The Big Chase (1954) Cool 50s cars! | Glen Langan, Lon Chaney, Jr. | Dig that Nash cop car!

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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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  • @michaelfred8848
    @michaelfred88484 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @garystar1592

    @garystar1592

    3 ай бұрын

    All of them unsafe at any speed

  • @johnbarleycorn699

    @johnbarleycorn699

    3 ай бұрын

    that includes IMO planes, trains, busses, trucks. . . .best

  • @robertwalker5521

    @robertwalker5521

    3 ай бұрын

    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!) : (

  • @bertspeggly4428

    @bertspeggly4428

    3 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @NYC1927

    @NYC1927

    2 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @walterfechter8080
    @walterfechter808011 ай бұрын

    Joe Flynn ("McHale's Navy") was the reporter at the beginning of this film.

  • @thomastarwater2989

    @thomastarwater2989

    11 ай бұрын

    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).

  • @anthonynelson9136

    @anthonynelson9136

    10 ай бұрын

    Old Lead Bottom.

  • @barrysmith5830

    @barrysmith5830

    4 ай бұрын

    it was driving me crazy, i couldnt remember. thanks

  • @dash-qe3ul

    @dash-qe3ul

    4 ай бұрын

    Also was the principal in the strongest boy in the world with Kurt Russell. And smartest kid in the world. Those old Disney flix.

  • @jamestregler1584

    @jamestregler1584

    4 ай бұрын

    '' I could just scream - I could just SCREAM ''🤣

  • @davidwildridge8080
    @davidwildridge80803 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @jorgefernandez-mv8hu
    @jorgefernandez-mv8hu4 ай бұрын

    Great Movie! Pregnant mothers smoking, doctors making house calls an beer cans that needs an opener. Love the car chase scenes.

  • @MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage

    @MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage

    3 ай бұрын

    A beer given from an off-duty cop to an on-duty cop that was going to drive back to the station too!

  • @HSRA-hg9gc

    @HSRA-hg9gc

    3 ай бұрын

    Tossing cigarette butts anywhere you want!

  • @will7its

    @will7its

    2 ай бұрын

    @@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage Could drink a 6 pack and be fine.

  • @will7its

    @will7its

    2 ай бұрын

    @@HSRA-hg9gc Now its vape canisters......

  • @joemorsman6531

    @joemorsman6531

    2 ай бұрын

    When my mom was pregnant with me, her doctor told her to drink more beer to gain weight. LOL

  • @jimlaguardia8185
    @jimlaguardia8185 Жыл бұрын

    It’s fun to see LA 70 years ago.

  • @rahkinrah1963

    @rahkinrah1963

    Жыл бұрын

    The fashions, the architecture, the cars...

  • @keithdukes5990

    @keithdukes5990

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, much better then In every way!!! 🤗👍

  • @freemarketjoe9869

    @freemarketjoe9869

    5 ай бұрын

    Best part.

  • @eeddieedwards3890

    @eeddieedwards3890

    5 ай бұрын

    And sad to see how it has "devolved".☹

  • @totallysmooth1203

    @totallysmooth1203

    4 ай бұрын

    @@eeddieedwards3890 Not surprising. It's a Democrat city.

  • @rickmiller1429
    @rickmiller142910 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @paulh7589

    @paulh7589

    4 ай бұрын

    AHA!!!! I knew I recognized him. It was driving me nuts until I read your Jock Ewing comment.

  • @HSRA-hg9gc

    @HSRA-hg9gc

    3 ай бұрын

    @@paulh7589The guy with the sledge hammer was Lon Chaney, the "Wolfman."

  • @csxns

    @csxns

    6 күн бұрын

    Seaboard.

  • @srp960
    @srp9602 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @AudioFileZ

    @AudioFileZ

    18 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @waytosacramento3843

    @waytosacramento3843

    12 күн бұрын

    What do you mean by „even then“?

  • @srp960

    @srp960

    12 күн бұрын

    @@waytosacramento3843 Are you saying America is not great today?...then WHY is the whole world trying to come here?

  • @walte153
    @walte1536 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @USCG.Brennan

    @USCG.Brennan

    4 ай бұрын

    Or Joe Flynn as the newspaper reporter who was Capt. Binghampton on McHales Navy!

  • @mikeh.7499

    @mikeh.7499

    4 ай бұрын

    How young Joe looks it took me a moment.thanks😮​@@USCG.Brennan

  • @ixlr8677

    @ixlr8677

    4 ай бұрын

    ole lead.bottom.@@USCG.Brennan

  • @USCG.Brennan

    @USCG.Brennan

    4 ай бұрын

    @@ixlr8677 That's funny, I'd forgotten that name for him. ;-)

  • @thejerseyj5479

    @thejerseyj5479

    3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @stevemartin6144
    @stevemartin61444 ай бұрын

    Lon Chaney looks like a mean version of Shemp. I half expected George Reeves to appear as Superman to save the day.

  • @vicc6744
    @vicc67448 ай бұрын

    I have been looking for this movie for 18 years lol- thanks for posting- it's as crazy as I remember

  • @RoderickBagsby
    @RoderickBagsby10 ай бұрын

    I love black and white movies filmed in those days in Los Angeles that why love noir and TCM 👍

  • @richardjones186

    @richardjones186

    2 сағат бұрын

    Yes, anything filmed then in LA or San Francisco are definitely must-sees.

  • @randyacuna5643
    @randyacuna5643 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @mstonebr54

    @mstonebr54

    11 ай бұрын

    1954 is the birth year of champions. In my opinion. 😀

  • @ktloz2246

    @ktloz2246

    10 ай бұрын

    "Highway Patrol" with Broderick Crawford is shot in LA in the same time period.

  • @RoderickBagsby

    @RoderickBagsby

    10 ай бұрын

    I agree 👍

  • @RoderickBagsby

    @RoderickBagsby

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@ktloz2246another favorite 👍

  • @randyacuna5643

    @randyacuna5643

    10 ай бұрын

    @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.

  • @stevehartman1730
    @stevehartman17304 ай бұрын

    Joe Flynn was a very underrated actor

  • @theIzzyfurreal
    @theIzzyfurreal Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @brendakrieger7000

    @brendakrieger7000

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol yep😂

  • @theIzzyfurreal

    @theIzzyfurreal

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brendakrieger7000 Did you hear the curb-feeler scraping the curb at 26.03? Remember those?

  • @brendakrieger7000

    @brendakrieger7000

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theIzzyfurreal Yep, I did hear. Yep totally remember those!

  • @johnferguson4089

    @johnferguson4089

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe he lost his way!

  • @theIzzyfurreal

    @theIzzyfurreal

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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!

  • @tacey01
    @tacey013 ай бұрын

    1954. My birth year. My, oh my! How the culture (and the world) has changed!!

  • @mr.p9882

    @mr.p9882

    3 ай бұрын

    @tacey01 Had to laugh when I read your post!! Great punctuation...todays kids just write a whole paragraph like it is a single sentence!!

  • @thejerseyj5479

    @thejerseyj5479

    3 ай бұрын

    '56 here, and I'm shocked at how much everything has changed in my short lifetime.

  • @rar7631
    @rar76314 ай бұрын

    Had to give this one a huge thumbs up….Enormous corn on the cob 🤣🤣

  • @outlawbadge1
    @outlawbadge14 ай бұрын

    This was a very good story and great acting. Would love seeing more movies like this. Thanks for posting it 👍

  • @robertclifton2211
    @robertclifton22114 ай бұрын

    No cell phones, cheap cars, no traffic. Ah, the good old days!

  • @hoppes9658

    @hoppes9658

    4 ай бұрын

    …..and getting your tooth drilled with no pain killer.

  • @willymueller3278

    @willymueller3278

    4 ай бұрын

    @@hoppes9658 Well cocaine was free and cheap.

  • @hoppes9658

    @hoppes9658

    4 ай бұрын

    @@willymueller3278 Nope. 1972 you got the drill and you writhed with pain.

  • @willymueller3278

    @willymueller3278

    4 ай бұрын

    @@hoppes9658 All right, all right, I give up.

  • @Jeff-uj8xi

    @Jeff-uj8xi

    4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @josephbingham1255
    @josephbingham12554 ай бұрын

    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 🤗

  • @Chef-James

    @Chef-James

    3 ай бұрын

    I see your point. You might want to wear a hat.

  • @freemarketjoe9869
    @freemarketjoe98695 ай бұрын

    "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.

  • @dntlss

    @dntlss

    4 ай бұрын

    ha ha ha "Lon Chaney" 😂🤣, I use the same humor you do but young people these days dont seem to get it?

  • @russphilly

    @russphilly

    4 ай бұрын

    ..no problem, his new partner was a rookie like he was...no big deal

  • @travist.7279
    @travist.72794 ай бұрын

    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).

  • @1954crc
    @1954crc3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @johnstuartsmith
    @johnstuartsmith5 күн бұрын

    The chubby escapee's cardiovascular system was in better shape than one would think from looking at him.

  • @evalinawarne1337
    @evalinawarne13374 ай бұрын

    I love this picture. BEST ENDING.

  • @randytracy1742
    @randytracy17423 ай бұрын

    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! 😊😊😊😊😊😊❤

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury614 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @muffs55mercury61

    @muffs55mercury61

    4 ай бұрын

    @@JhonnyCash-mo2wx He certainly was !

  • @TomTom9290

    @TomTom9290

    4 ай бұрын

    41:31 Northbound 101 freeway, Vermont Ave. off ramp near Hollywood

  • @muffs55mercury61

    @muffs55mercury61

    4 ай бұрын

    @@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.

  • @explorepikespeak

    @explorepikespeak

    4 ай бұрын

    I was wondering what that car was (the Chrysler). Thanks!

  • @muffs55mercury61

    @muffs55mercury61

    4 ай бұрын

    @@explorepikespeak They sold for around $4000 in 1953 dollars which was a large chunk of change and thus the low production figures.

  • @dash-qe3ul
    @dash-qe3ul4 ай бұрын

    When doctors made house calls .and had to actually use a can opener for a 🍺 beer.

  • @michaelhutchinson9413

    @michaelhutchinson9413

    4 ай бұрын

    I remember the slang term for a beer can opener was a “Church Key”

  • @rogerstlaurent8704

    @rogerstlaurent8704

    4 ай бұрын

    Pabst Blue Ribbon was the beer brand in the movie and drinking while on the clock CLASSIC

  • @kathleenking47

    @kathleenking47

    14 күн бұрын

    They didn't have pull tabs until mid 60s

  • @kathleenking47

    @kathleenking47

    14 күн бұрын

    ​@michaelhutchinson9413 The square side, was for bottles Pointed side for cans

  • @USCG.Brennan
    @USCG.Brennan4 ай бұрын

    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..... ;-)

  • @randyacuna5643

    @randyacuna5643

    4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @USCG.Brennan

    @USCG.Brennan

    4 ай бұрын

    @@randyacuna5643 Yes I did.....thanks for the reminder! ;-)

  • @randyacuna5643

    @randyacuna5643

    4 ай бұрын

    @@USCG.Brennan your very welcome 🙏

  • @Jstme303

    @Jstme303

    4 ай бұрын

    Witch one is Jim Davis ? @@randyacuna5643

  • @adammarkowitz7944
    @adammarkowitz7944 Жыл бұрын

    7:43 she's expecting a baby so she's chilling out with a cigarette.

  • @1962pjh

    @1962pjh

    11 ай бұрын

    She is barely showing and the Dr is worrying about a breech birth.

  • @rickmiller1429

    @rickmiller1429

    10 ай бұрын

    Almost everybody smoked then, including doctors and expecting women didn't show.

  • @garyschultz7768

    @garyschultz7768

    6 ай бұрын

    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..

  • @freemarketjoe9869

    @freemarketjoe9869

    5 ай бұрын

    Even the doctors smoked back then.

  • @eeddieedwards3890

    @eeddieedwards3890

    5 ай бұрын

    @@rickmiller1429 And everybody was thinner! We are a nation of fat people in workout clothes.

  • @Finnador
    @Finnador4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @dntlss

    @dntlss

    4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @markr.devereux3385

    @markr.devereux3385

    4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @majorneptunejr

    @majorneptunejr

    4 ай бұрын

    @@dntlss But Cords were in the 30's.

  • @mikedrown2721
    @mikedrown2721 Жыл бұрын

    Back then a sentence was started with the word SAY. Now a sentence is started with the word SO😂😂😂😂😂

  • @carlyellison8498

    @carlyellison8498

    Жыл бұрын

    Well. Now. See.

  • @mikedrown2721

    @mikedrown2721

    Жыл бұрын

    @@carlyellison8498 👍😂

  • @jimcrawford3185

    @jimcrawford3185

    Жыл бұрын

    Very astute observation Kudos

  • @winonamassingill7895

    @winonamassingill7895

    Жыл бұрын

    So, with a question 🙋‍♀️ mark. 😊😊😊😊Jose, can you see? 🧔🏽‍♂️🧔🏽‍♂️🧔🏽‍♂️

  • @RobertSeviour1

    @RobertSeviour1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jimcrawford3185 Be astute, the world needs more stutes.

  • @JohnShinn1960
    @JohnShinn19603 ай бұрын

    2:00 At the prices of today's cigarettes, the one intended for Capt. Binghamton would've never hit the floor.

  • @paulstark6818
    @paulstark681811 күн бұрын

    A great Police story thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @robertrodman-hf1kk
    @robertrodman-hf1kk4 ай бұрын

    It's worth watching just to see the beautiful 1954 Chrysler New Yorker for instance at 37.39.

  • @philiprife5556
    @philiprife55564 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @majorneptunejr

    @majorneptunejr

    4 ай бұрын

    He also played the dean in the Disney movies with Kurt Russell .

  • @dfeltus

    @dfeltus

    4 ай бұрын

    I knew I recognized the voice. Thanks for posting.

  • @TomTom9290

    @TomTom9290

    4 ай бұрын

    Back in those days, people weren't afraid of clowns like they are now.

  • @Mercmad
    @Mercmad4 ай бұрын

    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. 😁😁

  • @paulbergen9114

    @paulbergen9114

    2 ай бұрын

    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

  • @TrustJesusToday
    @TrustJesusToday Жыл бұрын

    Seeing the Wolfman die in the train yard was heartbreaking.

  • @koyoteman58

    @koyoteman58

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes, seeing the Wolfman die anywhere is heartbreaking.

  • @freemarketjoe9869

    @freemarketjoe9869

    5 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @robertwalker5521

    @robertwalker5521

    4 ай бұрын

    Was he JACK's dad?

  • @polara01

    @polara01

    4 ай бұрын

    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 ?

  • @freemarketjoe9869

    @freemarketjoe9869

    4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @carmelbrain7399
    @carmelbrain7399 Жыл бұрын

    Counted 3 pieces of trash on the sidewalk and no homeless encampments, what a world!

  • @killerfrank8974

    @killerfrank8974

    11 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂 Indeed!

  • @michaelhoffman5486

    @michaelhoffman5486

    8 ай бұрын

    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

  • @eeddieedwards3890

    @eeddieedwards3890

    5 ай бұрын

    The TV show LAW & ORDER is still on the air, just not on our streets.

  • @lilblackduc7312

    @lilblackduc7312

    5 ай бұрын

    Ain't it the truth!

  • @jjgreek1

    @jjgreek1

    5 ай бұрын

    LA is better now than it’s ever been…don’t listen to Fox

  • @winonamassingill7895
    @winonamassingill7895 Жыл бұрын

    I was so glad the movie 🍿 had a happy 😊 ending. I was afraid 😱 that he might get hurt.

  • @freemarketjoe9869

    @freemarketjoe9869

    5 ай бұрын

    I was sure of it. I was happy to see they didn't either.

  • @richardnottelmann58
    @richardnottelmann584 ай бұрын

    I love all the vehicles In this movie great variety.

  • @mondojoey
    @mondojoey3 ай бұрын

    this movie was a 3d movie from the 50's you would wear the red and blue glasses they provided and have the real POV experience

  • @cbsctom7428
    @cbsctom74285 күн бұрын

    That's Pabst Blue Ribbon in the refrigerator...still good today!

  • @richardjones186

    @richardjones186

    2 сағат бұрын

    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?

  • @danielmoore7332
    @danielmoore73323 ай бұрын

    "Was that not the Bottom Lead?" "Yes that was the Bottom Lead" "Bottom Lead, Great big schnook!"

  • @mikenixon2401
    @mikenixon240120 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @muffycrosswire2757
    @muffycrosswire27574 ай бұрын

    Thanks for posting this

  • @dave3657
    @dave36574 ай бұрын

    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. 😂

  • @fidobite3798
    @fidobite37983 ай бұрын

    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. 😂

  • @susanfaulkner2304

    @susanfaulkner2304

    2 ай бұрын

    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 .

  • @kathleenking47

    @kathleenking47

    14 күн бұрын

    It could cause a woman to get sick, if she tried, also, they used formula, over breast feeding

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @joseyeastwood
    @joseyeastwood4 ай бұрын

    They were smoking like chimneys back then 😂

  • @majorneptunejr

    @majorneptunejr

    4 ай бұрын

    I remember when all the banks had those ashtrays with sand in them, next to all the teller windows.

  • @michaelbruchas6663
    @michaelbruchas66636 күн бұрын

    Jack Webb would not have totally approved of the script….but that chase seen!

  • @meetjohndoe1078
    @meetjohndoe10784 ай бұрын

    his hair was perfect!

  • @thedevilinthecircuit1414

    @thedevilinthecircuit1414

    4 ай бұрын

    Drinkin' a pina colada at Trader Vic's.

  • @carlcleary548
    @carlcleary5484 ай бұрын

    A great movie I think I saw this movie back in my youth years when i about 12 years old I really enjoyed watching this thanks for sharing this amazing video

  • @smokeystover5682
    @smokeystover568211 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @internetcensure5849

    @internetcensure5849

    11 ай бұрын

    lucky shot, not possible in real life with a snub nose revolver.

  • @freemarketjoe9869

    @freemarketjoe9869

    5 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @eeddieedwards3890

    @eeddieedwards3890

    5 ай бұрын

    That was a "cop out".

  • @robertwalker5521

    @robertwalker5521

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@freemarketjoe9869 No cup was used.......breast milk

  • @thomastoler2397

    @thomastoler2397

    4 ай бұрын

    I noticed that, too

  • @terrylittle
    @terrylittle4 ай бұрын

    Love the line that his wife gave him at the end, "The only thing that could kept me from having another is your cooking."😆

  • @markp5762
    @markp576211 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @internetcensure5849

    @internetcensure5849

    11 ай бұрын

    helicopter renting costs money!

  • @internetcensure5849

    @internetcensure5849

    11 ай бұрын

    So what? Looks natural!

  • @jimbennett3788

    @jimbennett3788

    6 ай бұрын

    No retake adds to the realism

  • @ReRiderChi

    @ReRiderChi

    4 ай бұрын

    too funny

  • @Jeff-uj8xi

    @Jeff-uj8xi

    4 ай бұрын

    I saw that cigarette fall on the floor. That was funny.

  • @lanedexter6303
    @lanedexter63034 ай бұрын

    Love the Nash police car that shows up when the chase begins 40 minutes in.

  • @majorneptunejr

    @majorneptunejr

    4 ай бұрын

    You see more Nashes as police cars in these old movies than you do as civilian cars.

  • @lanedexter6303

    @lanedexter6303

    4 ай бұрын

    One wonders. Fleet discounts? 🙄@@majorneptunejr

  • @rogerstlaurent8704

    @rogerstlaurent8704

    4 ай бұрын

    Nash Ambassador Police cars LOL

  • @ed9763
    @ed97634 ай бұрын

    What a simplistic movie. The best part was the car chase😀

  • @jessewolf7649

    @jessewolf7649

    4 ай бұрын

    Well, still more interesting than the action crap Hollywood is dishing now.

  • @majorneptunejr

    @majorneptunejr

    4 ай бұрын

    @@jessewolf7649 Big budget does not equal good film.

  • @majorneptunejr

    @majorneptunejr

    4 ай бұрын

    Simplistic means low budget.

  • @glenncalzada1707

    @glenncalzada1707

    4 ай бұрын

    Hence the title of the film.

  • @silverhammer7779

    @silverhammer7779

    3 күн бұрын

    @@majorneptunejr Just ask DEIsney about that...

  • @bjm676
    @bjm6764 ай бұрын

    That was fun, thanks.

  • @MN-pu6qx
    @MN-pu6qx8 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @allegra0

    @allegra0

    4 ай бұрын

    7\10 3\5

  • @dfeltus

    @dfeltus

    4 ай бұрын

    I knew I recognized the voice. Thanks for posting.

  • @wurlitzer1100
    @wurlitzer11004 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @Jeff-uj8xi

    @Jeff-uj8xi

    4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @rogerstlaurent8704

    @rogerstlaurent8704

    4 ай бұрын

    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

  • @Countess88
    @Countess8811 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @hieronyous

    @hieronyous

    4 ай бұрын

    MAYBE THIS FILM CREW COULD NOT AFFORD A CONTINUITY EDITOR.

  • @Michaelbos

    @Michaelbos

    4 ай бұрын

    Hollywood.

  • @silverhammer7779

    @silverhammer7779

    3 күн бұрын

    That's continuity for you...more precisely, the lack of it.

  • @mandolndoc
    @mandolndoc Жыл бұрын

    The comments are better than the movie!

  • @nkushner2393
    @nkushner23934 ай бұрын

    this is an awesome and entertaining film thank you for sharing

  • @KonchokSomo
    @KonchokSomo9 ай бұрын

    Really enjoyable flick. 👍🤩

  • @thejerseyj5479
    @thejerseyj54793 ай бұрын

    You can't go wrong with a Lippert movie.

  • @russphilly
    @russphilly4 ай бұрын

    thank you for this post,,,best movie ever...Plot, action, cast...all of it, especially old Lead Bottom..superb acting throughout....

  • @paulbare6371
    @paulbare6371 Жыл бұрын

    Notice there's no graffiti on trains

  • @freemarketjoe9869

    @freemarketjoe9869

    5 ай бұрын

    It's not graffiti...it's cultural expressionism. Unless you do it. Then it's cultural appropriation and/or vandalism.

  • @eeddieedwards3890

    @eeddieedwards3890

    5 ай бұрын

    Once upon a time there was "American Graffiti" and Spanish and then.....

  • @miltonhollis703
    @miltonhollis7034 ай бұрын

    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....❤❤❤❤❤

  • @mickeybitsko1676
    @mickeybitsko16763 ай бұрын

    The San Fernando valley. Tuesday 3pm . It was hot. 98 degrees. Very humid. Adele jergens must be in the area

  • @harleylake1143
    @harleylake11434 ай бұрын

    Is it just me, or did that baby rattle look creepy

  • @eugenepiurkowski5439
    @eugenepiurkowski543911 ай бұрын

    Wow, a couple hours after childbirth and she looks like a beauty model.

  • @internetcensure5849

    @internetcensure5849

    11 ай бұрын

    "beauty model."🤣 Too old for that (37)!🤣

  • @garyolsen3409

    @garyolsen3409

    11 ай бұрын

    maybe it's because the actress didn't have a baby. do you think?

  • @robertwalker5521

    @robertwalker5521

    4 ай бұрын

    At the last moment, they decided on adoption.

  • @arieswaters
    @arieswaters4 ай бұрын

    This movie is awesome

  • @chadhaire1711

    @chadhaire1711

    4 ай бұрын

    awesome garbage

  • @russphilly
    @russphilly4 ай бұрын

    Watching again!....excellent!

  • @IvanRodriguez-hl4pg
    @IvanRodriguez-hl4pg2 ай бұрын

    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'!"

  • @buzzawuzza3743
    @buzzawuzza374311 ай бұрын

    Okay, they had no money to shoot this film with but every dollar they did have shows up on the screen.

  • @internetcensure5849

    @internetcensure5849

    11 ай бұрын

    helicopter renting costs money!

  • @buzzawuzza3743

    @buzzawuzza3743

    11 ай бұрын

    @@internetcensure5849 They traded a share of the profits of the film to the copter guy.

  • @majorneptunejr

    @majorneptunejr

    4 ай бұрын

    @@internetcensure5849 That was half their budget.

  • @johnstuartsmith

    @johnstuartsmith

    5 күн бұрын

    The budget for the prison mess hall was pretty skimpy.

  • @karenhill3970
    @karenhill39704 ай бұрын

    Oh..it was Great!!

  • @estelleadamski308
    @estelleadamski308 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @andywinger4197

    @andywinger4197

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @estelleadamski308

    @estelleadamski308

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @andywinger4197

    @andywinger4197

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @estelleadamski308

    @estelleadamski308

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @internetcensure5849

    @internetcensure5849

    11 ай бұрын

    @@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."

  • @daryllect6659
    @daryllect66594 ай бұрын

    35:52 - Wow! A 331 hemi rag on wires. Very cool!

  • @gieb6428

    @gieb6428

    3 ай бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing. I like the way it rolled over those RR tracks, smooth

  • @daryllect6659

    @daryllect6659

    3 ай бұрын

    @@gieb6428 And the cornering... well ... let's just say it leaves a lot to be desired, but what an absolutely cool car! I bet that puppy weighs almost 3 tons. I had a '53 Olds 98 convertible with power everything and it weighed a little over 4500. I know that for a fact because I weighed it. If memory serves me, it weighed 4545. I bought it to, of all things, drag race. At the time, it ran N/Stock in NHRA. There's a LOT more to that story if you wanna hear it.

  • @-oiiio-3993
    @-oiiio-399311 ай бұрын

    04:50 - When cops drove Nashes.

  • @freemarketjoe9869

    @freemarketjoe9869

    5 ай бұрын

    Very distinctive cars.

  • @-oiiio-3993

    @-oiiio-3993

    5 ай бұрын

    @@freemarketjoe9869 With _Airflyte construction._

  • @johnstuartsmith

    @johnstuartsmith

    5 күн бұрын

    U.S. industry was just getting back to banging out cars instead of tanks and Liberty ships and steel was cheap.

  • @-oiiio-3993

    @-oiiio-3993

    4 күн бұрын

    @@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... .

  • @johnstuartsmith

    @johnstuartsmith

    4 күн бұрын

    @@-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.

  • @panheadbob2926
    @panheadbob29264 ай бұрын

    @56:33 Wow, Officer Grayson didn't waste any time getting back to the Patrol Car. LoL!

  • @JackF99
    @JackF992 ай бұрын

    18:13 Breathtaking depiction of prison violence. Well done.

  • @nickpemberton543
    @nickpemberton543 Жыл бұрын

    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??

  • @freemarketjoe9869

    @freemarketjoe9869

    5 ай бұрын

    Hey, you're right. Ha! That's pretty bad. Part of the charm of the film.

  • @glennstenbergkvist5971

    @glennstenbergkvist5971

    4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @sandaglad
    @sandaglad4 ай бұрын

    Some good chase scenes. Can't help but notice how horribly smoggy LA was then - all those fume-belching gas guzzlers.

  • @LouisSantos-vu4kr
    @LouisSantos-vu4kr Жыл бұрын

    They must not of had WD40,in those years to lubricate the police cars door.

  • @billharden7127

    @billharden7127

    11 ай бұрын

    🤣👍

  • @porflepopnecker4376

    @porflepopnecker4376

    11 ай бұрын

    In those days, the precious WD40 was used to lubricate more important things.

  • @foreigncorrespondent5140
    @foreigncorrespondent5140 Жыл бұрын

    People used to use a .38 for a paperweight. Now everything is digital

  • @eddiem.5811
    @eddiem.58112 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @donaldjones3580
    @donaldjones35809 күн бұрын

    The helicopter I believe is a Bell 47 variant, never seen one on wheels. My first car was a 1963 Nash Rambler, at least the bathtub design was gone by then.

  • @oldbiker9739
    @oldbiker97394 ай бұрын

    I only am watching this movie to look at the old cars .

  • @quantumleap359
    @quantumleap3594 ай бұрын

    I like how they always get into or out of a car from the curb side! Just makes me laugh! Pretty good old movie!

  • @glenncalzada1707

    @glenncalzada1707

    4 ай бұрын

    That was actually in the books. It was for safety purposes. It may still be, but nobody enforces any traffic laws anymore.

  • @Jeff-uj8xi

    @Jeff-uj8xi

    4 ай бұрын

    @@glenncalzada1707 But cars didn't have bucket seats back then. You could slide across the front seat. And yes, it's still the law to get out of a car on the curb side. At least in New Jersey it is.

  • @Michaelbos

    @Michaelbos

    4 ай бұрын

    I know.

  • @kathleenmckeithen118
    @kathleenmckeithen1185 ай бұрын

    This was a really sweet movie and thank you for sharing it with us! It's still amazing to me, even though I was born in 1948, that women smoked when they were pregnant. No common sense whatsoever. Except for my grandmother, born in 1900, when she saw my mother smoking while pregnant with my older brother, she had a few things to say that stopped my mom from smoking for good right then and there.😊

  • @greggmitchell4173

    @greggmitchell4173

    4 ай бұрын

    At the time nobody knew that smoking was bad for you.

  • @e-curb

    @e-curb

    4 ай бұрын

    @@greggmitchell4173 Her grandmother knew!

  • @MrTruckerf

    @MrTruckerf

    4 ай бұрын

    They knew it. They smoked because they wanted to. My folks didn't smoke, but they had ashtrays in every room for their friends who visited.@@greggmitchell4173

  • @user-ub1gm6jk7b
    @user-ub1gm6jk7b4 ай бұрын

    Hey! Its Captain Wallace B. Binghamton.😄

  • @edwardprice140
    @edwardprice1404 ай бұрын

    The big chase starts at 38:00

  • @pisstinpete4700
    @pisstinpete47004 ай бұрын

    Wow! Matinee material

  • @hayward434
    @hayward4344 ай бұрын

    Nice old movie.

  • @walterteske598
    @walterteske5984 ай бұрын

    The way it used to be!

  • @daryllect6659
    @daryllect66594 ай бұрын

    42:56 Say what you want about those old Chizlers, they could really corner ...

  • @TheTradosaurus
    @TheTradosaurus Жыл бұрын

    47:00 guy with man boobs ran fairly well

  • @internetcensure5849

    @internetcensure5849

    11 ай бұрын

    and jumps well too.

  • @andrewdutton3831
    @andrewdutton38314 ай бұрын

    40:52 So reminds me of HEAT (1995) when Ted Levine's character (Detective Bokso) says, "I want a block Figueroa and 5th, and block...northbound Flower at 6th!!"

  • @juliewoods6534
    @juliewoods6534 Жыл бұрын

    Skinnist pregnant woman I ever saw.

  • @internetcensure5849

    @internetcensure5849

    11 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @JanetElson

    @JanetElson

    7 ай бұрын

    He could predict a breech birth even then lol

  • @robertwalker5521

    @robertwalker5521

    4 ай бұрын

    Olive Oyl was just connected tinker toy sticks.

  • @albertramos7937

    @albertramos7937

    3 ай бұрын

    Pregnant women on the screen was not acceptable in those days.

  • @MrCanadatom
    @MrCanadatom4 ай бұрын

    Pete Grayson and Car22 are the only patrol car in all of LA. Oh, and they fly the police helicopter when needed too

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