Car Chase in The Seven-Ups

Car Chase in The Seven-Ups, 1973
Hickman performed yet another memorable chase sequence for the 1973 film The Seven-Ups (in which Hickman again worked with Philip D'Antoni, who had also produced Bullitt and The French Connection). In The Seven-Ups, Hickman drove the car being chased by the star of the film, Roy Scheider, who is heavily doubled by Hickman's good friend and fellow stuntman, Jerry Summers. The chase itself leans heavily on the Bullitt chase, with the two cars bouncing down the gradients of uptown New York (à la San Francisco's steep hills) with Hickman's 1973 Pontiac Grand Ville pursued at wheel-breaking speed by Scheider's Pontiac Ventura.
Even the engines of Scheider's Pontiac and McQueen's Mustang sound alike, and during the car chases in both films there is an almost complete lack of dialogue, although the reason why these chases work so well (and why Hickman himself was so highly regarded) is their gritty realism and the danger of each tire-busting slide, accompanied by close camera angles and camera-cars moving at high speed and parallel to the action car so you actually get to see the nervous faces of the actors behind the wheel.
In the accompanying behind-the-scenes featurette of the 2006 DVD, Hickman can be seen co-ordinating the chase from the street, where we also see another example of how memorable (and dangerous) these sequences were: on cue, a stuntman in a parked car opens his door, only to have Hickman's vehicle take it completely off its hinges, where (from the behind-the-scenes footage) we see the door fly off at such a force it could easily have killed the close-quarter camera team set-up only yards away (it missed them only by chance). The end of the chase was Bill's own idea, an 'homage' to the death of Jayne Mansfield, where one of the cars smashes into the back of an eighteen-wheel truck, peeling off its roof like a tin of sardines.

[@williamwhite2113]

Great chase scene all the way through. Roy Scheider's intensity absolutely sells it for me. Loved the old cars, no computers, no special FX, just pedal to the metal. That's the way movies should be made today.

[@alva8818]

Falou tudo irmão!!!

[@woody4u247]

Love watching the old school car chases... NO CGI.... real action... fun watching those big heavy all steel land yachts flying around & watching them "float" over the rough roads.... Too bad they don't make good lookin' cars with modern brakes & tires & suspension with the looks of the classics

[@justbored9906]

Government regulation are the only reason why we can't get that today. Only thing we can do is restore these old cars that exist.

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

They actually do.

[@muffs55mercury61]

The big Grand Ville (a re-badged Bonneville) weighed 4000 pounds and wasn't fit for all the hairpin turns but the driver did an excellent job with it.

[@HighSockDavid]

@@justbored9906 don’t mind if I do

[@shpc01]

Absolutely the truth

[@dinakarsoul]

Remember this awesome chase when I watched it as a kid ,more than 47 years ago. Still worth watching now. 👍🏻👌😎

[@franklinnose]

Yeah, I was in 5th Grade. My Mom let me stay up to watch it. RIP MOM.

[@dinakarsoul]

@@franklinnose 👍🙏

[@1223jamez]

Saw it with my parents back in 1974 at 13 years of age.

[@jeffking4176]

Yep, me too. - though I forgot the rest of the movie. 🚗😁

[@user-ys2dr2eo5j]

@@dinakarsoul I wish I lived in the seventies, eighties, nineties and the beginning of the millennium I hate this time I see life in the '90s, '80s, and '70s so wonderful I wish I wasn't born in 1999

[@cheaplaffsarefree]

That Grand Ville had a curb weight of more than two tonnes and handled like a supertanker, but in Hickman's hands, it might as well have been a Ferrari.

[@craigcricket7932]

July 2021, I purchased a '73 Pontiac Grandville Convertible, from the Original owner. I'm liking it, a Lot!!

[@christiansanden8005]

Hickman was a fantastic driver!

[@lorenepperson2678]

Might Be Dumb Question But Why Ain't Roy Scheider Car With 👮 Light On Top Might Make It Easier Just Asking

[@kowalski3769]

@@lorenepperson2678 He was part of a special branch of the police and undercover. No lights.

[@patrickgrove3469]

Wasnt he the guy who drove the Mopar in Bullit ?

[@marquiswilliams485]

1970's movie car Chase's were the best, especially when full size cars are involved.

[@CJColvin]

Exactly mate

[@marcelcovaci9922]

Yes!! Those land boats! Great driving skills, great stuntmen….

[@codyluka8355]

@@marcelcovaci9922 Bil Hickman was the driver in the Grand Ville. One of the best, in not the best, drivers in the industry. I believe, but not too sure, Bud Ekins was the driver in the Ventura. Also one of the best. These were filmed at speed...and no green screen. Absolutely amazing.

[@marcelcovaci9922]

@@codyluka8355 thank you sir. I don’t think people realize how difficult it is to drive a land boat like that at a high speed, specially in sharp turns, without losing control.

[@codyluka8355]

@@marcelcovaci9922 Well...it took a lot of balls to perform a lot of these stunts. It took skill...and a bit of craziness to pull it off. Hats off to guys like Hickman, Ekins, Halicki and Hal Needman who said "You want to see some crazy driving? Get your camara ready." A lot of the skill comes from a lot of practice and confidence...or fearlessness and just knowing your own car. We all bought big boats...they were cheap then and drove like we were Burt Reynolds. Lol! Oh to be 17 again!

[@kingkobra1956]

They say that the chase in Bullitt was the best ever but in my opinion this is the best ever. Simply amazing.

[@kowalski3769]

I agree with you on this. Bullitt had a little more style with the way McQueen turns the tides and becomes the hunter but for balls out action this one is my favorite.

[@yvonnedavila7339]

You r on the money

[@debsmith7861]

Absolutely. Great comment.

[@kidkong637]

Yup! Bullit had San Francisco with its rolling hills but this is better.

[@twolak1972]

NOT on the same level but good. The 7 ups and bullitt car chases have the same bad guy stunt driver. PRETTY COOL FACT.

[@ecast1500]

if your a car guy you have to love the cars in the background,

[@americarsqueensland1667]

YES, SURE DO, so many great looking everyday cars!

[@HR-rt9nh]

Every single one of them !

[@paulhare662]

Too much Opel Kadette abuse for me.

[@rogerdelillo2394]

So true

[@bdthebat]

Yeah I could see some muscle cars in the background too idk

[@manfredschmalbach9023]

Bill Hickman throwing around a big Sedan without any stupid CGI, purposely shaky cameras or short cuts to conceal sloppy stunt driving work is a treat even all those decades later.

[@JoeHernandez1210]

One of the best chase scenes. I remember going to the theater and watching this with my Pop. ❤

[@blujazz10000]

Bill Hickman smashing through the two police cars then the police officers shooting their shotguns and pistols at him as they escape is one of the most intense, electrifying, climactic scenes I've ever witnessed in film. One of the best NYC crime drama movies ever made!

[@bodesmcbodeson686]

What I really love are the undercarriage shots on that downhill that give you such an amazing sense of how floaty the suspension on those old tanks were.

[@mikem9536]

Yeah, if your suspension is that bad these days, it's time to get it fixed, lol.

[@MScorpioM]

The awesome power of these muscle cars is on full display in this scene. You can actually feel the speed. Real action, no CGI. LOVED IT!

[@3644Darrell]

Those are definitely not muscle cars, lol. They were boats on wheels

[@ShainAndrews]

Far from muscle. '73 would have been the first time the US got its fuel chain yanked. Even during the muscle car era's peak... they are nothing close to modern cars. Change the axle ratio and boom. You got something special off the line up to maybe 55mph.

[@davidpowell3347]

@@3644Darrell Actually those boats were kind of sluggish although in the era when they were new there was still some real power left on the roads --I don't remember when high octane gas stopped being sold,when that happened it was a real problem for some of the older cars including those Chargers,'Cudas and big old 1970 or older Ford wagons with the 429 before it got its valve timing messed with for emissions (and probably the heads redesigned for low compression)

[@Spacejunk57]

The Ventura could of been with a engine swap.

[@mikeconner7682]

I owned one of those Pontiac Venturas and it came stock with a 350. The car ran like a bat out of hell for the first year or so. The performance gradually tailed off until I eventually totaled it.

[@FallingPicturesProductions]

The way that this scene sells the setting of both New York City and the less-crowded areas outside of it is legendary.

[@davestewart2067]

Which Parkway was that? Palisades?? Believe it isn’t the Saw Mill.

[@TheoDubs8692]

Unlike so many car chase scenes, the engine sounds in this one are realistic and believable. Not too overdone, no silly unrealistic stunts or CGI....and all the better for it!

[@Pontiac428]

Some are real but most of it comes from Bullitt. The Mustang was manual where the Ventura is auto. Makes ya think both engine sounds might not be any of them.

[@jamesmonroe7903]

This is one of the sleeper good guy-bad guy films of the 70’s-if this is on any of the streamers and if you’ve never seen it-DO give this movie a try!!! Produced by Philip D’Antoni who also produced “Bullitt” and “The French Connection”-this was his first time out as director after having Peter Yates and William Freidkin helm the other two-all seat-in-the-pants thrillers!!! Fantastic stunt work in all three!!!They don’t make’em like this now!!!

[@robertortiz8540]

May Bill Hickman, Richard Lynch, and Roy Schieder Rest In Peace. Three legends who will definitely be missed.

[@paulwhyte4620]

Love how the big Pontiac wallows around corners !

[@gordonhall9871]

parents had a 1973 Buick la saber 455 it was big like that no power and a sorry trans ..it bounced like that

[@Ctrl-XYZ]

@@gordonhall9871 Le Sabre

[@Tennesseestorm76]

Yeah and it had the optional handling package (notice it has rear sway bar in certain scenes). lol.

[@SuperBoss351]

Everyone used the bullitt soundtrack, jumpin, 4 spped.. lol.. great movies and times..loved all of them..

[@paulweston6049]

Richard Lynch and his expressions as passenger is awesome..lol...Great driving and a great film.

[@pHD77]

"Hey, Rostov... It's time to die" (I know, wrong movie... but I just love that movie as well and has Lynch's character suffering an equally painful death 😁)

[@codyluka8355]

With Hickman behind the wheel, his reactions were completely natural and unscripted 😄

[@tomh.2405]

Richard Lynch! THANK you! I knew he looked familiar. I mainly know him from a low-budget horror movie he did many years later, "Werewolf," which was lampooned on "Mystery Science Theater 3000."

[@jeremylamovsky3669]

Its amazing how a scene filmed so long ago can hold up to anything done today. For once, even if you did CGI correctly without overdoing it, it'd be nearly impossible to top this scene. These old, heavy boats of cars they had back then. The way they drove in this scene you'd have thought it was Cale Yarborough and Richard Petty behind the wheels

[@SmackyTheB3AR]

The blue wagon (late 60s Buick/Opel Kadett) hit at 2:47 is the same one that has the door knocked off at 5:07 . You can tell by the identical front end damage and the blue you see when the door goes flying. They just rattle-canned it red to have it wrecked again. You also see background cars reappear quite frequently, including a brown Ford Pinto, a white AMC Rambler, and a red Pontiac Lemans coupe. But I do miss videos like this where the car chases were real and not CGI. Seeing all these old cars is cool too.

[@RichardEKranz]

Underrated film, with a incredible chase sequence.

[@tugatomskanimation6370]

A good old fashion car chase with no CGI whatsoever. The crash at 9:36 was scary as hell!

[@Rayfaedundee]

Great car chases always made the best 70’s and 80’s films. This is the same driver as in the Bullitt film in the black Charger

[@dannow2207]

Bill Hickman (R.I.P.) the best stunt driver ever. I think Richard Lynch needed a wardrobe change after all that.

[@Mavis308]

Those reactions of Lynch’s were genuine, Hickman scared the shit out of him.

[@STP43FAN1]

The “jump” sequence starting at 4:08 is Hickman’s little homage to the hillside jumps in BULLITT

[@_suko_3656]

That whole car chase was totally a BULLITT rip off, you could totally close your eyes and think that that was BULLITT. It even had the second guy load and shoot a shotgun at the pursuing vehicle!

[@CycolacFan]

Also used the engine and skiding sounds from the Bullitt Mustang…

[@AlphabetSoupABC]

Why can't there be more car chases like this? No explosions, no mass destruction, just a couple of Pontiacs roaring and screeching through the streets at 50mph

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

Yeah and no cgi

[@jennifersman7990]

Because with CGI there’s no need to get permits, insurance coverage and it can be refined and redone as many times as necessary. But the in the process the realism is lost

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

@@jennifersman7990 cgi sucks

[@jugglingbeast]

I saw this with my dad back in the days. I love you dad. RIP.

[@BrooklynRival7718]

Rip 👍🏾‼️

[@rodcharade5919]

This is the art of great movie making! Another great classic movie I don't get tired of!! Bill Hickman, again, was behind the wheel of the Bonneville!! These stunts were stomach churning at best but pulled off brilliantly!!

[@andrewcolsen]

It’s a Grandville not a Bonneville. The Bonneville wouldn’t come back until 1977, this was 1973.

[@WalterDWormack214]

Now you know that the WHEELMAN isn't driving a 'stock' Pontiac! That car was nothing but engines and pursuit evasion drive train, with racing suspension!

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Great chase scene! That’s the same guy that drove the charger on the movie “Bullitt!”👌😎👍

[@josephmcquillen6840]

Bill Hickman- he also designed the chase scenes as well as drove in them.

[@obryan240]

One of the best chase scenes ever ❤

[@KaineHilfe]

50 Years ago and still way more realistic than Fast an Furios xD

[@michaelhallas6450]

Bill Hickman was something else . That car chase was all raw , no special effects .

[@andrewcolsen]

Love the ‘73 Pontiac Grandville with the 455 cubic inch V8. This is a Grandville not a Bonneville. General Motors changed the name of Pontiac’s top line model in the early 70s to Grandville and they didn’t use the Bonneville name again until 1977.

[@moejr1974]

Bonneville was still made but slotted below the Grand Ville

[@joshdoldersum9132]

I've never seen this movie but I first heard about it like 30 years ago as my stepdad's favourite car chase. Doesn't disappoint.

[@jameshigginbottom6512]

I had a 67bonneville...at high speed it handled like a big jelly donut. Hats off to Bill Hickman.

[@JurisKankalis]

What a great movie - I remember watching all movies starring Roy Schneider - he must have been the seventies Tom Cruise - minus all the scionist and short dude crap. The land barges in the movie handle so well that sometimes you have to ask how - and if - the wheels are connected to the body. Also - the movie complies with all the legally obliging chase scene laws - no matter how many - and how well armed - guys are in the front vehicle, the front vehicle always runs from the one behind it - the vehicle driven by the bad guys always loses a hub cap - and the V8 in the good guy vehicle always sounds 1000 times better. To anyone wanting to watch a truly magnificent movie - find and watch the Sorcerer directed by the brilliant William Friedkin - who directed some other "all time great" movies like the Exorcist, The French Connection, and many others. Kuddos for posting the video, greetings from Latvia.

[@scarbourgeoisie]

East Coast version Bullitt, down to the chase starting in the city and ending up on the highway, the engine sounds, and even the cars catching air at intersections. It's amazing that the film team found a long road in NYC that mimicked the downhill chase in San Francisco, where the cars were going airborne at cross roads.

[@andyharman3022]

It was definitely easier doing that sort of thing in NYC 50 years ago. But if people keep leaving the city, who knows?

[@billbazen9432]

A freind worked on location in this film.He and Roy S. we're friends.Barry Weitz is his name.Barry also worked on the Bullitt set in San Fran.

[@RKar2009]

Bill Hickman is THE Legend in these scenes. Well done sir, great driving. RIP.

[@antera77]

4:29 awesome pans 4:43 long 12 sec of hyperspeed city driving 4:57 killer zoom

[@mitch4527]

Hickman’s car was a ‘73 Grand Ville with the 455 engine, putting out 215 hp. Scheider’s ‘73 Ventura Sprint had a 350 engine with a 2 barrel carb, putting out about 180 hp. The Grand Ville weighed a lot more though.

[@moejr1974]

If you look at the Grand Ville the car has dual exhaust. That engine was rated at 250 hp. The single exhaust was 215 hp

[@Tony-1971]

You cut the part out where the truck driver helps Buddy out of the wrecked car. I love that scene.

[@mobile_drew6146]

Right. And the trucker brushes the broken glass off Roy and the dirty look Roy gives him like “WTF”

[@Tony-1971]

@@mobile_drew6146 Yeah, haha. Its a great scene.

[@9ZERO6]

I had a '74 Pontiac Catalina 400. It NEVER sounded like that lol. Kick ass chase though!

[@twobeards6714]

I've got a 74 cat. Take off the intake and duce carb, throw on a four barrel and dual exhaust and you've got the start of a real street sweeper. Those Pontiac 400s are power monsters.

[@MartinScreeton]

Gotta love the nitty gritty 70's!

[@halon7476]

You close your eyes and you think that you are watching Bullitt.

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

5:01 Love this tyre sound effect. It was also heard in "The French Connection", what a surprise. I'd love for someone to take these great car chases and get the sound effects for the tyres screeching and crashing sound effects.

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

It reminds me of the Gumball Rally, which is also from the 70's

[@michaelc6126]

Can't get enough of watching this! One of the greatest car chases ever besides Bullet. The City streets were so wide and clear back then. You can't do this now with all the congestion, bike and bus lanes all over.

[@hebneh]

Cloudy weather, sunny weather, morning sun, late afternoon sun - all manage to occur during the few minutes of the first scene.

[@Expatriate1977]

This is much better than the newer movies. It's got natural effects in it. Skill not CGI.

[@troygreen9321]

Man, This was great action then and now . It felt like watching Bullit

[@twolak1972]

Same stunt driver in both flicks. The legendary Bill Hickman

[@zillsburyy1]

best car chased in movie history

[@qrud]

Many people talk about how theres *NO CGI* and *ACTION* and no *EFFECTS* when the sounds are just ear screeching

[@ployshihashick8240]

The three best "old-school" car chases - this one, Bullitt, and Dabney Coleman's in the sleeper film, "Short Time."

[@robertmcgiverin]

Yes the 1970s have some of the best car chase scenes in my opinion wicked 😀 👌

[@terrellmartinez6928]

From the streets to the beach. Roy Scheider was always a shark chaser...lol Get em Brody!!!

[@MrShobar]

Richard Lynch always gave remarkable performances as a villain with his severe facial scar tissue.

[@marquiswilliams485]

I saw him play villain type roles in other movies and tv shows as well!

[@jamesfrench7299]

I grew up seeing him in various films and thought he was the perfect disturbing villain.

[@seamusburke9101]

Yeah his face is almost as scary as Jack Palance.

[@vincemajestyk9497]

I've seen this movie many times and always noticed how they lifted the soundtrack from Bullitt for the chase cars. That Ventura is an automatic and you can hear the clutching and shifting. Most of the chase car sounds are dubbed in during the Foley editing post production. Supposedly the Mustang engine in Bullitt was actually a Ford GT40. Haven't seen the movie in a while but I think that Ventura might have been an actual police spec car with a hi perf 350, you can see it has dual pipes, one that turns out behind each rear tire.

[@amylee7296]

All the cars in The Seven ups were stock with suspension mods done by the stunt team to Hickman`s specs. Bill Hickman and Corey Lofton were the 2 best wheelman in the 70`s. From what I have read Hickman was really hard to work with but who cares he could stage a car chase like no one else.

[@Marc816]

The Mustang in Bullitt had the 390 that had some performance work done on it so it could keep up with the 440 Magnum powered Charger R/T. (Prior to the filming of the chase in Bullitt, both the Mustang and the Charger were tested at Cotati Speedway north of SF by Steve McQueen, Bill Hickman & Carey Loftin. They found out that in real life, the Charger was much faster than the Mustang.)

[@apolloniaaskew9487]

The Pontiac Grand Ville had the Wide Track suspension and the Ventura had the police suspension from the Chevy Nova which was a popular police undercover and detective car for local law enforcement agencies at the time.

[@harrisionstan3773]

@@Marc816 Yeah the 390 was boat anchor. Fine in a Thunderchicken, but as a performance engine. No way,

[@nickypoundtown9568]

It sounds punchy like a small cube GM engine yet has a big cube growl at the top from a Pontiac 400

[@shawneepappen3102]

I think that mister Hickman is one of the best stunt drivers

[@pojo9925]

Love watching the New York street scenes of the way it used to be.

[@afgcinc7206]

Yeah, I mean how many times can you actually see the Taconic State Parkway in a movie, much less a car chase?

[@williammurphy7410]

Great chase scene, also enjoyed the chase scene in The French Connection, when Hackman is trying to catch the E Train. I think a fruit stand got destroyed in that chase.

[@bandolero18]

I love how you can see the windshield crack when he hits the newspaper stand, awesome chase

[@maxxmasson4263]

One of the best chase scenes in movie history

[@SirEpifire]

I always have that Bonneville in my head when sliding through turns in my 78 LTD. 😊 There's something exhilarating and utterly terrifying about throwing 4,000lbs+ of steel into hard maneuvers. No traction control, no anti-lock breaking systems or fancy safety features. Just sheer power and the skills to wield it.

[@deepcloudsmusic]

10 minute chase with only one line "c´mon step on it!". Such a beautiful art form💥

[@user-xy7lf1tx1d]

I used to love those great big Pontiac Grandvilles, back in the day. It broke my heart to see this one get torn up, piece by piece. I worked with a guy who had one like this one in the movie. Even was the same color. It got all of 7 or 8 mpg around town (driving normally, not like this). On the highway you'd get 11 mpg, if you stuck with the 55 mph speed limit of the day.

[@RabidSnot]

I own this movie, as well as many many other Great car chase movies. I grew up on these type films. 'Aloha Bobby & Rose' is another good one as well as 'Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry'. 'Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw' is a Great oldie too. Lynda Carter is Beautiful in it..

[@matthewgodwin3050]

The car wash scene is legendary. Great film. One of the classics.

[@alexgerrits349]

I remember seeing this movie when it came out. It never got the respect it deserved.

[@incargeek]

That Grand Ville is such a cool looking car

[@howardgreenman2908]

Classic chase scene. However, after driving for 50 years in New York City I can tell you the streets are never that empty i n daylight hours, and if you tried to drive like that in Manhattan you wouldn’t last ten seconds much less ten minutes.

[@ztp2130]

On Sundays it is quiet. Drove several times to Manhattan to conventions at the Javits Convention Center, in mid-town on a Sunday, and the streets were relatively empty at least before noon. Weekdays are a whole different story.

[@Marc816]

This chase scene was filmed in and around NYC, a place that I am very familiar with because I was born in Manhattan and spent my childhood & early teenage years in the Bronx. I then lived in NYC's northern suburbs for many years. I am therefore very happy and proud to say that I drove on many of the roads, streets, avenues, highways and the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River between NYC and Ft. Lee, NJ that the great Bill Hickman ran & directed this chase on!!!!!

[@jamesfrench7299]

So you should be. I was born early 73 so this footage has extra meaning for me too even though I've never set foot there. Loved the taxis, other cars and the gritty streets then. Amazing. I have a 1:18 model of a 1990s Chevy Caprice NYC cab!

[@davidgoldin2577]

Yup, still think about this chase when I am on the Taconic.

[@NoPrivateProperty]

proud to have driven on roads? you have some aspiration in life

[@charlenemariecoraninmemory5130]

like duh so what

[@Marc816]

@@NoPrivateProperty You're jealous because I was there & you weren't!!!!!!

[@Military-Museum-LP]

The driver of the Catalina is the same driver of the charger from Bullet!! INCREDIBLE. His name was Mr. Bill Hickman and he was my hero! They have used the sound from the Mustang of bullet. Steve McQueen was double clutching that mustang just like this Pontiac Ventura plus you can hear the small block ford and that’s no SB Ford in the Pontiac!

[@moejr1974]

The chase car is a GrandVille

[@ericg4042]

I love how at about the 37 second mark, Scheider has already taken off, but the gearshift lever when they cut to the inside is in Park.

[@alcerz984]

This clip took me back to a greater time in this country with all the great cars and people and took my mind off the severe garbage we face today.

[@johnnyturbo8460]

They are driving the heck out of those cars.. true wheel men back then. Now days its either computer done, a 1 minute chase or some nonsense unrealistic stuff. These guys are driving the wheels off these cars.. love it

[@marquiswilliams485]

You know that Grandville was a powerful machine to drive past 2 blocked police cars on full blast!

[@MrBoby1124]

Excelente producción!!! Sin tanto FX. Me mantuvo al borede de la butaca 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@danaddis9679]

This was the second best chase ever, the first and greatest chase was the movie Bullitt with Steve McQueen and Bill Hickman piloting the Mustang and Dodge Charger respectively. Both cars wound up trashed when all was said and done, but the Mustang was found and fully restored years later by Chad McQueen, Steve's son. That car could fetch seven figures on the auction block!

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

Long before "Smokey and the Bandit" this movie is where PONTIAC learned sponsoring chase scene movie sells cars...

[@denisryan8757]

Loved the movie and this chase!

[@h2oboater]

I like how they kept the damage on the cars ... Later movies would have these spectacular car chases , and you can tell they change the vehicle or shots , so to hide alot of the damage .... I think one of the best car chase movies ever made besides Bullet, was the 1985 Thriller : " TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA " ..... Absolutely Fantastic. 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 C

[@muffs55mercury61]

Roy Scheider is driving a 1973 Pontiac Ventura which of course is the Nova lookalike but at a much lower produced figure (about 49,150) Finding an Nova bodied car unmolested these days is virtually impossible. The big Grand Ville (a rebadged Bonneville) weighs about 4000 pounds and doesn't really have the suspension to be doing this but the stunt drivers did an excellent job with it. At least it has the power under the hood with either a 400 or 455. 1973 would be it's last year of popularity due to the oil embargo soon to come but the big 455 was produced until 1976.

[@kirbygreen1264]

oNE OF THE BEST CAR CHASES EVER!

[@robertoenduro9439]

Wow, this is some "high" speed boat action right here...

[@ramoncarter6585]

I miss these old movies though almost in my mid 30s born in the late 80s sure love old school stuff from movies to cars. That Grand Ville was a beautiful car was telling myself love that Ventura saw these cars when was little loved them than they don't make movies like this anymore an awesome chase and movie got shooking up when Roy crashed into the 18 wheeler.

[@boostedmaniac]

I miss old school movie car chases. They are so much more realistic looking than modern cgi stuff.

[@stephenpowell5912]

Got this on Blu ray a classic before Roy Scheider became Chief Brody of Amity Island in 1975 2 years after this.Almost Similar to Bullitt in 1968 with That iconic Car chase with the Mustang and Dodge Charger ,Another iconic classic 54 years later .

[@saadrana]

Every car even the bus is a classic

[@aheroictaxidriver3180]

Reminds me of an AZ Highway Patrol car I once bought. A Ford LTD with a 7 liter. The carburator was huge because it had to handle all the air the motor could use.

[@johnnauer6427]

I see bullet, dirty Mary crazy Larry, vanishing point, this is really great seeing two GM going at it,

[@donr2176]

Great drivers! Those old land-yachts handled like a launch mid Atlantic in a hurricane!

[@chocodiledundee1]

Wow amazing ❤that actor with the short barrels shotgun he’s legendary from 70’s and 80’s generation

[@TCadillacM]

Definitely got a Bullitt feel to it!

[@frankfarago2825]

The chase itself is good. The rest is garbage. At 5:43, I can see myself with the camera crew, huddling, as the cars were approching the GW Bridgwe to the north. I piggy-tailed the various camera crews for one whole weekend in the winter of 1972-73. Even was given a press kit of the movie. Very nice crew and cast.

[@KieranMckean]

The iconic car chase of my teenage years. 😎

[@CarChaseWonderland2]

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry playlist here kzbin.info/aero/PLiXz6b9BigXsicwv_ZoiOjBf96gsM6PwY

[@oscarprendergast7295]

Baddest ass scene 4:56 Don’t care what anyone says - after that scene NOTHING and I mean absolutely NOTHING comes close

[@ScottRossProductions]

The helicopter chase is unbelievable. Yet, there it is...

[@georgewilson1184]

Yeah I was 9 in 73 when this came out Famous Stuntman Bill Hickman was the driver in the Bonneville he was responsible for supervising and coordinating all the stunt work he did the same thing in 1968 in Bullitt with Steve McQueen Same scenario but different plot Bullitt was Sanfrancisco and about babysitting a key witness in a sleazy hotel for the weekend until they could get him to the court house on Monday Seven UPS was a special investigating Unit in the NYPD They we’re trying to bring down a crew of Counterfiters & money launderers but one of their own got killed in the process both movies lots of action especially with the car chases

[@mudhutproductions]

I love how every old tuna boat sounded like a high end hot rod in every one of these movies lol

[@sidviciousness7469]

A very small portion of my childhood has been redeemed! My brothers and I loved movies just like this because of Hot wheels etc..

[@CrimsonHelldrake]

*lol GOTTA love that tire squeal at **3:21** !* thats a high quality, top notch, pristine, robust, GRADE; A, genuine; SQUEAL! someone should make a 20 min compilation video of NOTHING but ONLY tire squeal scenes that is entirely inspired by THAT particular squeal