San Francisco Car Chase | What's Up, Doc? | Warner Archive

[@musicalSFCat]

That was my dad's Black 1952 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 used in this movie. We were living in San Francisco when a movie producer came from L.A. to pick it up right after my dad had put it up for sale. He purchased it for $250.00 back then. The reason my dad sold it was due to being stolen, some minor front end damage, week after CHP found it abandoned near an off ramp section of a freeway. Still can't believe he use to pack my mom, seven brothers and I in that car when I was a little kid, driving a short distance to St. Paul's Church on Sundays. Use to enjoy once in a while playing with the power windows, when my dad wasn't noticing (lol). Crazy times and memories.

[@manofthehour6856]

Now that is a VERY interesting backstory. You mention minor front end damage to the Cadillac limousine after it was stolen. I read that it was unplanned for the hood that goes flying off when the car makes a sharp turn to avoid the ladder. Cadillacs were virtually indestructable back then, and I thought it strange that something like hood latches would fail, but if there was existing front end damage, that might have contributed to the incident. Cool story, Daniel Lars!

[@sopaman1234]

WOW!! Cool story.. Can you imagine what that 1952 Cadillac is worth today????

[@lewis7515]

Such a sweet story, aww!....

[@nonelost1]

It's a shame they destroyed that (even then) vintage Cadillac.

[@sgtpppr]

Hands down, Streisand's most relaxed, fun, funny, and accessible piece of film work. You can not tell me they all didn't have a marvelous time with each other creating this. The chemistry just draws the audience in.

[@danielm3192]

Rest in Peace Steve. Uh, Howard Bannister. Thanks for this comedy classic which I’ve loved since I was a kid.

[@kittykatz4001]

Dotto! This film is a favorite 😍 since childhood. A close 2nd, is “The Party” with Peter Sellers.

[@jennifersman7990]

“Follow that cab, I’m with the Government!” “Oh! Alright!” The guy in the Cadillac cracks me up every time, he’s enjoying all this

[@manofthehour6856]

LOL, yeah, dressed to the nines like a proper gentleman and a proper car, and totally into it without any coaxing necessary! This is one of my favorite films! Absolutely brilliant.

[@garrettbays6942]

His smile is what kills me while he's nearing the end of the pier.

[@blixer8384]

My guy just intentionally drives into the San Francisco Bay for no reason

[@jackal59]

And that' s likely only 1/3 of the chase. When I saw this in the theater, you almost couldn't hear the soundtrack for the laughter.

[@patriciahilbish3982]

Agree. I just wrote that. To appreciate it, you have to see the whole chase.

[@jatlarge6354]

INDEED! My first cinema movie ever and, as firsts go, it was one of the best ever!

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

My favorite screwball comedy What's Up Doc! by director the great late Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)

[@manofthehour6856]

HAH! I envy your experience of seeing this in the theatre! Still, even on TV a decade later, it was fantastic and remains so.

[@gilbertmartinez1504]

I am still impressed with Ryan O'Neal keeping up with Babs on a delivery-bike and plopping on top of it without wrecking.

[@jwpaulson2360]

So very much in the vein of "Bringing Up Baby" and one of the best/funniest performances by both O'Neal and Streisand. Love, love, and LOVE this movie.

[@Relayer526-mi4wt]

RIP Ryan O' Neal. This movie is hilarious and so much fun

[@SonhosPodemMudarDestino]

😢😢😢😢

[@12classics39]

He never looked better than he does in this film.

[@bakedwithrealchez]

this was one of my favorite movies as a kid. it came out 19 years before I was born.

[@SJHFoto]

This came out 3 years before I was born, but I love it too!

[@brandenongkp]

Same here, i love this movie since i was a kid .

[@jcs1275]

20 years before I was born and still is my favorite movie 😁😁

[@CaptainSpalding72]

who cares?

[@Author_Alyssa_Taylor]

Lordie! How I love this. Instead of following the standard rule of threes schtick the script and director make you wait for it. Impressive -- one of my top comedy films!

[@vintagehippie3647]

That van cracks me up every time

[@RaymondHng]

I've driven through that little valley at Balboa Street and 23rd Avenue so many times and I think of this scene. It's strange after the van tips over that the two front wheels ended up so close together.

[@pqhkr2002]

Poor van

[@patriciahilbish3982]

It’s the garbage cans that get me. Not shown here. I just laugh every time. Or the cement layer.

[@leverage1976]

That VW van would be worth close to $30K+, if it were still around and restored. The number of people who had a chance to buy those things for next to nothing in the 60's/70's/80's and now could put a down payment on a house with em', is staggering and depressing.

[@twontree]

"you can do it, steve!" * bellyflops onto front of bike- * "my name is *howard!!"*

[@James_BAlert]

That trapeze artist hanging from the sign ended up having a SMASHING time! 😀💥

[@paulthomson8824]

HOW PEOPLE WEREN'T KILLED IN THIS MOVIE, WAS A MIRACLE.....

[@paulthomson8824]

@Harry Tomas don't mock my space: TomTit

[@sha11235]

Sorrell Booke, from what I read, almost drowned in the Bay.

[@johnsergei]

What about ROAR?

[@tripjet999]

@2:45 - Glass breaks just BEFORE the guy's shoes hit it - LOL.

[@wangmowangdi3471]

" I can't see" "No you can't we are actually inside a Chinese Dragon!" 😅😅😅 laughed my heart out ❤❤❤ Funny and Fabulous Ryan O'Neal 😊😅 RIP ❤ 🙏 🕊

[@jerryhase48]

I saw this in the theater when I was 8 years old. I still love it.

[@Pedroisanickname]

You and me both, Jerry. Happy 54 to yah. Cheers!

[@teamdawson1]

Me too. I was 12.

[@MVR326]

Never gets old... This movie had to be a stunt persons DREAM

[@larryquantz195]

For those interested in trivia, this chase took place in a couple of SF neighborhoods about 5 miles apart. 23rd and Balboa, where the ladder and glass are, is a world away from Nob Hill and North Beach, where the chase started.

[@RaymondHng]

I use to go through that intersection every day to school and also visit a best friend who lived three blocks from there.

[@rebeckyc1401]

Yep I lived down street from corner store Phoenix Market. It took long time to film that scene. Looks like Broadway when cab comes

[@ritagilmer5389]

I never laughed so hard in my life 😂; it all started with the elderly lady with the gun. How did granny get the gun and she probably couldn’t see that well. I needed this laugh now. 😂😂😂😎

[@patriciahilbish3982]

This is the best EVER! People don’t understand the subtlety and innuendo. I wish this had started at the beginning of the chase. It went on so much longer.

[@blazingtimeblazer9004]

Lol! Wow this is rare to see someone from 2 days ago. Hai! ^_^ If you like this one have you seen 5th avenue irregulars?

[@patriciahilbish3982]

@@blazingtimeblazer9004 No, will check it out.

[@nintationplaystendo121]

The sound of that 1969 Plymouth Belvedere...

[@timpriddy349]

383 big block.....same as the adam 12 fleet

[@SPEEDOFDOG]

I was born and raised in San Francisco. Saw this in the theater with my parents. I was 9.Awesome.

[@juanpablocastano2192]

Awesome! You grew up during the time where music was born.

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

Barbara's character (Judy Maxwell) is so lovely in this film. I wasn't born in the 70's yet but if I had a time machine it's an era I definitely would like to visit

[@jobrakai9395]

RIP Ryan. Thanks for making us laugh and reminding that your name Howard, not Steve

[@quietyoutrash8150]

Barbra was fun then. Ryan was GORGEOUS. And San Francisco wasn't the filth capitol of the world it is now. Such a great funny movie.

[@TheOriginalRick]

"Oh God I can see." -- And then throws the glasses out the window. funniest line in a movie that has more funny lines then virtually any other movie ever made

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

2:44

[@garrettbays6942]

Also, the way Streisand says, "I don't think we can make it" less than a second before the explosive sounding crash into the water; complete bust-a-gut moment!

[@sporkfindus4777]

Beautiful city and cars, wonderfully orchestrated chase

[@videorocketzmillar007milla5]

❤ After school we kids went to the stairs where they busted them up with the cars. The city came out the next day and fixed em. Dad was a MUNI bus driver and to get on the bus ut was 10 cents up from a Nicole. Yeah I know. This movie was made when I was 17. Such a beautiful clean city. We had bums which were like 2 and they would go home b4 it got dark. Zero homeless.

[@veronikahk1826]

i laughed so hard ...NO DIALOGUE,no bullshit sound effects....i thought i was going to die.:-)) thanks sooo much..-)))

[@deetjeboler8207]

Yep!!

[@maxbrandt6]

Back when movies were fun!

[@manofthehour6856]

Yeah! That's Hollywood's problem trying to repeat all sorts of recent blockbusters. Too much thought goes into it....of the wrong kind as its overanalyzed. This is a simple, straightforward yet brilliant classic made by someone who understood the early filmmakers.

[@MrSebboxxx]

The empty streets of San Francisco :-)

[@Wellch]

Sebastian Wendel Governor tribled the gasoline Tax.

[@maxbrandt6]

Now they're filled with homeless people, piles of poop and discarded heroine needles!

[@jogmas12]

@@maxbrandt6 homeless people cannot help their homelessness

[@EphemeralProductions]

Emptied due to people being kept away so they could film. 😁

[@12classics39]

This film is perfect in every way.

[@misssmith6629]

I love this movie! This scene is excellent and soooooo funny!!!

[@wiisalute]

This reminded me so much of Its a Mad Mad Mad World

[@geoffburrows6988]

I agree.Both had great stunt work and car chase.

[@jonejamendomusicii1141]

@@geoffburrows6988 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJmoe6ylf9xofNk

[@captmurdock]

This to me is MUCH funnier than IAMMMMW. Howard and Judy were a pair you could root for. Everybody in IAMMMMW is a greedy SOB.

[@philld1201]

It's a homage to the Bullitt car chase filmed 4 years earlier :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHu9XnV-d7CspdU&ab_channel=Kavallero

[@pernelldh]

This year will mark the film's 50th Anniversary! Would be nice for Turner Classic Movies with Fathom Events to re-release the film for limited time this year as well as the re-release 50th Anniversary edition on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Media (iTunes Store and Google Play Store). I have purchased the film on my Apple TV with iPod Touch hoping to update and have iTunes Extras included.

[@manofthehour6856]

Wow, good catch. Yes, 50 years. It's definitely a classic and deserves the attention that you detail.

[@dillonthomas4408]

Speaking as a filmmaker who's never seen this before (and went to film school), this scene is SO INCREDIBLY WELL DIRECTED. Masterfull direction. Wow. And funny as fuck.

[@jennifersman7990]

Peter Bogdanovich directed it, this was his follow up to The Last Picture Show. He did Paper Moon after this

[@markschildberg1667]

Buck Henry, the writer of the film, said he was shocked that Bogdanovich shot the chase scene exactly as it was written.

[@Dirkschneider]

I loved this movie as a kid but I never knew the name of it. I'm glad I found it.

[@lisapage9317]

This movie is so funny and has one of the best chase scenes. ever!

[@philld1201]

The car chase is a spoof from the film Bullitt kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHu9XnV-d7CspdU

[@Relayer526-mi4wt]

This and A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum lol

[@spockboy]

So sad that we cant make movies like this anymore.

[@cavendermary3954]

I recall seeing this movie back in the day in a local show house with our dad on his birthday! He had such a contagious laugh that had the whole theater 🎭 rolling in the isles! I would see the people look back and forth at the movie and then my dad to see and hear his reaction! That was one blast from the past! I just thought of it and upon watching for the first time in years made me laugh so hard I passed my 👖pants!! This comedy is classic!!!

[@bridgetd7390]

The funniest love film ever and beautiful and timeless!

[@billmason2785]

Went from Pacific Heights to Balboa and 23rd in One minute 😂🤔🤣

[@robertcotgrave5920]

One of the funniest films to come out of Hollywood Barbra and Ryan are a hoot!!!!!.

[@raramonty5217]

One of my all time favorite chase scenes in a movie ..

[@keonjenkins1852]

Boss Hogg is driving the wrong Cadillac lmao

[@megalon73]

WOW! Now I know where "Ant-Man and The Wasp" got there idea for a great chase scene in "What's Up Doc?". A Chase in San Francisco is a lot of fun to.

[@plentinough7222]

When the last car is about to go into the water and the guy is standing up in the convertible and goes through the canopy. Why that is pure live cartoon action. Way too many funny scenes is this movie. I knew I always loved this movie but at 62, I love it even more!

[@LeonardoDeVinci1452]

This is one of the best car chase scenes ever ranks right there with the bullet the presidio and Ronin

[@improperbostonian6722]

Ya what a great slapstick comedy from 1972 saw this one at the cinema when it premiered It was popular then.

[@leverage1976]

Technically , movies like this are classified as "Screwball" comedies, although they do have slapstick in them.

[@theairwaybat1830]

The stunts in this movie were amazing

[@ronaldperrin9583]

They included most of the romantic comedy car chase scene cliches: San Francisco streets, tall ladder with banner, large pane of glass out of nowhere for no apparent reason. And...they destroyed a now very valuable VW van and a nice old Caddy limo. Well done!

[@kimerietate8372]

Ryan O'Neal really was a very good actor, and very funny.He didn't get the proper credit because he was so good-looking.

[@blackhawkswincup2010]

Critics at the time compared him too much to Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby. I think that was unfair. He played a great straight man to Madeline Kahn and Streisand, and his timing was flawless. I even liked his bad singing in the end credits.

[@diddymuck]

Mr.. Bogdanovich, you're missed!

[@pamelafolger8449]

LOVE This Movie!!😇💖😄💖

[@davidcolantuono3622]

2:42 When the banner breaks under the guy's weight, what does the sound effect remind anyone of? I could tell you what it reminds *ME* of, but I don't want to say it and spoil it for everyone else.

[@RaymondHng]

*Google Street View of the locations:* 0:00 California and Laguna goo.gl/maps/dMKyGsxQpRkHhDdA6 0:14 California and Buchanan goo.gl/maps/3xEKC8yiKuHj68hj8 0:41 Filbert and Leavenworth goo.gl/maps/j1baxnwoQ7CqwetD8 1:03 Balboa and 23rd Avenue goo.gl/maps/PSycs9rqbBwPXYz18

[@boostedmaniac]

Wow the streets are so clean! No needles and homeless.

[@EphemeralProductions]

It was clean and nice like that even when i visited in 2003. Some homeless around but not too many

[@dinomate01]

This is an awesome Movie :)

[@maxdingotm]

funny nonstop..one of my favs EVER

[@aribudwal48]

00:01 chevrolet camaro parked up 😍

[@Swlabr61]

About a dozen years ago, I went to that residential intersection in San Francisco where the glass pane was broken. Buildings were painted differently but it looked pretty much the same. All of the trees seen in the distance after Barbara and Ryan start rolling backward is Golden Gate Park to the south.

[@dr2549]

You can almost expect to see Bullitt's green car jumping up behind them

[@deepsleep7822]

@1:08 - the obligatory window glass and ladder gag. 🙂

[@jamesweaver6242]

I was 13 years old when my aunt Carol took me to watch them film this movie. We got to see the china town scene. It took 3 takes to get it right, but it was still funnier in the movie than than it did live. I still have Ryan O'Neil's & Barbra Streisand;s autograph from on set. You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss.A sigh is just a sigh, On that you can rely, as time goes by.

[@esteban1487]

Got to love those bell bottoms! 🤣

[@fredrikklint3749]

1:09 1:16, the VW bus is first parked with the nose down and then up and then down again in the next cut. Then switched again when the cars hit it.

[@stratfordbaby]

That Deville. Yum!

[@raygordon3728]

Guy on ladder at 23rd ave and Balboa st

[@kooook4718]

1972 زمن الهدوء والجمال في كل العالم وفي كل شيء 😍✌️ 👍

[@Howrider65]

What is with these damn ads at the end now..

[@Lewy1900]

2:20 when you buy something on wish and open the box

[@gato0082]

😂😂😆😂❣️.... lmao 👀😂😂i dnt thk actors/actresses /directors could pull this off today .. this is a treasure ❣️❣️❣️😍one of my all💟time favorites💥 ever 🐐🐐🐐no matter whats going on in life this will hv me 😜laughin til im cryin.... 😏💋💌💞💝💝💝🙏👀🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎬

[@speakfreeley4473]

Boss Hogg driving the early 1950s Cadillac.

[@joezarate4566]

Goodbye, Peter 😢

[@hebneh]

A lot of this sequence isn't included here; too bad.

[@UpgradeUrWinRARTrial]

2:21 😂

[@Luminaring]

Great drive-in movie

[@EphemeralProductions]

Must have been tons of fun to film this! Dude had to be in pretty good shape to pull off all that running! Who knows how many takes they had to do either?! lol. Would have scared the livin hell out of me though going down those hills on a bike! lol

[@allisonpayne2097]

Great movie and music too,big name stars for everyone and in San Francisco too!!😎

[@vintagehippie3647]

They don't make em like this anymore

[@jackal59]

To be fair, this was made then in the style of movies from forty years before it--even older if you count the Keystone Cops-style slapstick.

[@Atheria444]

I love this movie so much!!

[@Asherov]

X always marks the spot

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Fun stuff, but ... Why this channel needs to put promo thumbnails on the screen before the scene is finished is a mystery to me, and it's shamelessly inconsiderate of them.

[@rogerkincaid931]

If only Bullitt was here...

[@jennifersman7990]

This is like the flip side of the Bullitt chase

[@abdillahiabdisamad6161]

I was thinking

[@goodowner5000]

I believe the same Stunt Coordinator that was behind the famous car chase in "Bullitt" also planned this marvelous scene.

[@juanpablocastano2192]

1 : 39 Almost boy, ALMOST.

[@JesusAlonsoPortillo]

Esta escena me hace reír con lágrimas!!!Es demasiado genial!!!! Jajajajaja

[@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus]

2:00 - Yes, even a 100 grand 23 window was once worthless.

[@RagingBull-go7lo]

0:23 and that’s my neighborhood

[@marcialice1987]

Hahaha, eu amo a personagem da Barbra nesse filme! ❤

[@muzhikforchaplin1203]

I love this Buster Keaton inspired clip ;)

[@DevilDogDen1775]

This whole thing starts on California street ... ❤️

[@dahc5906]

good times i want to go back in time

[@thebonnerjungblut179]

I love this movie😂,especelli this scene 😂😂

[@nonelost1]

2:13...Disappointed they destroyed that 23 window sunroof microbus.😒

[@improperbostonian6722]

This was big funny in 1972 at the cinema.

[@tracynation239]

Excellent. ♡ T.E.N.

[@Marckymarc71]

2:24 See what they did there?

[@RaymondHng]

Two front wheels too close together?

[@Marckymarc71]

@@RaymondHng They cut it in half, removed the middle and welded the two sides together to make the whole bus only 2ft wide. Very clever.

[@RaymondHng]

@@Marckymarc71 Makes it easier to tip over. I use to live 19 blocks from that intersection. I think of this scene every time I go through it. I still drive through this mini valley occasionally.

[@shanesmith6941]

You will never see a movie like this made again. Movies are so bad these days. These days are lost forever.

[@apriltorres3684]

Very funny movie and it seems everybody had a good time. Does anyone know who played Barbra's and Ryan's stunt double ? How much did both actors actually take part in the chase ?

[@gato0082]

My mother's cousin lived right around the way .....👁️ I know this neighborhood ... 👁️❣️👁️

[@rebeckyc1401]

Watched them filming coming home from school. Grew up on 22nd Av

[@gato0082]

@@rebeckyc1401 ❣️💁😝👁️🙋

[@meinhundbilbo5927]

MY NAME IS HOWARD