The Seven-Ups Car Chase (1973)

Car chase scene from the 1973 film, The Seven-ups.

[@DigitalCanvas85]

The 10 minutes of this film is better than the last 20 years of the Fast and the Furious.

[@David.L291]

You again Lol 😂

[@nicholasstathoulopoulos4744]

Agreed. I don't think the last 20 years of the F &F franchise combined had 10 minutes of real, actual stunt driving.

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

LMFAO! Dude you nailed it, damn did you ever nail it brother!

[@David.L291]

@@nicholasstathoulopoulos4744 you do realise fast and furious isn't about stunt driving?

[@nicholasstathoulopoulos4744]

@@Gregory-sm9pf Yeah, I figured that out after about three of them.

[@ldreese33]

Love it when they don’t have music blaring over a chase scene, just the sound of the engines

[@TheBaldJerk]

Funniest part: Well-dressed middle class people on an interstate bus...😆

[@crr311sux5]

Yup

[@Gwestytears]

In new york, everyone used public transport. There was always too much traffic

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

Just like "Bullitt" and "The French Connection". Who needs music when you have those gorgeous engines revving like an angry pack of wolves?

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

@@fenris6051 Well, the first three minutes have jazz-like music, but as soon as the cars speed up and the chase is really on, the music stops playing.

[@robertortiz8540]

May Bill Hickman, Richard Lynch, and Roy Schieder Rest In Peace. Certainly, they are three legends that will be missed.

[@bloodgod3281]

Bill Hickman was one of the best stunt drivers ever....

[@robertortiz8540]

@@bloodgod3281, Oh hell yeah he was the man.👍

[@johnschaefer2238]

Hey Rob, Hickman, Lynch and Schieder were so good in this! I’m a big Bill Hickman fan what a storied life that man had. One of the saddest days of Bill’s life was when He was following his good friend James Dean when Dean and his Spyder collided with Donald Turnupseed. Hickman about 60 seconds behind Dean was the first to get to Dean before he died. Hickman held Dean in his arms at the crash as he died.

[@alexday5892]

Certain engine sounds felt like they were lifted from Bullitt

[@johndrake2729]

​@@alexday5892I heard stories to that effect.

[@lsmlsm2115]

No CGI. No Green Screen. Classic 70s car chase. Brilliant stuff!

[@ronbrock6153]

Well you do have to admit to the obvious running the film at 1.5 or 2x speed very obvious about 5:36 mark.

[@TheNameOfJesus]

@@ronbrock6153 I noticed that too. But there's something special about not using any CGI. Someday, someone will try to make a movie in the future with no CGI. This part of the film must have cost a lot of money - shutting down all those streets.

[@28weeks2die]

Metal against metal

[@Johny40Se7en]

Agreed. It has got dubbed sounds though, sounds like the "Mustang" in Bullit 😅

[@jmj1002]

One of those gritty,1970's car chases that I would end up recreating on the living room floor with my Matchbox cars.... This gets me more excited than any Fast & Furious movie ever did!

[@CivilEngineerWroxton]

HAHA! I used to do the same thing! I didn't have very many Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars, but I would recreate whatever I saw in movies on TV. I remember wanting a Mustang so bad for recreating the Bullitt chase. I would build big humps in the floor using my Highlights books and dictionaries and then ramp the cars off of those humps to simulate the huge jumps on the San Francisco streets in Bullitt. LOL Aaaaaahhhhh......good times.

[@jt9967]

John Martin Jr I AGREE bro them movies got me hotwheeled out with my own sound effects hahaha

[@mrjb1445]

Lets face it! Fast and Furious movies can't match the good ole 70,s chases.

[@weswolever7477]

No CGI in this one

[@acewilliams7917]

Same here!!

[@Charger425]

I love the way Bill Hickman calmly looks as though he's on his daily commute. The mark of a true professional.

[@felixmadison5736]

Yeah, he acts as though he's been through it all before. LOL!!

[@michaelhallas6450]

He is at that , very good .

[@tommccallan8802]

Drove the same way in Bullitt except when he was about to get in that head on..this chase seen sponsored by Pontiac. 😊

[@m-71tx26]

As a professional stunt driver, Bill Hickman knew and understood the kinds of punishment that a car could take and still keep going. And he used that knowledge to great effect. He really rocked it.

[@davidgoldin2577]

He is on his daily commute.

[@ashland1977]

This era will never be topped. The cars are not plastic, they sound like cars should sound, no annoying theme music for the background, just the sound of what a car chase should be. Awesome.

[@shoukatalimaredia5420]

This is real American made super chase 1970

[@mikefromwa]

It was the golden age of movies, in my opinion.

[@d23g32]

Like all movie chase scenes, the engine noises and other sounds you hear were sourced from other recordings and dubbed in later during the post production process. The sounds you hear in the movie were not made made by the vehicles on the screen.

[@brianfeeney3936]

thsts not how cars sounded then gimme a break

[@LUNATIC75]

And this is how Chief Brody ended up being booted out of the NYPD and sent off to become Chief of Police in a small seaside town...

[@shihanUKS]

He didn't have time to pack either because what he's wearing here is the same thing he wore on the boat minus the jacket !

[@MutieThePig]

@@shihanUKS He's going to need a bigger suitcase...

[@tbirdsteve1]

and how the other driver got the gig in Bullit

[@marchrabbit85]

I know that he was from New York

[@ianbrown4680]

"In the yahd not to fah from the cah" lol

[@RLOPEZ4600]

50 years ago, and this movie still rocks.

[@nikosatsaves3141]

Watched it in 1977 in my uncle's basement in Toronto. I was 16 then and was overwhelmed by the plethora of local tv channels and the ones from Buffalo and Rochester NY that played almost 24/24 crime movies tv shows etc. This one in particular along with the Getaway made so huge impression on me that i still get goosebumps by just hearing or reading the title.

[@mordecaiesther3591]

❤❤❤--->watched this at the VILLAGE movie theatre . One huge screen when it first came out in owings mills Maryland . Best days of me life . What I remember was ; when he hits the back end of that trucker ?? It was a REAL STUNTMAN in that car !! No CGI or fake crap !! All of this was a real car and car noises .

[@Johnfsu]

One of the best chases of all time. No crap music, no CGI!

[@bn6963]

What about those epic 70s cop car chase themes?

[@homeofthemad3044]

Baby driver did music well though. It can be done right.

[@preving]

Not sure which is better: This or Bullitt?

[@leighburne4098]

It's decent, but it goes on way too long and gets repetitive before the end. Bullitt and French Connection are far, far better.

[@soundsgreatentertainment4203]

Not one of the best, THE BEST!!!!! In my humble opinion

[@Mr100asd]

The Granville was a 455 4 barell duel exhaust with standard bias ply H78 15 tires, Ventura, PONTIAC 350 2 barell Had factory duel exhaust, interior gutted foam rubber pading, plexiglass windshield and windshield pillars were cut at the dash so the roof would peal back. Pontiac supplied the cars for this movie and the 71 Le Mans in the French Connection. The final accident with the Ventura was staged on the Tachonic Pkwy. Millwood N.Y. exit ramp. In 73-75 I was the Yard manager for Saw Mill Auto Wreckers Yonkers NY. These cars were hauled in to be scrapped ! OH, I bought the Ventura engine and trans for my 66 Le Mans daily driver.. Little bit of History for you guys LOL

[@pgtmr2713]

Was it still warm from the chase?

[@Mr100asd]

LOL

[@moejr1974]

I only saw one tailpipe on the GV

[@Mr100asd]

All the granvill's had 4555 4bbl. and duel exhaust. The down scaled Bonneville had 455 2bbl single exhaust. had 2 order duels unless opted for 4 bbl, then again duels included

[@88SC]

The Ventura also has the somewhat unusual (for X-bodies) F-41 suspension option . Giveaway is the rear sway bar. The option also included a larger front bar, stiffer springs and shocks.

[@dropway9108]

Everyday, prior to leaving for work, I watch this scene for inspiration. Then it's off we go! Life imitating art. The only problem is when I get to work the car is a complete total. This necessitates procuring a new automobile every following day. It's an expensive habit but the buzz is so wonderful that the day flies by, and before you know it 5:00 rolls around. I take the bus home in the evening and start planning for the next day's morning drive.

[@jimkeskey]

Be careful. One day it might not end in your favor.

[@ZantiMisfit198]

The late Bill Hickman coordinated the chase plus he drove the black Pontiac he also drove the black Charger in Bullitt. Helluva driver!

[@ZantiMisfit198]

***** He sure did, and he was an amazing looking guy (by that I mean interesting) I bet he could tell you some stories, he also looked like a guy you wouldnt want to tick off.

[@Smittyschannel]

lol thought I was having some misplaced deja vu- big difference in the looks of the character in only 3 yrs after Bullitt

[@Smittyschannel]

OK I thought bullitt came out in '70

[@jbrian80]

Bill Hickam is also the stunt coordinator for the French Connection

[@ZantiMisfit198]

Global Indefinitely Thanks, I did not know that.

[@jasoncamp483]

Love this chase. Everything about it. Bill Hickman as the villain. 1973 NYC. The cars. Everything.

[@None-zc5vg]

1973 was o.k. so long as it was being experienced on t.v..

[@ghostofreagan3181]

Greatest chase scene , Ever.

[@jasoncamp483]

@Jason Kang I could not agree more. The Bleak Autumn backdrop helps.

[@boruff68]

Bill will ALWAYS be a legend as one of the first,greatest stunt drivers in my book....

[@jasoncamp483]

@@boruff68 Yes sir. He was the best!

[@boruff68]

Bill Hickman will always be the best car chase driver for all of eternity....

[@jpathak6227]

Bar none!

[@TheDKServices]

Yeah, Nobody could whip those front heavy, non braking, non handling 70s sleds around the corners like him. Incredible control, these"drifting" guys can't hold a candle to him.

[@89426]

​@@TheDKServices🎯

[@mikefromwa]

They don't make movies like that anymore, and they never will again. It was a golden age.

[@mat101979]

For usa yes but in europe we had Remy Julienne

[@capvid88]

This, The French Connection, and Bullitt contain IMO 3 of the greatest chase scenes ever filmed, past or present. No stupid music tracks, no gratuitous effects and over cutting, just great action and great natural sound.

[@delrey874]

In my opinion Vanishing Point has the most phenomenal car chase.

[@jayelbee1111]

What is amazing about all three movies is that stuntman Bill Hickman was driving.

[@SDSen]

@@jayelbee1111 He was, but for some scenes Gene was actually driving the car too, Gene wasn't a stuntman but he was a damn good driver

[@Steez51]

Try "to live and die in LA" that's another good one. No CGI, just real cars.

[@williamosborne6866]

Don't forget to add Ronin (2 great chases)....

[@KareemPilot]

It's pretty remarkable that this gentleman, the late Bill Hickman, was the principal driver in this as well as Bullitt and The French Connection, three of the most remarkable and iconic chase sequences ever filmed. Quite a legacy for a profession (Stunt man) that is all too often an anonymous one. Also, bearing in mind, that this was before digital editing made this sort of thing a hell of a lot easier to do. Incredible risks were taken to produce these classic scenes.

[@mikefromwa]

He was a legend during what I like to call the Golden Age of movies.

[@1Truckman]

He had more than 100 other roles as well, including General Patton's driver in "Patton"...In real life he was the first on the scene of James Dean's fatal car wreck...

[@deanlaffan2390]

Not just driving, but choreographed them all as well.

[@lucille284]

Forgot to add Jerry Summers who drove Scheider's car. Who also has passed.

[@cbsundance]

The common denominator was Phil D'Antoni.Phil did all three movies you mentioned.He used Hickman exclusively.

[@remyred4]

At 2:43 the girl who screams is my sister! She turned 60 today.

[@donarthiazi2443]

🧢

[@STP43FAN1]

Wow. Happy birthday to your sis

[@LITTLE1994]

Holy smokes

[@tscooter22]

"This movie brought to you by Pontiac." Nice chase scene!!

[@adriantomlin2902]

Yup this particular Indian can flat haul ass!!! Lol!!

[@captainh3831]

Driving the wrong way down one way streets, on sidewalks...I love it! This was almost 50 years ago...and it's still the best.

[@michaelhallas6450]

This movie of this car chase will hold its own for a very long time . These cars are not around any more, nor do they build them like this . Old ones still have a better rumble, no doubt .

[@Puzzoozoo]

48 years later, I still love the sound of that 1971 Pontiac Ventura.

[@quicksilver462]

1973/74

[@231mac]

It was dubbed in and it sounds like from the Bullitt Mustang.

[@garywalters3007]

ventura...nova...lemans...gto....concours....all are one of gm's beauty queens

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

Awesome chase scene! The late Roy Scheider was so good at playing these gritty blue-collar types. VERY underrated actor.

[@maxdembo2029]

Evan T easily one of the greatest of all time.

[@motorcitycobra8875]

Great actor

[@captainh3831]

He looked the part....like a cop.

[@Mavis308]

RIP Roy Schieder, Richard Lynch and Bill Hickman. 3 legends, will be missed!!

[@kevinclark8549]

Gene Hackman is still alive he's just retired.

[@E171955]

@@kevinclark8549 Hickman not Hackman !

[@richardbrobeck2384]

for sure !

[@Leo-DaGreek]

JAWS,audio is a nighttime favorite

[@andreb.thomas5926]

​@@kevinclark8549 Wrong movie. Chao. Retired Vietnam era veteran, ex Detroiter, expatriate currently living in the Colombian Andes.

[@mrjohn.whereyoufrom]

70's movies car chases will never be beaten by modern movies.

[@hamtrak]

Actor Richard lynch's reactions were real as he was terrified riding with stunt driver Bill Hickman.

[@fernmann7]

+Vedran Čižić Hickman also did the driving in the French Connection. Also was driving the trailer for James Dean's Porsche when he crashed it back in the 50s.

[@ekop1778]

+hamtrak RIP RICHARD LYNCH AND BILL HICKMAN AND ROY SCHIDER

[@mrspivvy]

+hamtrak I thought it was him- same guy driving the charger in Bullit, right? that guy seriously kicked ass as a stunt driver, especially with those big old boats they drove back then

[@58chiefton]

haha that looked to be true ... what a long scary ride!!! the dangers actors went through then wow?

[@gosportjamie]

+hamtrak I'm not surprised, Bill Hickman was a great, maybe the greatest ever, stunt driver but he also rather appears to have been a complete lunatic who really enjoyed scaring the pants off actors. Maybe it was a way of getting revenge for his relative lack of success as an actor. Maybe it was just that he favoured the realistic, gritty, white knuckle style of car scenes...

[@ColdCanuck50]

There were two elements that made this particular car chase stand out from many other chases. 1. The "bad guy" in the passenger seat (played by Richard Lynch, RIP), appears to be getting stressed by their drive through certain parts of the city, including passing through a group of kids playing in a side road. Generally, bad guys are portrayed as single-minded and uncaring, obviously Lynch's character wasn't quite so much the automaton. 2. At the conclusion of the chase, Roy Scheider's character looked like he had been in an accident, unlike the stereotypical good guy survives without even a scratch. It's too bad that the movie industry lost two great actors such as these, especially in light of how the public has been fed crap acting the past decade or so.

[@smokin714]

I totally agree! They feel sort of like real people driving instead of your stereotypical tough guys

[@virtuosowins]

Fully agreed spot on 👌✔️

[@eles2147]

This car chase pushed the art to another level..Except for The Driver, i have both. Though this always did it for me. And Bill Hickman haulin that Grand ville......

[@STP43FAN1]

Lynch wasn’t faking it - he really was scared during the chase scenes. The crash at the end wasn’t supposed to happen; Buddy (Roy Scheider) was supposed to slam to a stop short of the truck. But the stunt went wrong and the car plowed under the bumper. The scene with the driver helping a battered Buddy out of the wrecked car was in essence improvised.

[@hatbpto5180]

I argued with someone once how much better the Bullitt car chase was than some dumb Star Wars cgi pod race thing they thought was so great. They just don't understand.

[@tracylloyd1124]

Bad guy with a shotgun disassembles a hood from a 1970s car. Hahaha! I love it! This takes me back to the era of the all time best car chase scenes! Great movie!

[@BlacKnightRising]

by far the greatest car chase ever filmed. period!! No cgi can replace a REAL car chase!

[@paktype]

The facial expressions on the passenger in this scene are priceless...

[@NWSaint]

+paktype : LoL .. I was just thinking the same thing.. reminds me of the look on my chicks face whenever she tells me we're running late!

[@dan_hitchman007]

Because he was driving with the stuntman during the car chase and he was actually freaking out.

[@michaelbruns449]

The Seven Ups is basically a really good sequel to the really great French Connection. Totally awesome and intense. Like one of cinemas best and longest and loudest car chases (arguably number one) that hardly if ever makes anyones best car chase lists. Like for some mysterious reasons unknown. Pathetically nowadays movie car chases will be mostly filmed fake on computer screens.

[@ashland1977]

What a awesome chase. Nearly 40 years old and probably one of the best ever.

[@roadskare63]

Still legendary after NOW 50 years!!!

[@DAngelo136]

A fitting tribute to 3 fine performers: Bill Hickman, Roy Schieder and Richard Lynch. Thanks, for the performances.

[@DrUndoTattoo]

As A lifelong NYer I was always amazed at these Manhattan chases they never get stuck in traffic behined 2 busses, navagate around bicycles and dog walkers not to mention the pedestrians. Man it always takes me a half hour to go down park ave.

[@donaldsexton1305]

Richard Lynch reactions while riding shotgun with Bill Hickman are priceless.

[@Mrhalligan39]

I hope Lynch got paid extra!

[@williamshaw9047]

I swear, my palms were sweating by the time this chase was half over. Incredible.

[@robertortiz8540]

@williamshaw9047, I first watched this movie in 1973 when I was 13 years old. My friends came by the house and we watched the entire movie together while my mother cooked in the kitchen.

[@StudSupreme]

THAT'S the NYC I remember from the 60's and 70's - gritty. Lived in.

[@stevenwalters552]

Bull Hickman the calmest and most relaxed get away driver on earth. Legendary driver.

[@CivilEngineerWroxton]

EXCELLENT! I always thought Roy Scheider was awesome and this was another role he played that proved it. I hadn't seen this movie for many years. It is an excellent movie. Those cars really were hauling you-know-what and they didn't use effects to make them look like they were. This is when REAL stunts were done and not the crap like you see in the Fast and Furious movies. This chase keeps you on the edge of your seat. Thanks for posting!

[@mrjb1445]

TRUE! VERY TRUE!

[@randyjohnson805]

Al Scarbrough Roy looked the part when he was driving

[@lonewolfmcquade1079]

Al Scarbrough Definitely 52 Pick Up was ONE of my favorite movies that he did with Ann Margaret which was a SLEEPER movie aside from the great one s like this n the French Connection

[@adriantomlin2902]

It's just down to earth no lousy camera tricks kick ass old school car chase!!

[@mineplow1000]

Wife is all, "why do you like all those 70's films?" This right here, baby. Unparalleled car action.

[@Mac-ix4qp]

I remember watching this chase with my Dad years ago, and him saying "Damn, his (Scheider) Pontiac sounds bad ass!" It still does.

[@vcv6560]

It sound a bit too much like McQueen's fastback in Bullitt. I love it!

[@ltlieu61]

Roy Scheider was a hell of a good actor.....enjoyed all his movies...RIP

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

Marathon Man my favorite.

[@Ron_B.]

In my opinion, this is the greatest car chase scene in US movie history! All USA-made steel muscle cars. Low camera shots, (who knows how many cameras were destroyed) or tires, or bumpers, or even cars. No speeding up the film. No CGI! Just amazing stunt drivers. Unless memory has failed me, the next closest movie was Mad Max. Then, Bullet. Then, whatever? I'm sure there are many I didn't see. What should I look for next?

[@buddycheck84]

French Connection!

[@Ron_B.]

@@buddycheck84 Oh, yeah. I saw that many times.

[@jimkeskey]

@@buddycheck84 Le Connexion Française

[@markeystephen2992]

This was my favourite car chase scene of all time, I just loved the way how the cars just let you hear the engine roar, and not forgetting the legendary stunt driver Bill Hickman who made car chases, tense and exciting in the movies that featured car chases he was in, this scene and car chase was a great example of that. Along with a few others. The seven ups is rated up with Bullit, The French Connection, MCQ, To Live and Die in LA, and Ronnin. And R.I.P to both actors..🙏🏾.

[@irakligotsadze9043]

What name is this film?

[@e-curb]

The engine sound of the Ventura is totally fake. They dubbed the sounds of a car with a manual trans, but the chase car had an automatic!

[@d23g32]

As is common in movie making for several reasons, the engine noises and other sounds were dubbed in during post production and were not made by the vehicles on the screen. During outside filming, sound is generally not recorded at all at the time of filming, or if it is recorded, it's nothing but ambient street noises and many times includes shouted directions and off camera chatter from crewmembers who know it's all going to be dubbed over anyway. They really didn't even do a very good job of making the sounds plausibly match what's on the screen, such as was mentioned already, all of the dramatic gear shifting noises supposedly made by an obvious automatic transmission vehicle. In real life, 18 wheelers don't even shift that much.

[@k.c.marshall921]

​. Its also the same sounds used in "Bullitt".

[@michaelsimko7694]

Classic car chases from shows and movies of the 1960s and 1970s are real and can't be beat vs today's Photoshop-editing and special effects chases. Another nice thing about those classics is they were used with true American cars. I can watch videos like this over and over again vs the latest Fast And Furious.

[@johnquinn4151]

Engine growl and gritty 1970’s action scenes make this an underrated cop film

[@jergensroberdeaux2955]

Those big Pontiacs could cover some asphalt.

[@neuvocastezero1838]

Even when they were parked.

[@danbaumann8273]

@@neuvocastezero1838 😂

[@TheSuperCRASHer]

no matter how many times I watch this chase scene it never gets old I love it.

[@pmafterdark]

Seen this movie so many times and still love it. One of the best car chases scenes ever.

[@smichelle65]

RIP Richard Lynch--his petrified reactions during this scene were priceless.

[@packrat76]

I saw this movie when I was a kid in the 80's on tv and thought the car chase was cool as hell. This movie got me hooked. Always loved car chases in movies after seeing this movie.

[@platostotal]

Saw this in a cinema as a teen around 73 in a double bill, the sound was outstanding, in fact I came back to see it again 😃, sadly even if they wanted to do this today no way you could clear traffic and get permission to tear ass around a major city in the U.S. and yep... "They don't make em like this anymore"

[@austx290]

Hands down....the BEST car chase in my opinion. Edge of your set action.

[@mercedyzmarieguion292]

5:02 LOL The entire scene is great. Another EXCELLENT example of driving by our man Bill Hickman. RIP He was sooo COOL!

[@crr311sux5]

Cancer sucks

[@MrWolfSnack]

You see how fast the door of that red car ricocheted after the crash? It was like a ballistic missile. Unless they had it on a tow wire so it wouldn't kill someone outside the scene (this was a live street chase)

[@justisolated5621]

It ricocheted of the back of the tan car, and in front of the tan car was a person

[@foreignautomobiles]

I love how the windshield didn't magically get fixed.

[@harlequin75]

Bill Hickman - Legend

[@turkeygrump]

This is fantastic. Very few people talk about this movie, but this chase rivals Bullitt in every way, and I love Bullitt.

[@ScribblyPoppo]

Little known fact. My dad was a stunt coordinator on this film and thought it'd be a ton of yucks to put me and my twin brother in the cars, one in each trunk. My brother and I are still triggered by large cars.

[@paktype]

I love the expressions the killer wearing the ski cap puts on during this scene. Here's a ruthless cop-shooter but he's scared to death of Hickman's driver. I always thought this scene was an homage to the "Bullitt" scene with some comedy thrown in. Roy Scheider's expressions are great too.

[@frankalvira1176]

This is when cars were cars

[@0525ohhwell]

good lord, they were awful. A bunch of under powered super heavy boats. With that being said, I am picking up a '71 Ventura on Monday.

[@Sheehy223]

+Patrick Keough Yep. Post fuel crisis cars like these, big blocks or not made next to no power. They last forever though, the internals were way overbuilt for the utter lack of compression they had.

[@railwayhobo872]

Frank Alvira cars are plastic these fays

[@railwayhobo872]

Frank Alvira before they were plastic

[@ekop1778]

@@railwayhobo872 my 97 dodge neon was all plastic my subie has some steel parts

[@lucille284]

IMHO the best car chase scene ever.

[@filagenoir]

From 9:55, just a masterful portrayal of a person in shock. Scheider was underrated.

[@70goldtop]

1973 Pontiac Venturas with the the stock 350 4 barrel were fast cars. Not many people know about them. They fell between the cracks during that horsepower crunch of the seventies. Definitely a sleeper if there ever was one.

[@jbrian80]

Like the Blues Brothers said, no catalytic converters and emission control to choke the performance. At the peak of muscle cars, Chrysler and GM often underrated their engine (probably for lower insurance premium for their customers) its ironic now some of the automakers overrated the engine horsepower for marketing purpose.

[@lesliehorwinkle]

+james madison the '74 GTO was just a Ventura w/ the 400.

[@moejr1974]

+Leslie Horwinkle 74 GTO had a 350 4BBL. No 400 for GTo in 74.

[@moejr1974]

+james madison This Ventura had a 2BBL. No 4BBL 350's for Pontiac in 73

[@originalpunkSxE]

Yep, they all did it for lower insurance premiums, but I know the various GM divisions also did it because GM had certain rules about how much HP a car could have compared to its weight. A GTO with a 400 would be rated at 365 HP, while the exact same engine in a Firebird would be rated at 320 HP.

[@Karen822]

I will never forget how Roy Scheider looked when he came out of that crushed car!

[@vidhag900]

Those kids won't be playing in the street for awhile. Great chase scene, definitely up there with Bullitt.

[@sawtnpeppa]

vidhag900 wait for the Nun to come out and throw a brick at them :)

[@Ben_not_10]

I just looked up the curb weights on these cars. The 4 door sedan has almost 1600 lbs on the Ventura. I was shocked to read how light the Ventura/Novas we’re back then. Almost as light as my Camry

[@vcv6560]

good point, seeing how Schider couldn't budge him.

[@gterrymed]

With the year, 1973, Roy Scheider, and astounding car chases and intriguing plot, and urban setting, I mistook this for a Friedkin film.

[@marchrabbit85]

I love this scene because in a modern movies you never see something like this!

[@TeeViz]

Thanks for the upload man.. My dad showed me this film over my winter break, and I fell in love. This and Bullitt are in a close tie for best car chase scene ever, in my book.

[@MVerdoux]

This tops BULLITT.

[@dhindsjr]

Bill Hickman was a stunt driving god!! ❤️

[@weswolever7477]

Either Richard Lynch was one hell of an actor, or in a couple of his closeups he really thought he was going to die

[@moejr1974]

I think it's a little of both

[@KingCast65]

2:22 watch that big ol' Pontiac bouncy bouncy bouncy! And watch for the recurring Pinto as well. Roy Scheider, RIP dude. You were so good in everything you did.

[@adriantomlin2902]

Roy Scheider kicks ass driving that Ventura!! Love it!!

[@everythingclassic1705]

And a recurring '68 Chevy Impala Custom Coupe.

[@gregorycomunale1550]

As a kid in the seventies this was for me a great chase scene, I use to recreate it with my matchbox cars. Rip Roy.🤓

[@bobmalack481]

...and Hot wheels..Robert at 69.

[@Bootmahoy88]

Amazing chase! I wonder how long it took to film this scene? It's pure. No crappy music. No special effects, just great driving, direction and acting!!! Before I saw this chase, my all time fave was the chase in The French Connection. These two are now neck-and-neck. I just answered my own question...4 weeks!!! Wow.

[@Clonetrooper1139]

Roy Schieder never really received as much recognition as he deserved as an actor. And this car chase, IMO, kicks the shit out of the one in Bullitt.

[@CEOkiller]

Back when Pontiac really did :"build excitement"!

[@jim2lane]

I don't know dude. Take a look at how that thing bounces and hops when it corners. Looks like a pogo-stick!

[@originalpunkSxE]

They used to use Pontiacs in a lot of car chase scenes. My dad told me it was because they smashed real well lol. And this is what happens when you get into a shoving match with a '73 GrandVille by the way. Why on earth...

[@MrTheHillfolk]

The excitement was over beginning in 73 ....for excitement see "gto 1964-1972"

[@skynyrdfan9368]

+MrTheHillfolk wasn't that a 70 Pontiac Ventura

[@MrTheHillfolk]

Jack Johnson Maybe, I'm not really good on the particular year that car was, same with 68-72 novas, the differences are so subtle. Easily figured out on google though.

[@davydeenice1174]

One of the best car scene chases ever!!! One of my favorite movie as a kid & even up til this day... 👍

[@cleehammer1210]

Damn I wish I was driving when these monster cars were a part of every day life! So sick of electronics controlling every aspect...

[@tacoma5543]

I'm one of the lucky ones , meaning an old dude. I had a 64 1/2 Mustang (6cyl 3 speed but still), a 73 Nova 307 like this 74 Ventura but blue, a 56 Belair 2 door post, a blue 62 Galaxie, a white 66 Lemans (because it looked like a GTO but cheaper), a 67 Biscayne and a 70 Impala...all before I was 22 in 1978. Those were the days man. I wouldn't trade those memories for another 10 years of life.

[@Mr100asd]

I worked for a pontiac dealer 68-72. Needed a tow car for my 66 GTO , ordered a 71 Le Mans Wagon 455 H.O. . Pontiac did not want to build the car. Zone rep made a special order 7 months later I got it. Only 455 HO wagon built... I still have the wagon and 66GTO

[@tacoma5543]

How could I forget?? At 1:38 you'll see a quick shot of a 64 Malibu, I had one in 1974 as my first legal car that was a 6 with 3 on the tree and my old 65 Catalina teal 4 door boat with the Marijuana decal on the back glass I had in 1976. How I never got stopped was a miracle. That car rode as smooth as my 78 Eldorado I had in 1997.

[@pp3k3jamail]

you could just buy one of these old cars

[@paulmaartin]

get a mustang gt and remove the abs fuse.

[@alexp362]

I love how not a word is said while the truck driver is getting roy out. Good detail

[@eastchesterjester]

How this is not talked about as one of the greatest, if not greatest car chases ever put to film, I do not know.

[@caelroighblunt1956]

The same adversary driver as in _Bullitt_

[@whiteribbonman1]

+Caelroigh Blunt It took me finding this video to realize that. 😆

[@halon7476]

The car engines sounds like Bullitt.

[@whiteribbonman1]

+HALON747 True, and I find that to be a shame since the Fastback WAS a manual car but the Pontiac was an automatic.

[@Firestone1]

That was Bill Hickman. He was one of the great stunt drivers ever. Many an actor soiled themselves in the passenger seat when driving with Hickman.

[@Firestone1]

The car engine sounds were ripped off from Bullitt.

[@Survivor87]

Always loved the absolute terror the actors showed in this and Bullitt. Bill Hickman the bad guy in both chases.

[@adriantomlin2902]

Probably because it was man??!! Lol!!

[@rollingattis439]

I don't care how many times I watch this, this is the best car chase ever, God knows you won't be able to do that TODAY.!!.

[@ExposedRoot]

Best car chase scene EVER!

[@TheLTD_]

Man that Pontiac was fast.

[@extremedrivr]

I actually thought it was a Cadillac when I first watched this movie.

[@DC322]

Grandville and Ventura.

[@adriantomlin2902]

that big black car most likely runnin a 455!!

[@TheDKServices]

Yeah, my favorite car chase scene of all time. Nobody could whip those big sleds around like Hickman. They sure don't make em like they used to!

[@RKar2009]

Hickman included.

[@JJB88-y9v]

Also has to be mentioned the 70s had some really beautiful cars all such works of art ☺️

[@rollotomassi6374]

If you look real close at 5:38 you can see the film crew on the bridge , taking the shot for 5:47…….very cool sequence for the best chase scene…..

[@piotrm9616]

And at 5:48 in the distance there is a crew taking the first shot

[@leotroy9877]

Oh wow, same bad guy is driving in this car chase as was driving the black charger in Bullit. What makes these car chases so good is they are filmed in real time, and not in slow careful time and then sped up in editing, the other cars around are the giveaway. You can't beat these chases.

[@58chiefton]

That is now one of my top favorite car chases still looking for others .. Those cars were floating and dancing around full throttle through the city and freeways excellent chase !!! Thanks for the video...

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

To Live and Die in LA. Fantastick.

[@iloverush123]

Is it just me or does anyone else find it hilarious to watch that big ass Pontiac wallow all over the road?

[@flcl64]

Ever see The Blues Brothers?

[@yahuchanonyakov]

Josh Moss I think it's funny too, but man, could that huge Pontiac ever haul-ass, especially at 3:40, and 4:50..

[@lonewolfmcquade8879]

Yahuchanonyakov 455 in that Pontiac that car had a lot of power Roy's car was no slouch either 350 was definitely one of GM best small block s

[@171apples171]

dude its fucking great lol

[@homeofthemad3044]

I love the suspension recoil launching the car into the air.

[@Karen822]

Just watching this movie again now! I saw it atvthe movies when it first came out. Best car chase scene in cinema history!

[@shalnark3117]

Best car chase scene ever! And I love Roy Scheider ❤️

[@shawnmcculley2995]

Bill Hickman would be an awesome driver's ed teacher.

[@michaelbruns449]

Ha haa haaa!

[@JonMarino-ge2ob]

Yes but most snowflake guys today don't have licenses, they let there girlfriends drive them or they take Uber everywhere 😂

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

Good comment!

[@literacylabyrinth4018]

Great to see return of Bullitt villain driving.

[@kmm-studioz8161]

Props to that bus driver for the warning.

[@dynamokiev1998]

I miss the 1970's.

[@weswolever7477]

This chase is better than the chase in Bullitt, in my opinion...and I love that chase

[@jdpinbaytown]

50 Years old and still Awesome!!

[@voice_of_reason5604]

Wow what a chase. Never seen before. Watching the iconic Bullitt chase led me to this. And the common denominator.. the legendary stunt driver Bill Hickman. (But I'm guessing you all knew that already 😂)

[@mitch4527]

I’ve always considered this chase scene to be a bit of a spoof of the Bullitt chase scene. In Bullitt, the passenger sat stony-faced and stared straight ahead while Bill Pullman was making his maneuvers. By contrast, Richard Lynch makes all kinds of horrified faces at Pullman’s driving in this chase.

[@xtc1957]

Bill Hickman, the man the myth, the late great legend, driving the big black Pontiac. Hollywood’s amazing stunt driver who drove the jet black 1968 Dodge Charger R/T in “Bullitt.”

[@dhindsjr]

Don’t forget The French Connection!! Love me some Bill Hickman!!!