The BOAT CHASE from "Puppet On A Chain" - '70 - HQ

Chases were EXCITING in the Seventies. No digital and none of that MTV editing - they just WENT for it! This piece is "Bullitt" on water. They even let their actors do much of their own driving. It wouldn't happen today...

[@georgeone11]

The best boat chase i`ve ever seen.

[@jeffp1234]

I first watched this as a kid and it started my obsession with speed boats. Still looks fantastic after all these years

[@CaminoAir]

10 years further along and it is still impressive.

[@colinclarke4285]

This was emulated in the movie 'amsterdamned'...both sequences are well shot

[@tjebbe44]

The blond stuntman is Wim Wagenaar (1936-2014) and he steers at 3:44 seconds or so into a dirty piece of water behind the house where he was living as a kid in Amsterdam's red quarter. You see a billboard "Casablanca Heineken bier"... I think the speed of the speedboats has been doubled when looking at the speedy passers by at some of the bridges. Wim Wagenaar as a young boy raised in the pleasure quarters of Amsterdam and had a history of fighting, being a good swimmer and diver and also part of the double scene of half criminals and half intellectuals mixing in the bar and dance club owned by his family the Casablanca on the Zeedijk (sea dike) where sailors would go for a drink, a dance and a romance. He made his way into the 'beau monde' of Amsterdam in the early sixties having acquired both a speedboat and a Mercedes open sportscar... doing 'stunts' as a publicity happening on water skies, using a big kite and also flying on rollerskates behind his sportscar, which gave him his first national press coverage in the year 1964.. For those reading Dutch my 'in memoriam' Wim Wagenaar is published here: www.flickr.com/photos/7141213@N04/14302801231/

[@007paramount]

Hello- Thanks for info I was the film crew 2nd unit on Puppet and now writing my autobiography including Puppet and of course on Wim who lived on a yacht. Would like to read following in English hence wonder if you could forward (read more) to add. Kindness David Pearce- I was also with Skeets Kelly in Amsterdam and did the copter material but he later got killed on Zeppelin. I filmed all the boat material.

[@beru58]

And yet Sven Bertil Taube ende up in hospital after filming the boat chase. He must have done some of the heavy work himself. Not only did they rip the boat chase off into Live And Let Die. Killing with sound was also copied. Sven Bertil managed to survive. The Hungarian UN-ambassador not so.

[@beru58]

Sorry UK UN-ambassador.

[@BobKumar1234]

Just a thought. Would it be possible a cowboy to stick on to the head, considering the wind and all that ?

[@johnnyangel3441]

Bad boat driver

[@andyjay9346]

Love Vladek Sheybal as Meegern in this movie, a creepy macabre gothic deadpan villain who just refuses to die. This character style was renowned to Sheybal even in the earlier 1963 James Bond movie "From Russian With Love". Sheybal was good friends with Sean Connery who recommended Sheybal for his role in "From Russian With Love". Sheybal then turns up with a small cameo similar character in 1967 Bond spoof "Casino Royale". The Polish actor died in 1992 aged 69.

[@waldolala1964]

I am from that region, and immediately recognized it is the IJsselmeer, from the type of waves and colour. Good movie.

[@Elchapo62]

this is the best boat chase movie i have seen in my entire life, almost too funny. Thanks for sharing.

[@riproar11]

"Amsterdamened" borrowed from it but took it to a whole new level with higher boat jumps, comedy and boats crashing through cafe seats on the sidewalks and then back into the water.

[@thestig8133]

F.N AWESOME!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏😉

[@tmrezzek5728]

Cheers to Don Sharp for directing this segment!

[@Rick356A]

This ia a superb real stunt chase, not like the rubbish they do these days, no music needed too, just real sound.

[@33virt]

Good, and even better there is No music to accompany

[@davidwrightatloppers]

virt ual True. Possibly a lesson they learned from the seminal "Bullitt" car-chase (as soon as it begins - music OFF!)

[@mr_diatribe2324]

True but the soundtrack is still killer! Piero Piccioni - Puppet On A Chain

[@riccardobruero]

Great chase! I don't think the city of Amsterdam would allow such a scene to be filmed that way nowadays, the stunts are too dangerous for the other boats and the people on the cades.

[@AlfredStoppels]

Shot in Muiden, on the IJsselmeer, in Loosdrecht and of course in the Amsterdam Canals. Still very cool!

[@davidwrightatloppers]

Agreed! It's been YEARS since I read the book - along with all the REST of Alistair MacLean's novels - but I recall they were all pretty GOOD (although they all have the same elements - a guy who's more important than he seems, enduring extreme cold or other uncomfortable conditions, etc.) And from what I remember, the film IS rather ponderous - relieved only by this BONZA chase sequence!

[@BobKumar1234]

Yeah ...

[@junebhattacharjee9669]

What a chase just like a Bond movie great 👌

[@stingray4real]

RIP Sven Bertils-Taube 1934-2022

[@davidwrightatloppers]

@TVFREAKMAN - The villain here was played by Vladek Sheybal, a great actor who often played shady middle- and east-Europeans, in the Sixties. He was definitely IN "From Russia With Love" - so I suspect you are correct. However, "From Russia..." is the Bond film I have seen LEAST - and so honestly, I cannot recall. But I DO remember Lotte Lenya as the evil old lady you didn't want kicking you!!

[@CaptainNemo1701]

He also plays the doctor in Gerry Anderson's sixties sci-fi show UFO.

[@BobKumar1234]

A W E S O M E !

[@busslayer4790]

Cool stunts. I haven't heard of this movie before, but it does have a similar feel to Bullitt

[@75731000]

Please upload this movie in full . One of the best . Dont make them like this anymore.Thanks for this scene.

[@steveearle6295]

Wow!!

[@Rhubba]

It becomes even more awesome with the 1911 filter on it

[@leftcoaster67]

Looked like a Browning Hi-Power.

[@Korea4Me]

This film was epic: cheesy dancers, 'nuns' with heavy eye make-up and a very naughty priest. Vladek Sheybal was absolutely fantastic. Saw the film first and tried to read the book afterwards but gave up after the first few pages...boring as hell compared to the film.

[@colinclarke1000]

Much better than the speedboat Chase in Amsterdamned...

[@commonsensei8719]

That one is also very good.

[@scottmcgrath7163]

I got my 14ft Jon Boat only does 21 miles an hour but I jumped the weeds like that anyway got a thought it was me there for a second way I drive some of my boats

[@boldskein]

Thrills & spills....!

[@rajendransomasndaram1826]

Good movi good care work

[@davidwrightatloppers]

@leftcoaster67 The very same (see another comment reply I made, below). Originally from Poland, Vladek Sheybal played UMPTEEN "mittle-European" characters in British and European film and TV productions, during the Sixties. He was COOL. If it wasn't him, it was usually Tutte Lemkow, from Norway.

[@josephabreu6042]

and, of course, kronsteen number 5 director of planning for spectre in from russia with love.

[@leftcoaster67]

Isn't it the guy who played Kronstien in "From Russia With Love"?

[@mikedestiny4122]

yep the same. sadly he died prematurely from all things a stomach Ulcer, these days, with better medication and keyhole surgery or special preparations, deaths from Stomach ulcers are now very rare, unless left untreated. Great actor with a wierd presence that makes you. shudder. " The caste of the clocks", "I wonder how long you will last Mr Sherman"? " we will try, try, Im giving you my best"!!

[@albinaelorabysalem998]

Yes, Vladek Sheybal. He was Armenian from Poland, his family was rich and aristocratic

[@waldolala1964]

@Tjebbe van Tijen Thanks for this great story. I know all the spots myself but not this story.

[@whitelion7976]

Check boat chase amsterdamned

[@TVFREAKMAN]

@davidwrightatloppers It is the best boat chase sequence in any movie I've seen. Sort of makes the subsequent boat chase sequence in the bond movie "Live and Let Die" seem like a tugboat race! Speaking of bond, is the bad guy the same actor who played the russian agent that got stabbed with the poison shoe dagger in "From Russia with Love"? Just wondering

[@steinwayhusky9990]

I might be misinterperating who is the bad guy but I was sad when the white hat guy crashed. Awesome Boat + Awesome Hat = Good Guy for some reason in this particular instance. Sorry!

[@paulwingrove7749]

Check out another Alistair maclain chase this time in cars in fear is the key

[@Voltron5051]

What about side by side amsterdamned and puppet on a chain

[@arnaudsprenger7505]

Great scene. What bothers me is the amount of spectators, they are not extras that are supposed to be going about their business.

[@tonybush555]

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[@GrumpyOldMan9]

Nice scene, but the spectators sitting in droves at the dockside to watch the filming (6:50) is not very realistic

[@davidwrightatloppers]

Yes, I noticed that! They probably did multiple takes of many of the shots - and keeping crowds away from locations is always a problem. To "own" a city location requires getting multiple permissions from the local council, then hiring cops to keep the public back - and dozens of extras to populate said location. Costs a FORTUNE - and this was a relatively low-budget movie. Of course, in the Seventies, you could always "steal" shots (no permissions, no nuffin') but while you could sometimes get away with a disguised camera (like in a van, with dark windows) and available light - even at crack of dawn, once you started hairing around in boats or cars... The first take would only elicit natural reactions - but by take seven, you'd have an AUDIENCE!!

[@VanlifewithAlan]

Put me off a bit as well but I can't say I can blame them for watching!

[@antonyelvin8519]

+TavernSenses Well, back in the day in a cinema, this wasn't noticed so keenly. the eye was on the action. The thrill was being out for the night.

[@ninelivecat]

+TavernSenses Thought it was cool that they allowed spectators it isn't unrealistic Amsterdam is a tourist town

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

it also happens at 5:34

[@leftcoaster67]

Next time, use a Mossberg. LOL

[@paulbriggs3072]

Am I wrong or does the villain look like Vladimir Putin with dark hair and a hat?

[@alexkerr1683]

Looks like a broom speed boat and a pict on speedboat or super simms

[@DAMURR24]

Yellow boat is a "Shakespeare Sportsman".

[@Conda17]

How the hell do you know this? Lol

[@keithwagroot]

To be more precise: it's a Shakespeare mini sportsman

[@frizza241]

hey thats vladimir putin

[@RazerBlitz6]

Yeh looks like pukin

[@XedosM]

Жалко Галыгина(((

[@burtpanzer]

Not as good as I remembered it to be... a couple of jumps and a lot of overpasses. The end was a bit of a cop-out. We don't see how it closed or the boat hitting it... it just exploded in place.

[@craigfishcake2543]

Better than I remember but not as good as Live and Let Die's. For a start the yellow boat looks much faster, manages to catch the slower boat very quickly but then seems to follow at a distance whilst actually going faster. Shotgun's don't jam either. But still very good.