Running Scared (Chase Scene)

[@katherinecudney9204]

Carey Loftin (stunt driver for Steve McQueen in Bullitt) was the stunt coordinator on this movie. He was like a father and was driving mentor to Cliff Cudney, my late husband, who was the limo stunt driver in this chase scene. Greg Elam was Gregory Hines' stunt driver in this sequence, as well as all the other stunt doubling for Hines in this movie. Those were fun times. It was also a blast to be in Chicago at Christmastime when the Bears were in the Super Bowl

[@congerz83]

That’s awesome! Thank you for sharing. Your late-husband was a hell of a driver.

[@maryellenrieger1874]

Great story, thanks for sharing

[@ruaro123]

Truck driver Duel 1971 Carey Loftin

[@JohnJohn-do2oj]

Did he do Point Break or Steven Seagal out for Justice?

[@PRHILL9696]

I remember those times here very well!

[@MrMitchelljung]

I always found these old school 80/90s car chases more exciting and adrenaline pumping than Fast and Furious and Need for Speed. Real cars that could take abuse, not just fancy sports cars

[@obeseperson]

The fancy sports cars are real cars too dude, some of them are just a bit more fragile than others. It’s a tradeoff you take for more speed. Don’t just write off an entire genre, why not enjoy these old chases AND some of the new chases?

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

Action thrillers or action in general just kept ramping up from the 70s into 80s and 90s and then in the 2000s onwards has slowly become shit again. Mad Max Fury Road was great but beyond that i think its just James Bond and Mission Impossible that manage to recapture the well-choreographed and well-shot car chases. Fast & Furious is for general movie-goers, any fans of action know there’s so much better out there than CGI bland car mashing

[@mrbig4514]

Agreed!!

[@Londonchromee]

This one and To Live and Die in LA, 80s all the way

[@KingCeee]

The sports cars can handle it too

[@benw8634]

When I was growing up, my parents had this movie on VHS. I grew up with it lol. Still is one of my favorite movies

[@eugenemorris2948]

R.I.P too Gregory Hines i like this movie

[@mick-topboy4444]

Excellent film and very good actors, just love this film ❤❤

[@NJDronesincorporated]

This is one of my favorite movie chase scenes of all time. I love when they drive on the EL tracks.

[@Frankjc3rd]

4763 pursuit has left the interstate we are now on the El!

[@Britishness1]

80s cheese. Love it. Classic vintage stuff man

[@matthewcollins5157]

80s car chase scenes just hit harder! No crazy music, just big block engines and a drum track!

[@maximusprime3459]

No cgi

[@chrisbinion7536]

The sped up track shots were dope!

[@VuittonDon1906]

Superb scene!! R.I.P Gregory Hines!

[@brandonbryant8027]

Danny: "IT WORKS, IT'S REALLY BULLETPROOF! Penguin: "Thank You Lord!" Ray: "THANK YOU ACE!"

[@jmm2000]

Danny: "The windows won't rolled down." Ray: "You asshole, Ace."

[@TransitKid88]

Aww damn!!!!!!! The classic Chicago Car chase!!!!!!!

[@PRHILL9696]

Gotta love Chicago

[@BrandonSoto92010]

This is NOT a Chicago Classic Car Chase, if anything, its the Blues Brothers chase.

[@paulsheehan5010]

Truely the craziest chase i've ever seen.

[@johnm2631]

LOL "Thankyou Ace" next minute "You asshole Ace" LOLLOLOLOLOL, Legendary

[@LITTLE1994]

Look at the old school taxi Caprice go. I miss when cars were like that. RIP that limo, though.

[@PaulSheehan-b2w]

I love this, i've never seen a car chase on the el.

[@jmm2000]

"Hey Padre, you and your wife owe me $28.50."

[@obedientostrich811]

Hahahahahaha "you and your wife" comedy at its best

[@RobertPaniagua]

My most favorite scene of the entire Running Scared Film! Right on the Subway Tracks, imagine if this had been on the 2/5 joint line from 241st St all the way down to 34th St/Penn Station!

[@brasstacksboxing409]

who cares, Chicago is a dump full of thugs and murderers. only 3 cool things in that city are the bulls, taste of Chicago, and turning the river green on St Patrick's day.

[@PRHILL9696]

@@brasstacksboxing409 Chicago is the best place on earth

[@VengefulBatz]

Ohare to downtown in less than 5:58 minutes. GOTTA be a record.

[@PRHILL9696]

I wish the subways here were that fast

[@herbertarriola9564]

Excellent reference to the cab scene in Die Hard: With A Vengeance! 😎

[@herbertarriola9564]

Excellent reference to the cab scene in Die Hard: With A Vengeance! 😎

[@kathleenheneghan8670]

Via the Skokie Swift, ha ha! ;)

[@kwdrm1]

One minute they're going north on River Rd., then they're heading east on Oakton St. just before they turn on to the El tracks.

[@heathkaarvakian7263]

probably one of the best car chases, not only of the 80s, but of all time. shame this film bombed at the box office and we never go to see the planned sequel.

[@VengefulBatz]

Adam Christopher we didn’t know what we had in ‘86 lol

[@jonathanrayne]

Bombed??!!! This is a great movie. That's a shame.

[@PRHILL9696]

agreed

[@jennifersman7990]

I think one reason there was never a sequel was that Billy Crystal made the deal to join SNL so he wouldn’t have been available for it anyway

[@javierbarrera9805]

That was not the best car chase you must have not seen the movie bullet

[@paulsheehan8185]

Inredible car chase, Freebie and the Bean, had a crazy car chase too.

[@walterschivo9123]

Wow, a race through the subway tunnel! THat's awesome!

[@saiyamanGXT]

That's NOT a subway tunnel.

[@RTD8481]

Wow!!! Carey Loftin. Famous Hollywood stunt driver. He drove the Peterbilt truck in “Duel” 1971! Thats awesome! Great scene with the CTA L train. I grew up riding those old green and white L trains. They were Chicago legends. Seen in almost every movie made here! Many of these train cars live on in museums and in CTAs historic collection. The Lasalle Van Buren stop in downtown Chicago was also the station used in the final scenes of “Planes Trains and Automobiles” when Steve Martin and John Candy part ways. I saw that scene being filmed in the summer of 1987!

[@andrewgardner8972]

The best car chase since the French connection, to live and die in LA, the blues brothers, etc.

[@Sammydx1]

4763 Pursuit has left the interstate, now we're on L

[@paulsheehan5010]

Can you imagine the look on the dispatcher's face.

[@darrylwaddell9838]

This was and still is my favorite car chase in cinema history..

[@willymaykit1482]

💯 impossible. Too far fetched.

[@KingCeee]

​@@willymaykit1482 🧢

[@GhostbustersReturns]

Awesome Chase Scene This Is!! Awesome Movie!! 😎👍

[@petegobeckli1386]

"HEY Father. U & your wife owe me 28.50"!!!

[@theshield44]

Terrific, underrated movie

[@romonecrosby]

I love the D Body Cadillac Deville and the b-body Chevrolet Impala

[@bluecollarnobody4217]

If they started making cars like this again the american auto industry would come back ten fold

[@fkerpants]

@@bluecollarnobody4217 Right?! I miss those cars. Imagine those Impalas with an LS2, airbags and ABS.

[@KingCeee]

​@@bluecollarnobody4217 The auto industry never left

[@battlestarmarc]

Great film. This car chase scene was so intense.

[@jasonsterling4129]

"Enough to push a train..And SHUT UP!"😂 Uncle Greg used to say that was one of his favorite lines. He also said Eddie Murphy turned down the role, before he got it

[@thatonewaspatyourpicnic7978]

"Chicken Shit!" CAT POO!

[@mikekillagreen9432]

Thank you God...Thank you Ace! 😂😂

[@twofiveb]

4:04 “It’s not the voltage that gets you. It’s the amps.” Word!

[@TalkinnGrubbinMedia]

Nun: "How many amps are there?" Ray: "Enough to push a train. And shut up!"

[@dhill5171]

Time to reboot it while Billy Crystal is still living R.I.P George Hines. Great film deserves a rewrite and reboot.

[@TheNYCGoldenGlover]

HARD PASS

[@MaryWilliams-h4l]

08/03/24. Detroit MI 6:45 pm. I was just thinking the same thing. I pray that they bring this movie back out. I love Mr. Billy Crystal and the late Mr. Gregory Hines

[@moosehand8721]

Loved that phukn movie almost as much as 48 hours.

[@thomastaylor6001]

I just noticed something if you look very closely at ray driving he is really not turning the steering wheel

[@dsamusic5043]

'A little present for you my friend...' Sounds like something Tony Montana would say 😄

[@hibob418]

Sick of people throwing the term ‘bomb’ around, and it certainly doesn’t apply to this movie. This film grossed over $40 million, doubled its budget, had 2 hit songs all over the radio (Sweet Freedom and Man Size Love) and a sequel was in the works. Plus you couldn’t get away from it on cable for about a decade. A blockbuster? No. But a lot of people love this movie and still quote lines from it today.

[@AlejandroBelloRD]

- "Grrrrr...!" - You're scaring the passengers!

[@petegobeckli1386]

"Try not to scrape the 3rd rail. There's around 600VOLTS! in there"!

[@hotrodeldorado811]

It's not the voltage that gets ya... It's the amps

[@bobbyscalchi4013]

And because of this line...No pun intended. I became an electrican. 😂 ⚡

[@adrianclarke8803]

Who looked this up cause you just seen the movie and wanted to check the comments. It's absolutely perfect but got a little weird when they were driving full speed on the train tracks lol

[@luckyluke-ni9ml]

This s a bad ass chase.

[@GearheadExplorer85]

"try not to touch the third rail" XDD LMAO

[@brucehubbard1852]

At 1:30 behind that billboard is the st.stephens convention center where Wizard con happens in Aug. The bridge is the same just the signs on the bridge have been updated. But that off ramp is 2 blooks away from the convention center. Back then the front was open to the outside, it's now Its all inside with a roof but it's more of less the same. The hotels have been majorly upgraded. Super nice area now. Every year I go and I can feel Gregory there.

[@iceonthesun8880]

This movie is awesome

[@Frankjc3rd]

At one point while the chase is still on the highway, Hines is seen moving his hands on the steering wheel while in fact the steering wheel is not turning at all!

[@MA-vw1pl]

Spooky thing is that people wouldnt blink twice at a taxicab warping thru traffic in such a fashion..

[@veedubcrazy]

This is the same station that Neal Page came back for Del Griffith in Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

[@kevineaddy1248]

Classic car chase, excellent movie

[@fernandorocha8459]

Very nice this car chase

[@t.b.g.504]

Great chase, and the interior of that Cadillac looks quite cushy.

[@luigiaiden2501]

This chase scene is great! I love it hahah! amazing!

[@jackthielen1283]

1:25 that’s in Rosemont, right next to the Donald E Stephens center off of I-190.

[@manukawickramasinghe8931]

4:40 I used to drive cars on the train track in gta 3

[@maximusprime3459]

If you're from the area, you can point out several errors during this chase scene that are hilarious.

[@pmberry]

The same station would appear the year after in...

[@gosportjamie]

See, this is what happens if you don't give your limo or cab driver a tip...

[@TwistedDarknessRising]

Facts 😂😂😂

[@eldo59]

When cars could go offroad.

[@KingCeee]

They still can

[@bluecollarnobodysitaras6503]

Back when Detroit made some real cars with real character

[@KingCeee]

There still are real cars with real character

[@leonardpauca8184]

Mike Wazowski vs. Bail Organa

[@petegobeckli1386]

"Follow that CAR"!!!

[@ChilesRussellTaylor]

R.I.P. Gregory Hines!

[@wbond6692]

Name one other movie car chase that has ever involved chasing a suspect *on* the Chicago El train...... Go ahead, I'll wait. 😁

[@andrewgardner8972]

Originally the fugitive 1993 was going to have a similar chase at the climax where Tommy Lee Jones is driving a car chasing Harrison Ford on a subway train on the elevated tracks which would’ve been a homage to this film and the French connection. But they scrapped it because they didn’t want to go over budget.

[@yidy1]

Ah, the old Chevy caprice! Now that car could take a punishment!

[@KingCeee]

*can

[@fungshui13]

And people wonder why the caprice is Classic. S/o Dawg for cuttin up innat Box Chevy thang ✊🏿👨🏿‍🦱

[@bluecollarnobody4217]

Try that with a plastic cadillac and plastic chevy cruze of today they wouldntve made it out of the airport

[@Locktwiste72]

They wouldn't have made it out of the airport parking lot, you mean.

[@andrewgardner8972]

This chase was basically a homage to the French connection and to live and die in LA because of the late Billy Friedkin thinking up a good chase and Peter hyams really topped the French connection car chase of a car chasing an elevated train in Brooklyn, New York to two cars on the Chicago elevated train tracks.

[@Maniacguy2777]

Reminds me playing GTA vice city, 4 and 5

[@brandonbryant8027]

Penguin: Holly Julio Gonzalez: Shiiiiiiiiit!

[@Jules_Gaming123]

These Sound is always so clean 0:21 0:08

[@jennifersman7990]

There’s a great scene when they first get the taxi/police car; Gregory Hines is looking it over and isn’t quite convinced it’s real enough, their rivals in the department show up and razz them for their car. Hines backs the cab into the other guy’s car and says “...NOW it looks like a taxi!”

[@congerz83]

Hands down one of my favorite parts of this highly underrated movie. Frank: What I’m trying to say is... It looks good. I especially like the color. Tony; Yea whaddya call it? The Chicken Mobile. Danny: (raising index finger)... Just a second... CRASH Can’t tell you how often I do the “just a second” move in real life. Haha

[@ChilesRussellTaylor]

R.I.P. Gregory Hines!

[@Amoeba6586]

When cars can take massive abuse lol

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

I wish they would have at least had a sequel to this this is such a fantastic movie now when you ask about running scared instead of the movie with the late great Gregory Hines it's a movie with the late fast and furious guy Paul Walker everybody talks about 🙃

[@NJDronesincorporated]

Sometimes sequels ruin a good movie. I’m glad they didn’t make one.

[@Crazytwister-vw4er]

People say that those cars are cheaply made. Well jokes on them. Since what kinda cheap car runs in such a chase and on tracks and still be in best condition.

[@marcatyankeepark459]

No cgi bull, the best

[@SeanBodine]

Hey father, you owe me $28.50.

[@lisastjohn6231]

Love this movie!♡

[@artytoons]

2:35 funny. A Billy Crystal action film.

[@firegod001]

In the movie Octopussy, Bond is going down train tracks in a car. General Orlov sees him and says, "follow that car!" Now you have two cars going down the train tracks. When Billy Crystal says that line in this movie, he sounds just like the general. Even though the cars don't go onto the tracks until later in the chase, I think Billy was referencing Octopussy.

[@congerz83]

Jeremy Barger great catch! I just looked up the scene. kzbin.info/www/bejne/laK5pGVoqbiIpKM

[@swayybaby9772]

Am I the only one who thinks the railroad scene was satisfying?

[@congerz83]

One of the most bad-ass chase scenes EVER

[@cogboy302]

When they pick up the car after its yellow cab makeover and they say it doesn't look like a taxi, then they ram the younger cops' Trans Am and mess up their car; "Now it looks like a Taxi."

[@milestone_achiever4634]

This scene was all visual effects. No CGI. But it damn looked like it!!!!!

[@jamesepryor]

I have for my whole life believed the nun thought Gregory Hines said ants (enough to push a train)... I haven't found it referenced that way anywhere. I refuse to believe she does not ask about ants.

[@stevieb635]

Leia: Dad, what were like when you were young?

[@axie1978]

Pan am !!!!! Remember that airline

[@maryellenrieger1874]

How have I never seen this chase before?!

[@animemangafan1987]

So fucking scary when the bastard's car got hit by a damn train at 5:26 but I still love this badass car chase on the train tracks throughout Chicago!

[@thomastaylor6001]

If you noticed he is not really turning the steering wheel

[@mikekillagreen9432]

They were planning part 2 but Hines and Crystal ultimately declined. Part of me wished they did it but this is hard to top. Bad Boys 2 is an example of mediocre sequels

[@PaulSheehan-b2w]

I'm sure the CTA turned off the power.

[@paulsheehan789]

whoa1 that's gonna hurt! (george costanza)

[@anthonycroaker732]

Classic Action comedy

[@MrLobo1024]

So how did they get the car out the train platform? The only way would be going all the way back where they entered the train track but that'd too far and dangerous.

[@MrMitchelljung]

i always wondered that myself and what hell of a time they had getting the crushed limo off

[@saiyamanGXT]

With a crane.

[@franciscoriley3855]

It’s not shown but…I’m almost certain that a crane was involved off screen to get both cars off the tracks.

[@tuvidao2011]

When the old car don't have ESP

[@DrFrankensteam]

What it’s really like to drive in Chicago….

[@fabiocavazzi2840]

Il tassista che non gira mai il volante ma ci fa scivolare su le mani non si può vedere

[@santiagocanojr.4663]

RIP Gregory Hines.