkeye and Last of the Mohicans" TV show (1957) Joe Flynn played Capt. Binghampton on McHales Navy during the mid '60s and then Jim Davis on "Rescue 8" and then as Jock Ewing in "Dallas" in the early '80s. Nice star lineup here..... ;-)
You forgot to metion Jim Davis also was in the TV series Stories of the Century. An early Emmy winning TV show from the 1950s.
@@randyacuna5643 Yes I did.....thanks for the reminder! ;-)
@@USCG.Brennan your very welcome 🙏
Witch one is Jim Davis ?
@@randyacuna5643
Really enjoyable flick. 👍🤩
Fifties best time best cars best peoples 👌 prime cut ✂️ but I had to turn off the sound
...much better like that 🎉
Surprising to see no overcrowding of jail cells
This is a great movie, the kind that were new when I was a kid.
I have to say, it was not very smart to steal an expensive convertible that is easily spotted, LOL
That police car was hauling Nash! How about an honorable mention to the refrigerator that is likely still serving up ice cold beers in some lucky guys garage.
Great Movie! Pregnant mothers smoking, doctors making house calls an beer cans that needs an opener. Love the car chase scenes.
A beer given from an off-duty cop to an on-duty cop that was going to drive back to the station too!
Tossing cigarette butts anywhere you want!
@@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage Could drink a 6 pack and be fine.
@@HSRA-hg9gc Now its vape canisters......
When my mom was pregnant with me, her doctor told her to drink more beer to gain weight. LOL
I was 13 in 55 and when I see all of those pre 55 cars I’m reminded why I was so excited about the new cars back then and the next several years. I still think the 30’s,40’s and 50’s were the best cars for me 😊 Now you don’t know one from the other.
All of them unsafe at any speed
that includes IMO planes, trains, busses, trucks. . . .best
My FIRST FIVE : '50 FORD convertible, a
continental kit : louvered skirts
'55 Ford..strong running
??? Dodge
'57 Chrysler conv....long & smooth
'61 Mercury conv....loved that car. I would
keep it forever ( then: Kennedy shot, Viet
Nam worsened, draft board, had to sell it!)
: (
I had several late fifties Cadillacs, fabulous cars and perfectly safe if driven properly. And a 1959 Ford retractable hard top, wonderful when it worked!
I agree re the cars. I was born late 60s and fell in love with them as a kid. I own a 40' Plymouth 4door and drive it daily. Locally only and love it to death!
Sceens from the train yard, all the fallen flags, car built in 1934 and friction bearings. Jim Davis' last role was Jock Ewing on Dallas.
AHA!!!! I knew I recognized him. It was driving me nuts until I read your Jock Ewing comment.
@@paulh7589The guy with the sledge hammer was Lon Chaney, the "Wolfman."
Seaboard.
Lon Chaney looks like a mean version of Shemp. I half expected George Reeves to appear as Superman to save the day.
Less action, no special effects, more conversation and drama. Absolutely enjoyable.
What do you mean "less action"? It's action packed, if walking through a doorway and closing it behind you is action.
@@msz1923 He makes a good point though, in my properly educated opinion. I have not seen this vid yet, but I do know that car chases (for example), which are all "action", almost always,--do not add any plot or story value to the movie. The original "Gone in 60 seconds", ended with about 20 min of car bashing chase, (very exciting, and very long), but did not add any value to the story.
The intellect side of us sees that. The clouded entertained side of us may not. There is more to understand, than the pretty colors.
"Pete, this is Ned. Get to the hospital immediately. Never mind your new partner floating out there in the bay somewhere" Also, the body of Lon Chaney you left unattended in the railway yard. Couple of kids seen using it for batting practice. Be a pal, stop off on your way to see your new kid and put the stiff in your trunk, would you? Hey...and congratulations. Over and out.
ha ha ha "Lon Chaney" 😂🤣, I use the same humor you do but young people these days dont seem to get it?
..no problem, his new partner was a rookie like he was...no big deal
I have been looking for this movie for 18 years lol- thanks for posting- it's as crazy as I remember
Great cars, real landline and dial pay phones, cans that require a "church key" to open, calendars any normal 10-year-old boy would glance to see, expecting mothers that don't show, analog clocks, and a fine black and white film and story line. Man, I was fortunate to live the era growing up that I did. No wonder I now sound like those old "back in my day" guys.
Party lines?
It’s fun to see LA 70 years ago.
The fashions, the architecture, the cars...
Yes, much better then In every way!!! 🤗👍
Best part.
And sad to see how it has "devolved".☹
@@eeddieedwards3890 Not surprising. It's a Democrat city.
Skinnist pregnant woman I ever saw.
😂
He could predict a breech birth even then lol
Olive Oyl was just connected tinker toy
sticks.
Pregnant women on the screen was not acceptable in those days.
Beginning at 25:25, the police car drives by the same "Waxing, Glazing, Polishing - $10" - and "Auto painted for $47.50" signs three different times on the way to the hospital!
Lol yep😂
@@brendakrieger7000 Did you hear the curb-feeler scraping the curb at 26.03? Remember those?
@@theIzzyfurreal Yep, I did hear. Yep totally remember those!
Maybe he lost his way!
@@johnferguson4089 A more likely reason is the movie was done on the cheap and they didn't have to leave the block for 3 separate scenes!
7:43 she's expecting a baby so she's chilling out with a cigarette.
She is barely showing and the Dr is worrying about a breech birth.
Almost everybody smoked then, including doctors and expecting women didn't show.
Patients in hospitals would smoke....even after the Surgeon Generals 1964 report people still SMOKED...smoking in hospitals wasn't baned until the1990's...hard to believe..
Even the doctors smoked back then.
@@rickmiller1429 And everybody was thinner! We are a nation of fat people in workout clothes.
This would be badass on Mystery Science Theater 3000 rofll
@@uniqe23 yes I'm already lampooning
And in my own personal opinion,And I love watching vintage,old and classic Hollywood movies from yester --- years because most of them are very,very and very high in moral values.And they are much,much and much better than today's modern Hollywood movies where the present age and time Hollywood movies are all filmed,made and produced by all --- advanced,all --- high --- tech and all --- highly --- sophisticated computers.
When doctors made house calls .and had to actually use a can opener for a 🍺 beer.
I remember the slang term for a beer can opener was a “Church Key”
Pabst Blue Ribbon was the beer brand in the movie and drinking while on the clock CLASSIC
They didn't have pull tabs until mid 60s
@michaelhutchinson9413
The square side, was for bottles
Pointed side for cans
Counted 3 pieces of trash on the sidewalk and no homeless encampments, what a world!
😂😂😂 Indeed!
yup way beforemaga repuns want to kill our naton by starving cities dfunding everything which resulted in tons homeless too darn bad for my nation that shuttrump was conceived actually to bad his parents existed
The TV show LAW & ORDER is still on the air, just not on our streets.
Ain't it the truth!
LA is better now than it’s ever been…don’t listen to Fox
This was a very good story and great acting. Would love seeing more movies like this. Thanks for posting it 👍
Had to give this one a huge thumbs up….Enormous corn on the cob 🤣🤣
These old b&w movies, eventhough they were way before I was born, I love watching them. I think young people today should watch them because they get an idea of of what America used to be in the old days and the greatness of America, even then.
I am in agreement. Manners were a given. Everyone tried to dressed nice - wearing suits, dresses, and class sportswear were the norm. The pace was slower and anything you truly needed was affordable yet overbuilt and not a disappointment or waste. People were, generally, kinder and more open toward their fellowman. We've lost a lot of ethics that helped make the US the greatest country on the face of the earth. Yep, there was always a criminal element, but it was a lot less so and, mostly, not as widespread and shocking. There's a lot of visual time-capsules in these old flicks.
What do you mean by „even then“?
@@waytosacramento3843 Are you saying America is not great today?...then WHY is the whole world trying to come here?
No “F” bombs every other sentence…
@@srp960 ya, sure, this is a Hollywood portrayal of a story somebody wrote for entertainment purposes and besides what’s so great with lung cancer?
Joe Flynn was a very underrated actor
Filmed 70 years ago, when L.A. cops still knew how to chase down a suspect (not just follow him around). This movie had all the aspects of a modern L.A. police chase---robbery, car-jacking, high-speed chase, shooting, and a police helicopter. Only this time, the perps didn't get away by simply ducking into a parking garage (though they came close in the railyard).
I'm confused, right at the end of the chase, the cop's been helicoptered for miles, shoots bad guy......& stumbles to cop car to radio in. What? It was just sitting there on the beach, waiting for stray police??
Hey, you're right. Ha! That's pretty bad. Part of the charm of the film.
I think he returned to his own cop car. We just didn't get to see the traverse from the beach back to his car.
I love black and white movies filmed in those days in Los Angeles that why love noir and TCM 👍
Yes, anything filmed then in LA or San Francisco are definitely must-sees.
They must not of had WD40,in those years to lubricate the police cars door.
🤣👍
In those days, the precious WD40 was used to lubricate more important things.
My birth year, Wow, seeing LA at that time, love low budget films such as this , they are more interesting to watch then the bigger budget films. Later, glenn starred as the amazing colossal man and having horror legend Lon Chaney in the cast is a plus.
1954 is the birth year of champions. In my opinion. 😀
"Highway Patrol" with Broderick Crawford is shot in LA in the same time period.
I agree 👍
@@ktloz2246another favorite 👍
@RoderickBagsby look for the film Crime Wave also 1954 shot in LA. With a young Charles Bronson who last name at the time escapes me.
No cell phones, cheap cars, no traffic. Ah, the good old days!
…..and getting your tooth drilled with no pain killer.
@@hoppes9658 Well cocaine was free and cheap.
@@willymueller3278 Nope. 1972 you got the drill and you writhed with pain.
@@hoppes9658 All right, all right, I give up.
And no computers or internet. Telephones had rotary dials, there were pay phones in phone booths and you called an operator to get long distance. Train and bus terminals had lockers and drug stores had lunch counters.
Is it just me, or did that baby rattle look creepy
1954. My birth year. My, oh my! How the culture (and the world) has changed!!
@tacey01 Had to laugh when I read your post!! Great punctuation...todays kids just write a whole paragraph like it is a single sentence!!
'56 here, and I'm shocked at how much everything has changed in my short lifetime.
Notice there's no graffiti on trains
It's not graffiti...it's cultural expressionism. Unless you do it. Then it's cultural appropriation and/or vandalism.
Once upon a time there was "American Graffiti" and Spanish and then.....
No spray cans back then 😂
Thank you for saving this piece of historical film. The Wolfman and Jock Ewing in a near White America (89.3% per 1950 U.S. Census) with little traffic and copious amounts of wood being used everywhere. To include all stop and advisory signs along the roadway - STATE WIDE! The poor forests. And that what some might think was fog hanging over the city? Automobile exhaust also known as smog. Also on certain days of the week different parts of town would burn their trash in a concrete backyard incinerator. I went through Santa Barbara on their burn day. Man you couldn't breathe or see very far. It was done to save landfill space at the expense of air pollution. ugh 😝 And of course most cars would look better with whitewalls 🤗
I see your point. You might want to wear a hat.
Hope you got your ‘smokes’ for this one. 😏
Love the leaving of the gun and rattle on the desk.
15:48 Nothing like leaving your front door unlocked. 🗝️🚪
Refreshing to see sidewalks not covered in tents, trash and poop.
Screeching tires on dirt, at least that has remained in movies. 😂
This film is so shocking and ridiculous - in fact, it's such a shocker that it is entertaining. Interesting to see Joe Flynn playing a straight role. A very different role to his Captain Binghamton in McHale's Navy. I rate the film a 4/10.
7\10 3\5
I knew I recognized the voice. Thanks for posting.
Back then a sentence was started with the word SAY. Now a sentence is started with the word SO😂😂😂😂😂
Well. Now. See.
@@carlyellison8498 👍😂
Very astute observation
Kudos
So, with a question 🙋♀️ mark. 😊😊😊😊Jose, can you see? 🧔🏽♂️🧔🏽♂️🧔🏽♂️
@@jimcrawford3185 Be astute, the world needs more stutes.
Every once and a while in these films you see something Real cool...like a Hudson Hornet. Why would crooks be going around in
something like a Chrysler
convertable...with wire wheels no less. 😂 the Nash patrol cars are the
famous Pinnin Farina Italian design which csused headlines when it came out.
That rattle was the scariest thing about this movie. Imagine the nightmares that kid is going to have. lol
The guy doing the research for his story was in a lot of these B movies of the time, but to me is most remembered as playing Ol' Leadbottom, the commander in the TV series McHale's Navy.
He also played the dean in the Disney movies with Kurt Russell .
I knew I recognized the voice. Thanks for posting.
Back in those days, people weren't afraid of clowns like they are now.
Not a word from any of the movie's characters about the poor rookie cop who got shot and fell out of the 'copter into the river, and died his first day on the job.
lucky shot, not possible in real life with a snub nose revolver.
On the plus side, let's not forget a bouncing new baby girl was born, coincidentally at the very same time Pete's partner got deep 6'd the harbor. On the negative side, the entire department also forgot him, a fisherman finally snagging his body several days later off the pier. Oh, well...no use crying over spilled milk!
That was a "cop out".
@@freemarketjoe9869
No cup was used.......breast milk
I noticed that, too
47:00 guy with man boobs ran fairly well
and jumps well too.
At 48:55, after wrestling in the dirt w/ Lon,Chaney Jr, the cops are back in the car with not a trace of dirt or dust on them!
MAYBE THIS FILM CREW COULD NOT AFFORD A CONTINUITY EDITOR.
Hollywood.
That's continuity for you...more precisely, the lack of it.
They were smoking like chimneys back then 😂
I remember when all the banks had those ashtrays with sand in them, next to all the teller windows.
What happened to the rookie cop who got shot and fell from the helicopter into to ocean? I guess nobody cares.
2:00 Fumbles with the Chesterfield pack two fall out one rollls on floor. 2:17 Chesterfield lit. 2:54 Chesterfield not lit. On our budget, no need for a retake.
helicopter renting costs money!
So what? Looks natural!
No retake adds to the realism
too funny
I saw that cigarette fall on the floor. That was funny.
At 55:37 That's a pretty good shot by hitting a man in a helicopter on one shot with a 2 to 4 inch barrel pistol. I've always loved these long distance gun battles with short barreled guns. It's actually ridiculous. Great movie.
Why didn't the wife go to the husband's graduation? She could have made another DR. appointment. A baby who is breech usually ends up being delivered via C-section. Where is the IV in the mother's arm? They are giving her anesthesia? How? Back in the day when the police actually chased robbery suspects. Now robberies are not even being stopped or investigated, they are being encouraged. Hard to believe times have changed, for the worse!
It was a pretty bad movie. The doctor said the baby was breech and she wasn't even showing. That was bizarre. Your statement that robberies are being encouraged is even more bizarre.
@@andywinger4197 Most major store chains have put out the word that if a shoplifter steals less than a thousand dollars then they won't be prosecuted. That's why store robberies are through the roof. Ppl have stolen big screen tv's and pushed them right out the door and no one stops them. Walmarts have closed in some big cities. Robbery & shoplifting is stealing.
@@estelleadamski308 Recheck your sources. I just googled "Walmart shoplifting" and the following popped up.
If you're caught stealing less than $25 worth of merchandise, it's likely you'll be let off with a warning and potentially banned from the store you stole from. However, if you're caught stealing a high-price tag item, Walmart may choose to involve the authorities.
@@andywinger4197 not just Walmart All the big stores, and they are not involving the police, b/c a lot of DA's will not prosecute. Stores are putting products behind screens and locking them up Employees are not allowed to stop the person. Have you seen where hundreds of teens go en-mass into expensive stores and take everything in sight? The big word is MAY choose. They won't choose to get the police involved and that is encouraging ppl to steal & rob.
@@andywinger4197 "Walmart may choose to involve the authorities" it may, but they won't be prosecuted for less than $1000 worth of theft.
"The passage of Prop 47 means that thefts involving property valued at less than $950 will no longer be prosecuted in California."
The comments are better than the movie!
2:00 At the prices of today's cigarettes, the one intended for Capt. Binghamton would've never hit the floor.
The Door detail on the Nash Cop cars is like the Door on my Mums Fridge,that she got as a wedding present in 1954 .a Kelvinator Fridge. 😁😁
Real iron that kept things cold. Where I worked had one from 1948 that could hold a case and a half of bottled beer in returnables plus room for the four lunches we. Later got it back for summer. Backyard service and hung in until about 1995. Oh yes a small freezer for like six little packs of frozen veggies
ROFLMFAO!! I loved the Karate chop and the board swung at the camera!! ha ha ha!! "Special Effects"!
I was so glad the movie 🍿 had a happy 😊 ending. I was afraid 😱 that he might get hurt.
I was sure of it. I was happy to see they didn't either.
2024, I can still recognize many of the exterior scenes in and around Los Angeles . Last time I checked Mexico was _SOUTH_ of L.A. they were speeding North in their boat .
-Nate
There weren't many freeways when this was filmed and they usually ended after leaving the metro areas. Los Angeles was one that built them early on. The crook's car is a 1953 Chrysler New Yorker convertible. Only 950 were built. Third year of the 331 Hemi V8.
A few went on to have long careers such as Joe Flynn, (the McHale's Navy captain) Douglas Kennedy in many supporting roles and of course Jim Davis who appeared in many westerns and finally climaxed his career as Jock Ewing on Dallas from 1978 to 1981. He plays the part of the convict just great here with his fast dialogue. And LOVE the 1954 Nashes as police cars.
I believe this can be found on DVD thru Alpha Video or one of the vendors that specializes in obscure films.
@JhonnyCash-mo2wx He certainly was !
41:31 Northbound 101 freeway, Vermont Ave. off ramp near Hollywood
@@TomTom9290 It looked a little familiar. When I started visiting relatives in the area in the 1960s & 70s, some things hadn't changed that much yet. Being in black and white sometimes makes it hard to tell.
I was wondering what that car was (the Chrysler). Thanks!
@@explorepikespeak They sold for around $4000 in 1953 dollars which was a large chunk of change and thus the low production figures.
Seeing the Wolfman die in the train yard was heartbreaking.
Yes, seeing the Wolfman die anywhere is heartbreaking.
Yeah. It would have been much more pleasant seeing him buy it by the armored car! He was well paid to do it, you know.
Was he JACK's dad?
Thanks a lot for spoiling the movie Jackass I was just looking through the comments to see if it was a decent movie WTF did you ever hear the term spoiler alert ?
That's right, none of us can say what we think about anything in the film because we don't want to spoil it for poor little ol you. How bout "watch the movie first" before reading the comments. Like, you have to be told this? Use your head for something else besides a hat rack, pal! Live dangerously. Just watch the film first...take a chance...live life on the edge. The fact you have to get nasty and crude over such a thing only makes you look silly.
Glenn langan ( the amazing colossal man) appears in this cops and robbers crime drama about a cop 👮 who’s off to the races pursuing payroll robbers (Jim Davis, Lon Chaney,jr.)on a mad chase that goes from cars to rowboat to motorboat to helicopter while his expectant wife (Adele jergens) enters the hospital in anticipation of a blessed event-langan does a good job as the policeman 👮♂️ and it’s a cool flick! 😊😊😊😊😊😊❤
I enjoyed this rainy Saturday flim except for one annoying detail near the heart pounding conclusion..... no fluffy dude has ever sprinted that far in real life. The cop didn't exactly have to be a sharpshooter to nail that target. Has flinging your empty rod at the coppers ever worked?
It's worth watching just to see the beautiful 1954 Chrysler New Yorker for instance at 37.39.
Someone here said it was 1953
Fun to watch! Similar to the 'Highway Patrol' series with Broderick Crawford. Why where those Nashes used as police cars so often in movies? Where they actually preferred by police departments back in the day? Ah! and that New Yorker convertible with the chrome wire wheels!
I think the TV studios had a deal with Nash. Back in the black & white TV era of the 1950's, Highway Patrol didn't use Nashes. But other shows such as The Adventures of Superman used Nashes all the time.
A lot of police departments used the Nash cars as real police with the I-6 But in the later 50s the Nash car came with a V8
WoW .. sure don't make them like they use to 😂
04:50 - When cops drove Nashes.
Very distinctive cars.
@@freemarketjoe9869
With _Airflyte construction._
U.S. industry was just getting back to banging out cars instead of tanks and Liberty ships and steel was cheap.
@@johnstuartsmithThe 1949 Nash was _"First, by far, with a postwar car"_ which referred to the first completely redesigned autos produced after WW2 as the 'Big Three" and others were merely reskinning their 1941 designs.
By 1954, U.S. industries were producing vastly more than they ever had prior to WW2 and the 'Big Three" automakers were working hard to eliminate independents such as Nash, Willys, Hudson... .
@@-oiiio-3993 I rear-ended a classic restored 50's Hudson. Everything on my car ahead of the windshield got bent or crumpled, the Hudson's bumper had a scuff mark.
Okay, they had no money to shoot this film with but every dollar they did have shows up on the screen.
helicopter renting costs money!
@@internetcensure5849 They traded a share of the profits of the film to the copter guy.
@@internetcensure5849 That was half their budget.
The budget for the prison mess hall was pretty skimpy.
No need to lock up the patrol car when visiting the hospital ,no need to close the car door either, . . .aahh !. . things were so much better then .
Heavy drinking and smoking after the war.. Men trying to put themselves mentally back together 😢 Thank you to all that served America in WWII
@JimJones-gd2jy, Those that so called served, in WW2, were just serving and fighting, for the Bankers, the military Industrial Complex, and the Rothchilds, get real.
4:52 Love seeing NO Graffiti on the Railways! None, at all! Should have kept it that way.
People used to use a .38 for a paperweight. Now everything is digital
I love this picture. BEST ENDING.
1954......you can see the smog but can't see any homeless!!!
Cheaper to live then.
Pregnant woman smokes, takes pills and is anemic.
She needs a good strong martini or 6.
I love all the vehicles In this movie great variety.
This is the City ! Los Angeles : Before it became an overcrowded S-hole ! 😂😂😂
Pregnant and smoking. That was a different time.
Some good chase scenes. Can't help but notice how horribly smoggy LA was then - all those fume-belching gas guzzlers.
Do you have a copy of the Lon Jr movie There's A Girl In My Heart (1949)? I'd love to see that one if you have it please.
Sorry, no, but we do have "The Black Pirates." Be sure to subscribe, and thanks for watching.
@@kitparker9448 already seen The Black Pirates but sure mate I'll subscribe.
South on Hollywood freeway? Don’t need Dan Matthews roadblocks set up on that! It’s natural traffice
Hi. I love Dan Matthews from Highway Patrol.
That's Pabst Blue Ribbon in the refrigerator...still good today!
I've noticed that a very high percentage of films from this period feature Pabst Blue Ribbon front and center.... perhaps they sponsored these pictures?
Worst road block ever!
Would be nice to see the Chrysler in color. - Love the Kelsey-Haeys wire wheels.
They shot Lon Chaney...but don't worry, only silver bullets will do the job! - He'll be back next Halloween!
You ever notice that in a lot of these 1950's B-movies that there's always a big, long staircase on the beach front that someone has to go down?
Was this movie filmed in 3D? There seems to be parts of it where they throw something near the camera.
I only am watching this movie to look at the old cars .
Now why couldn't Broderick Crawford have been that nice. It was great to see the old cars again; being born in the 1950's I recognized several of them.
Love the body roll on those cars back then,lol,even a Toyota corolla from the 80s could corner better than those cars,however no car in the 80s or now can touch how beautiful cars used to be back in the 40s 50s and 60s.
I love watching these old movies and i always thought the Cord was the only car back then that had pop up headlights and then i saw a movie that had a 42 Desoto that had them too, i was shocked so i had to lock it up online, talk about a beauty.
59 coupe de Ville CADILLAC. convertible. Driving in that baby made you feel like a KING. MY uncle had one red w/ custom white & red interior.
@@dntlss But Cords were in the 30's.
When they first pull up at Parkside Hospital, in the background you can see the St Moritz Hotel. Judy Garland stayed there when she first visited Hollywood.
Old Nash Ramblers for police cars $1300 .00 with 3 on the tree $ 1600 .00 for automatic transmission gas 19 cents a gallon good old days
Love the Nash police car that shows up when the chase begins 40 minutes in.
You see more Nashes as police cars in these old movies than you do as civilian cars.
One wonders. Fleet discounts? 🙄@@majorneptunejr
Nash Ambassador Police cars LOL
Jim Davis' character shooting a cop off a copter with a snub nose pistol? A little far fetched imo. Still a decent flick though.
The whole show is far-fetched! That's the charm of it!
Ahhhhh Hollywood.
Even Goe Fynn playing a straight role made me laugh, Joe Fynn stoled the show ❤
Mr Fynn didn't realize he would
Become CAPTAIN BINGGATON"
Back in 1952 No doors locked at homes...open beer cans with a beer opener...when i was 7 years old I remember Nash-Rambers being police cars...and pay phones being a DIME....NO pay phones hardly
Left in 2Q24 anymore...
Absolutely 💯 💯 great movie 🎬 🎬 with all theses antiques
Cars....❤❤❤❤❤
The policeman Langdon was married to blonde Adele Jergens for 40 years. First time I have seen them acting in the same movie. A awesome couple 😊
This has to be the shortest roll Lon Chaney Jr. ever played. He was like an extra! I wish I knew how much they paid him. It was like a cameo role because he's probably been in more than 100 movies. He was even in a MONKEES episode! Now let's get to the 'realism' aspect of this flick. A cop nails a running target on the dock from a helicopter from about two football fields distance with a handgun. A felon shoots a cop out of a whirlybird from just as far away (wasn't he wearing a safety belt?) As Buck Barrow would say, "Yah-Hoo!!!!! I never SEEN such shootin'!"
I think it's funny the two men in the prison cell the one laying down is reading a Dick Tracy Detective Comic.
Smoking while pregnant. I was born in '55, and though my mom smoked, she quit while I was developing. My dad was quite proud of her "fortitude" to stop while she carried me and my two other siblings. 😂
My parents smoked and when I was a few months old, I was told I was very sick with congestion and almost died. Then, as I got older , I had chronic sinusitis. The doctor wasn't much help. But my parents kept on a smokin' ! Now I'm in my sixties and no health problems. Second hand smoke is just as bad as actually smoking .
It could cause a woman to get sick, if she tried, also, they used formula, over breast feeding
Everyone did smoke back then! Weird, though, when my mom was pregnant with her 2nd child, my older sister, smoking made her sick to the point where she quit for good! And, that sister could never tolerate the ashes, the smoke, or anything about smoking. So, I think my unborn sister , in a way, saved my mom from that bad habit, and the 5 babies that followed!!
I did an actual LOL when I saw that Nash police car. Silliest looking car ever made (in America)
The street scenes make the movie, the actors were added in for extra.
NOT in the credits…..Joe Flynn as the reporter. Guess it took him 10 years to work his way up to Navy Capt. Binghampton, Ernest Borgnine’s FAVORITE CO in McHale’s Navy!!!
"Joseph Flynn" was in the opening credits. IF I COULD JUST SCREAM!
@21:13 my grandma had a set of those 'Guardian Service' cookware.
Dang! That was close! The cops nearly clocked that Bell 47 blasting up to it!
The San Fernando valley. Tuesday 3pm . It was hot. 98 degrees. Very humid. Adele jergens must be in the area
Too funny. Pause at the end @59:30. The detective is giving a scary-as-all-hell, clown rattle as a gift to a day-old newborn?
his hair was perfect!
Drinkin' a pina colada at Trader Vic's.