The 7-Ups Car Chase - Re-edited

Philip D'Antoni, the producer of BULLITT and THE FRENCH CONNECTION, directed his only feature film in 1973. THE SEVEN-UPS chase scene was the centerpiece of the action yarn and elevated the film into a cult classic. The chase was choreographed by the actor/stuntman Bill Hickman, who drives the dark blue Pontiac Grand Ville. Roy Scheider, who plays the lead role as police detective Buddy Manucci, did some of his own driving, but was doubled extensively by stuntman, Jerry Summers. While all the components were there, the chase, edited by Jerry Greenberg (THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3), was hampered by D'Antoni's insistence to make the action scene 10 minutes long - not the best edict to give a film editor. I have kept all the exciting bits and tried to tightened the screws to make this chase as filmically taut as possible. Those familiar with this film will be hard-pressed to recognize what was trimmed. Enjoy!

[@ronaldperrin9583]

Whatever you do in life, NEVER own a fruit stand. Fruit stands are car chase magnets and WILL be destroyed!

[@shoechew]

Every time.

[@craigmiller4741]

I was looking at KZbin for a clip that was completely different than this clip or the comments. In that process I stumbled on the best series of comments and replies to comments I've ever read. Not to mention, but is is worth mentioning, this re-edited clip is mind bending for a guy like me that is just a lookie-lou and I watched it several times to see all the points he used in editing. I had no idea of of the number of car chases, the ones who set them up, drove them, kind of cars, all the little side bars, and all of it. Everyone has something to say. It was a treat watching the clips and then reading the comments. You guys are so intelligent, experienced, and willing to share with "us" Thank you!

[@leonardoantonio8756]

A lot of fruit stands business went broke in the 70s

[@jameshaury2716]

Don't skip rope in the street either.

[@wendyw8931]

Ahhhahaha! !

[@Buck3366]

2 things. The skill to get those absolute boats on wheels to take corners at those speeds while literally bouncing up and down was unreal. It still looks fast and scary to this day. And second after the crash the acting and look of Roy was amazing . He genuinely looked like he had just been in a proper smash. He looked like he had woken from unconsciousness . Puffy eyes,glazed eyes and dazed expression. The guy was a brilliant actor and I miss him.

[@JV-vy8ke]

No seat belts, no airbags. Pure adrenalin.

[@tomjoad1363]

Yeah they die like men. ^^

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

He even drove Patton in that film.

[@shaunpenne1840]

Old school as fuck and I love it!!!!

[@jimmadonna1436]

No antilock brakes.

[@legitimo1788]

No automatic transmission

[@jgboys1]

I love this movie. Definitely one of the best chase scenes ever! My dad took me to the Valentine movie theater in the Bronx when it first came out. The whole movie theater cracked up when we saw the Valentine theater in the background in one of the scenes. RIP Dad! I miss you. 😥

[@lindyp38]

My old neighborhood. Saw Patton there

[@speeta]

The film makes terrific use of the locations chosen to film on, and so much of it is in the Bronx, from Riverdale to Fordham Road to Highbridge, Arthur Avenue and Dewitt Clinton H.S. to Baychester. Would you happen to know where the White Tower diner was the detectives visit after getting a list of names? I think it was Broadway near 242nd st; there's a Burger King there now.

[@franciscs1604]

One of the best chase scenes ever since “Bullitt” (1968) and “The French Connection” (1971).

[@robby062]

Saw this movie in the theater with my dad when I was a kid. The chase ending pretty much knocked me out of my seat. Still probably my favorite car chase.

[@terryballard4674]

Did the bad guys ever get caught?

[@robby062]

@@terryballard4674, of course. Good movie! I recommend watching it!

[@terryballard4674]

@@robby062 I saw it in the 70s, but don't remember it :-(

[@jjm5714]

I also saw this in the '70s in a movie theater

[@SorryWereOpen247]

That guy driving the 4-door pontiac is the same guy that drove the charger in the chase scene of the movie "Bullitt"

[@MarkEspinola]

Stuntman Bill Hickman is driving the 1973 Grandville sedan with a 455-4 barrel V8. I had the same car in yellow and she was fast.

[@annakimborahpa]

Hickman also choreographed both car chases. The Bullitt chase, although smooth and poetic, was just a warm up for this 7-Ups pot boiler.

[@fanmanone]

twilight's last gleaming Also acted in And did driving for Gene Hackman in The French Connection car chase... Terrific Stuntman he was...

[@lonewolfmcquade8879]

Charles Buxton I definitely think the 7ups was a better chase not by much but it was better, n awesome scenery of NY especially the bridge scene

[@christiansanden8005]

Mark Espinola Awesome car, love it! Hickman was THE driver, incredible skylls

[@robertortiz8540]

In 1973, when I was 13 years old, I remember watching this on television with my friends while my mother was cooking in the kitchen the actors involved in this movie were Bill Hickman, Richard Lynch, and Roy Schieder. We will certainly miss these three legends, may they rest in peace.

[@hastyone9048]

I always thought this was the best car chase scene in any movie ever. In the scene where a bunch of kids run out of the way, one of the little guys is my friend John (RIP). His Dad was friends with Sonny Grosso and he got him in the movie as an extra. He had a piece of the police barricade signed by all the actors hanging on his wall for years. The piece of wood was cut and re-glued together before hand to enhance dramatically the pieces flying around after the car runs into it. Also, his sister got one of the Pontiac Ventura’s used for the filming. There were three used throughout the film. My friends Dad bought it fr0m the production company for $500.

[@philcopson3900]

Never heard of this film until just now, but the "car about to run down a bunch of school-kids" scene is reprised from the '67 British film "Robbery" - police S-type Jags pursuing the villains Mark 2 Jag across London - much more stylish. That chase sequence so impressed the director of "Bullitt" that he insisted on hiring the guy who choreographed it to come over to America to do the same thing for him. (Memo to self - time to watch "The Driver" again....)

[@royale7620]

Thats awesome thx for sharing

[@ChargerMagnum440]

Thats a really cool story, thanks so much!

[@jjryan1352]

Sideburns ✔️ "Step on it!" ✔️ Rolling hubcap ✔️

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

That is one of the best comments ever.

[@spencer9105]

super squeaky wheels : check trash cans and bins getting demolished : check suspension benign tested to it death : check door being folded : check what else could you ask for

[@ostrich67]

@@spencer9105 Unmuffled racecar sounds dubbed onto stock vehicles. ✔️

[@richardstervinou2313]

You forgot fruit stand. You just gotta hit one of those or it isn't a real chase.

[@robertvalentin5846]

yeah that was the days no chrome rim .cars was strong to take abuse try that with cars see what happened fell apart best movie ever 60s 70s was the best

[@billc6087]

Bill Hickman is one of the best stunt drivers ever!

[@Mavis308]

You got that right

[@richlee509]

The best

[@adriantomlin2902]

That dude could have done NASCAR easily!!

[@davidmerta7943]

Driver in Bullitt

[@coldcanuck6091]

Bill Hickman died February 24, 1986

[@richardlangdon712]

It was after these events that officer Brody, with the urging of his wife, decided to take a sheriff's position on Amity Island. Somewhere safe and quiet to raise their two sons.

[@kurtkensson2059]

He went from chasing a big boat, to needing one.

[@marcelapranich3901]

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[@frankuraku5622]

While later, his friend Doyle decides to go to France to hunt down the man who left their case open. Charnier Frog Two

[@davidlisowski5245]

Failing that, he decided to become a helicopter pilot for the LAPD of their newest secret weapon.

[@MS-xi7zg]

There's just something great about the gritty realism of this chase scene. No pyrotechnics, no cars performing impossible aerial stunts. Just pure adrenaline, Detroit muscle and a sense of what it would actually look like slamming into the back of an 18 wheeler at high speed.

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

Pontiacs tearin' up the streets of New York....LOVE IT!!!!

[@RafaelSantos-vd6be]

Pontiacs were da Fun cars to Drive with its Wide Track since 1969 & Up I lived in Williamsburg ,Greenpoint Brooklyn,N Y NEW YORK .we Had 2 Two 0lPontiac Dearlerships ,Chief Pontiac ,& Montrose Pontiac so I would see all da very Brand new cars unloaded First hand ,not to mention da South side Street Race Tracks by Freinds of a Real Racibg Family nearby all new cars they had it Mustangs Mach 1 & Mercury Cougar ,Eleanor wow.

[@neshobanakni]

Was that a Ventura? Don't remember them having that kind of power package. Those GM Nova clones: Nova, Omega, Ventura, Apollo.

[@welshpete12]

They corner like three wheeled shopping carts ! European cars would have corned much better !

[@edbo10]

@@welshpete12 you have so much more fun in vehicles doing things they were never designed to do than those that were designed to do as such thrashing a land boat like these things is some of the most fun you can have

[@franciscs1604]

And I thought their Firebird Trans-Ams were badass.

[@Mr100asd]

I worked at Saw Mill Auto Wreckers in 73-74 as yard foreman when the two Pontiacs were brought in too be scrapped . Both cars had skid plates to protect the engines when they bottoming out. Granville 455 4 barell duel exhaust, Ventura, 350 2 barell duel exhaust. The ventura roof rails and door and center post were cut too clasp easily. Entire interior of the car was raped with inches of foam rubber for protection. I bought the 350 engine and 350 trans for my 66 Le Mans driver at the time Interesting facts !

[@DCRT-ot2bf]

Ah so now I got my answer the grandville was scrapped what a shame but someone may still have the one in the garage

[@bobbymartino9974]

Saw mill bought many of car parts there 👍👍👍👍

[@DCRT-ot2bf]

Anybody take any pics when they came in If you can remember love to get my hands on 1 pic of I could

[@Mr100asd]

@@DCRT-ot2bf NO, it was just another day at the yard. I figured something was up by the way the ventura was modified and the skid plates under both vehicles. INTERESTING times back then..

[@DCRT-ot2bf]

@@Mr100asd Thanks for the reply the closest I have is a 73 grandprix same color as the grandville. Thanks again 👍👍

[@jimhill3028]

Bill Hickman drove the cars in Bullitt, French Connection and 7 Ups.

[@DCRT-ot2bf]

He was friends with James Dean was with him when he died

[@robertvc4716]

Awesome stuntman and driver

[@kurtb8474]

I saw him in a couple old TV westerns like Have Gun Will Travel. No cars to drive.

[@pdinardo9472]

One of the best chase scenes ever!!

[@bikefixer]

RIP Philip D'Antoni (Feb, 1929-April 2018). I had the good fortune to speak by phone to Mr. D"Antoni back in the mid-1970s when I was a 16 year old aspiring filmmaker. He was working on TV projects at the time with his partner, Barry J. Weitz. I told Phil I was a great admirer of his, and I impressed him enough with my knowledge of his films that he invited me to visit his New York City office ... once I completed high school the following year! (He was very specific on that point). I wish I had taken him up on his offer, but by my senior year, I had moved into comic book field where I worked for the next few years.Much later on, when I got back into film, I met and had a good conversation with his son, Chris D"Antoni, about his father's work. Still, I feel I cheated myself by not visiting that office at the appointed date. Sometimes life can be very unforgiving.

[@billbazen9432]

Yes,Phil was a very nice man.He almost never gave out autographs.I had cancer in 2014 and received an autographed picture from him via his son in law Mark.The picture was of him accepting an award for the French Connection.He personalized the autograph to me.It was an honor to receive it.RIP Phil.....

[@eldoradony]

One of the best chase scenes ever. I watched some of the filming on Riverside Drive when I was a teen.

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

Cool! On what street on Riverside Drive? They started at 95th and ended at 178th.

[@eldoradony]

@@mandolindleyroadshow706 95th st. Watched the door get ripped on the Opel wagon., The next day I watched the w/b action as they crossed West End Av at 96 St. That shot was only seen from the driver's perspective.

[@ElTio.45-70]

I've always fascinated that NYPD cars green/white/black color scheme. It stayed same for decades, originally from the 1930s, I believe.

[@rickuyeda4818]

Gardena PD in Southern California tried that paint scheme. Everyone thought they were taxi's so they went back to B&W.

[@tonyberardi3829]

Green is a color which holds a significant roll in the history of the NYPD. The NYPD police flag is green, white and blue. The change in color scheme from green to blue on the RMPs in 1973 was somewhat necessitated simply by that of public relations. This was the time in which the famous Knapp Commission Raport on Corruption in the NYPD was published. It gave a real black eye to the department who felt the need to present publicly a commitment to change. What better presentation than the patrol cars.

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

@Adrian Vegas Blue and whites were phased in starting in 1973.

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

@@tonyberardi3829 They started building ugly precincts in that era too (the 7th, Midtown South, the 20th, 26th, etc.) A shame. The old ones had style.

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

@Adrian Vegas Oh, those. They came around 1998, I think. They were introduced by Commissioner Howard Safir.

[@Chevy4x4dawg]

It was movies like this that cause my hot wheels to get SCRATCHED up!!!!!! Growing up in the pre CGI era was amazing!!!!!!! Anybody else reenact these chases on the old hot wheel track?? Great times!

[@rickybobby5950]

Guilty!

[@felipecardoza9967]

This and the final scene from "Duel"

[@jamesprice2163]

Lol me and my buddy recreated it on a empty backroad in out beater cars (mine was more accurate as I had a Buick park avenue at the time)

[@Nscalemike56]

Richard Lynch.. the other actor...in the car being chased..looked legitimately scared..in some of those scenes

[@tomzdman]

He was tripping on acid in Central Park and set himself ablaze. At least, that was the story I heard.

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

@@tomzdman It's true. He burned his face and had to get skin grafts.

[@DCRT-ot2bf]

They medicated the old man in the charger in Bullitt they said he wouldn't stop screaming LOL!!!!

[@Chevy4x4dawg]

He looked scared from the get go!!!!

[@n1ksf]

And he was a Marine..

[@Classicrocker6119]

Richard Lynch was one of the best ever “villain” actors of all time.

[@johncarlson8029]

Wow Roy Schieder and Richard Lynch, haven't seen them for ages. Schieder has always been a favorite

[@mukainoda9453]

They all gone to heaven

[@michaelwhalen2442]

You're gonna need a bigger boat...

[@AogseBluf]

The roaring sound of the V8 power blocks, love-it!!

[@donr2176]

Some superb driving there! Those old "Land-Yachts" weren't known for their cornering!

[@pip12111]

Back then Pontiac really did build excitment.

[@danlaur7973]

Love these old chase scenes!!

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

It still holds up after all these years. I remember seeing it when it first came out. You feel like you are in the car.

[@tylerzorn6152]

The French Connection The Seven-Ups Smokey and the Bandit the first movie all great car movies and so many others... I feel absolutely honored to be around when those movies came out will never see that kind of car chase action ever again.

[@gthomer1231]

one of the best car chases ever

[@curly437]

First off, that truck had no business on the Saw Mill :) (NY/NJ joke, they always wander onto the Parkways. After they get off the George Washington Bridge, you would would think they got off immediately on the Palisades Parkway heading north BUT the filming is obviously up north on the Saw Mill River Parkway not far from the Tappen Zee Bridge in the Pleasantville/Chappaqua/Briarcliff Manor area. Amazes me every time I see this because I have been out of NY for decades BUT this was filmed in '72, 4yrs before I left and a little kid, just mindblowing.

[@josepharturi5442]

I had a feeling it was further north than depicted in the movie because you do see a sign that says Briarcliff Manor If you look very carefully.

[@markcantemail8018]

Curly Thanks for the heads up . My brother lived at the other end of the Pleasantville rd and told me no trucks on the Saw mill .

[@mbamgb]

I agree, and after they go across the George Washington bridge how did the get from the Palisades parkway back across the Hudson River to Westchester county on the Saw Mill. I didn't see them cross the Tappan Zee bridge anytime. PS Only someone from the Tri State area would know this.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

That's a GREAT movie many have forgotten about or don't know about!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@billbazen9432]

A friend worked on this film.[Barry Weitz]....He and Phil went on to do a mid 1970's NBC TV series titled Movin'On.Both Barry and Phil were always at their best when collaborating.I still keep in touch with Barry.Phil passed on a few years ago.I speak often with his son in law Mark......Both are legends in the film industry.

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

Thanks for sharing D'Antoni and Weitz also created a few made-for-TV movies. The Connection, Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside, Strike Force among them, and the NBC TV weekly drama, Movin' On.

[@derricklogan2058]

I love this movie, along with Bullitt, Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry, Death Proof and Duel!!! Movies with high speed car chases are thrilling to me!!! Love the sounds of metal grinding against metal, the engines and burning of the tires and blaring sirens!!! Beautiful!

[@tb1534]

This chase is right up there with the ones in Bullitt and The French Connection.

[@Chevy4x4dawg]

It was the same driver / stuntman

[@cslan4]

One of the best car chase scene ever ,loved that movie!

[@Brookspirit]

To get to this car chase > 'Robbery' (1967 Peter Yates) >>> 'Bullitt' (1968 Directed by Peter Yates. Producer Philip D'Antoni) >>> The 7-ups (1973 Producer/Director Philip D'Antoni)

[@larrynolletti4594]

Sorry...give me the original long version....greatest chase ever filmed...never thought it was too long...blows away Bullitt and French Connection...as great as those chases are....love that era.....

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

Greatest ever filmed, yep. Not the greatest ever edited. I like it.

[@JrGoonior]

As I've said to others "Real cars doing real things!"

[@kmm-studioz8161]

Like how the bus driver saved him despite being scared.

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

Yeah. That is cool. He watches the whole thing develop and does something about it.

[@skinnerhound2660]

That Greyhound was an MC-7 that had a destination sign for the wrong direction.

[@simonbyrd6518]

That sure looked like the late Bruno Kirby! Isn't credited on IMDb (or any "bus driver" character, for that matter), would've been about 23-24 at the time.

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

@@simonbyrd6518 I'm sure they used a real bus driver. That is not a skill you would ask an actor to perform.

[@blakes.9712]

I worked that area of upper manhattan 30 in 80's and 90's. Endless car chases into the Bronx, NJ and on

[@hifijohn]

before chasing sharks he was chasing 4 door Pontiacs, and yes cars back then really were that big.

[@frankgiaquinto1571]

hifijohn - Yes indeed,the full size cars of that era were huge - The very last of the enormous cars were the 1979 Lincoln Continental and the Continental Mark 5 of the same year. By 1980,all American cars had been downsized....

[@hifijohn]

@@frankgiaquinto1571 when I was a little kid my dad had a late 50's Cadillac and a pink at that it literally took the entire depth of our garage., being an only child I had the entire back seat to myself, I always joked that it was my first apartment.

[@irvan36mm]

Chasing 4-door whales

[@8avexp]

@@hifijohn Those 50s cars had lots and lots of steel. If you tried to punch a fender, your hand would become a maraca.

[@shabadoo24]

I like the authentic terrified look on actor Richard Lynch's face when he's in the Pontiac Grand Ville and the other scene where Richard looks at Bill as if he's saying, he's a madman..

[@JrGoonior]

Because it was real. Lynch really was scared to death of Hickman's driving.

[@user-tq1tf6hh9w]

Bill Hickman, stunt driver extraordinaire, is driving the Pontiac. He also drove the GTO in the French Connection, and the black Dodge Charger in Bullitt. The final chase scene in which Scheider crashes into the trailer, is Hickman's homage to Jayne Mansfield, who died in the same manner.

[@CJColvin]

This is pure hotrod fun. This is when American cars were really built well and not made out of cheap plastic like you see today.

[@chrismarks4277]

man i miss these days and cars that could take a beating!!!

[@shawnmcculley2995]

Love that 1973 Pontiac Grandville!!

[@johanbrand8601]

Me too!! STUNNING car!!

[@waterheaterservices]

Hated to see it destroyed

[@carlpage4248]

@@waterheaterservices It looked so nice before they started to drive it!

[@randyreeder3417]

i have a 1971 pontiac catalina convertible those early 70s pontiacs were great cars!

[@FN_FAL_4_ever]

Pure class

[@w.a.mproductionsinc9340]

This was one of the most underrated car chases better than the bullitt chase by far.

[@jugglingbeast]

I saw this with my father at the cinema back in the days- RIP dad.

[@helbent4]

Great chase! I like how once they are on the bridge they are home free. Like, "hey Chief, shouldn't we set up a roadblock mid-span or at the far end? Maybe have the Staties block off the Interstate?" "That's crazy talk! You know once they're on the bridge our hands are tied. Stand down, boys, stand down."

[@TamasKalman]

pretty awesome scene. real cars, real men, no airbags :)

[@michaelhallas6450]

Till to this day ,theirs no chase like that,it took place in New York and with those old police cars.

[@mohammedcohen]

...I saw this in a theater in Wayne, NJ...had free tickets...never expected the movie to as good as it was but this scene is classic car chase!!! Someone has posted a video on YT showing all the flubs in the sceneery...all the discontinuity in the background that only a resident of Manhattan might notice...still a great action scene - don't think anyone was paying any attention to the background as the chase unfolded.

[@BlacKnightRising]

just an awesome chase, no CGI no bullshit green-screen just the cars, the drivers, the chase thru the gritty NYC blacktop

[@stephenflowers8516]

By the looks of it they really beefed up the suspension of that Ventura.

[@SpartacusColo]

Undoubtedly. If I remember rightly, the cars they used in Bullitt were not stock, and the major modifications were to the suspension and braking.

[@CycolacFan]

@@SpartacusColo The Mustangs got a lot of upgrades, the Chargers didn’t.

[@jaysauer7324]

I think that was a Pontiac Omega. Ventura looks kinda like it.......anyone know for sure ?

[@AB-pl1ko]

@@jaysauer7324 - In the mid 70's Oldsmobile had the Omega as their 'small' car, while Pontiac offered the Ventura. Both are slightly restyled versions of the Chevrolet Nova of the same era.

[@stephenflowers8516]

@@jaysauer7324 It's a Pontiac Ventura. There's no such thing as a Pontiac Omega. Oldsmobile made the Omega.

[@skinnerhound2660]

If you look closely to the left at 3:35 , you can see the camera crew filming for a different oncoming shot.

[@gerardvinet8448]

Roy Scheider , really made a convertible out of that sedan in a hurry , an accumulation of a few G-Forces in that shot , lol ! Great movies of the 70's , the best !!!!

[@williamwhite2113]

This is one of the best chase scenes in film. Bullitt and French Connection and the 7-ups are the gold standards for chases.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Actually I also put To Live and die in LA up there too..

[@umberct]

I remember seeing this movie in the theater as a kid. Best car chase ever! No CGI.

[@RobertWilliams-mk8pl]

Reminds me of the way we use to drive in NY delivering pianos. Same era. Driving like that was a requirement for the job

[@bluesharp59]

Thumb's Up ! Yes when the movies had all the cool old cars.

[@theadventuresofjavier8698]

Love how the cop car bounced around during the turn... oh what a ride that would have been😲

[@scarbourgeoisie]

NYC looked so dirty back in the 70s. Check out the smog from pre-catalytic cars and trunks. My lungs ache just looking at it.

[@greentriumph1643]

Love it! I watch The French Connection just to remember the filth, the smells, the piles of trash, the car exhaust, and of course the terrible snack food they sold on the subways.

[@billjoang]

But I don’t see any potholes every 10 feet like it is now

[@bb5242]

@@greentriumph1643 NY was better back then. I grew in NY State, it was always a shithole. The shithole-ness is the most important aspect.

[@greentriumph1643]

@@bb5242 it was a shit hole but it was a shit hole you could grow in.

[@AB-pl1ko]

Based on the grime visible on all the background vehicles, this must have been filmed late Winter/ early Spring? Where I live the buses and trucks look that way then after a couple months of consistant crummy weather + little or no cleaning.

[@bikefixer]

There is no 86th Precinct. If there was, it would be in Brooklyn. The NYPD commands that we see the chase scene pass through are Midtown North, the 20th, 24th, 26th and 34th Precincts.

[@joed9491]

No 12th or 15th Precincts either like we see in so many TV shows and movies.

[@pressureworks]

This is a fictional story btw. Why no complaint about suddenly being in upstate NY after crossing the GWB ?

[@bikefixer]

@@pressureworks It is loosely based on the 1961 Joey Gallo kidnappings. His gang ransomed members of the Profaci Family and got away with it.

[@pressureworks]

@@bikefixer still a work of fiction though. If you're going to insist every fictional story be 100% accurate, then have at it.

[@bikefixer]

@@pressureworks You're right. Another major faux pas is the cops pursue the gangster through the Bronx, jump cut to a car wash on Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn, cross the street into a parking garage, then emerge from the garage on the Westside of Manhattan where the chase begins.

[@Rayoscope]

2:15 - Passenger: "C'mon, step on it!" Driver: "What the fuck do you think I'm doing, asshole."

[@sinistercharger]

I love the dubbed engine sounds 😂

[@jeffcharlton9660]

Sounds like they came from "Bullitt".

[@gabrielmartines3510]

They reminded me of GTA 5.

[@outrider7577]

Roy Schieder: "We're gonna need a bigger car!"

[@edwardjj4224]

Great car chase Really car's and sound of the engine No japanese little crappy boxes on the road The days when Hollywood studios did know exactly how to make good movie Thanks for posting Utube God bless You all

[@elldarrx616]

My dad took me to see this in the movie theater when I was a kid and Richard Lynch I thought was the scariest actor ever .

[@lifelongbachelor3651]

good movie with a rarely mentioned best car chase scene. roy scheider was a fine actor.

[@worldhallo2886]

Actor plays being injured by crash and that acting was actually way better than modern film. The moment gives no sound was also realistic.

[@KingCast65]

2:58 -- The camera crew on the road should have set up camera on a tripod and left it alone. They almost got killed by a flying door off the opel. If you screen capture really slowly you can see the door in the air and the cameraman dodging behind a VW. If that grey sedan had not been there that door probably would have smote him a good one and sent him to the hospital or killed him.

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

Yes. If you watch the behind the scenes footage (I think it's called "Anatomy of a Chase" - it's on KZbin) a second camera caught the accident. I think the cop in the patrol car might have gotten it even worse after getting rammed broadside on the passenger side door (4:00). He got shook.

[@KingCast65]

@@mandolindleyroadshow706 Yup yup that's exactly where I saw it. Without knowing that I never would have thought to go back and stop the footage here. I'm a weird dude. I spent hours watching old shit like this. Have you seen the chase in Greece? Out of control I'll send it to you if you haven't. Small cars... crazy. When I ride my skateboard through the airport I pretend I'm Popeye Doyle. This was this week: Next time I'll make the engine and tire sounds. LOL: facebook.com/KingCast/videos/10215694456054011/

[@adriantomlin2902]

That's when filming crews we're badasses!! No trick fucked technology like the pussies use nowadays!!!

[@craigmiller4741]

You did an EXCELENT job on this re-edited video. I am amazed. Thank you.

[@bikefixer]

Thank you. I love this movie.

[@greyjay9202]

If Scheider's car had been fitted with an airbag, he would have died.

[@richsackett3423]

Absolutely untrue.

[@sludge4125]

GJ is delusional. A real dumfuq.

[@stempo1]

My uncle had a 73 Pontiac Ventura Sprint when I was a kid, I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

[@mooseandsquirrel9887]

At 3:34 look at the camera crew on the opposite bridge filming this particular scene.....then look at 3:43 to see the same scene filmed from that different angle.....then look at the other crew up on the hill......kinda cool.....

[@Feinmess]

Oh man, great catch. Assuming because the chase was happening so fast they felt no one would even realize it was two different angles of the same scene

[@georgewilson1184]

As great as Bullitt is I feel The SevenUps just one up it and I will tell you why I love Pontiac’s I like the story plot better New York is cool San Francisco just don’t excite me in movies

[@MRLUGNUTS]

I'm a Chevy guy but, this and the French connection got me into the Ponchos.. I even owned a Ventura..

[@KB-sv7fm]

Not quite as good as Bullitt. Let’s face it , McQueen is cooler than Schneider.

[@normansmith9683]

love the engines sounds nothing like a real car got to love that re-editing

[@CycolacFan]

They used engine and tyre sounds from Bullitt.

[@daniellaubsch1605]

@@CycolacFan Yeah the sound editing just didn't fit the chase scene at all!

[@griselame]

You can't beat car chases in 70s movies...

[@ChargerMagnum440]

Roy Scheider, Richard Lynch and of course Bill Hickman. Absolutely LOVE this movie, especially this scene

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

To me, the worst "accident" happens at 3:58. The cop car gets sideswiped by Hickman's Grand Ville, then gets t-boned on the passenger side by a car in the opposite lane. Look how that real life cop reacts. He's throttled so hard his hat flies off of his head and his body plows him almost into the driver's seat.

[@GeorgeLiquor]

It's odd how the bad guys always had Bill Hickman around to drive for them in the 60s and 70s

[@tedsmith6137]

The engines sounds for Roy Schneider's car sounds the same as McQueen's car in Bullitt. Also this shows how awfully American tanks handled. Wallow like a capsized rowboats and understeer like pigs.

[@FawleyJude]

Those sounds were a little bit beefy to be coming out of a Pontiac Ventura, which was basically a Chevy Nova. And yes, those '70s cars really bounced around like boats.

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

I'm not sure about that. Bullitt was a Warner Bros film. 7 Ups produced by 20th Century Fox. Warner's owns all the elements of their films, that includes sound effects. The gunshots, window smashes, honking horns they record are kept in each studio's sound library. It's possible, but I don't believe they share their sound effects with rival studios. Also, it's easy enough to get the growl of a car engine without asking permission from another studio.

[@apolloniaaskew9487]

@@FawleyJude The Pontiac Ventura and Chevy Nova had the best suspensions designed by GM. The Los Angeles County Sheriff Department and the Los Angeles Police Department used Nova's for undercover and patrol cars .

[@waterheaterservices]

@@apolloniaaskew9487 Some departments switched from the 74-77 Gran Fury to 76, 77 Lemans.

[@johnwilkerson2195]

Love the old Ponchos

[@nefaurora]

FYI....The sounds of Roy Scheider's 1973 Pontiac Ventura are actually re-dubbed and "edited in" sounds of the 1968 390 Bullitt Mustang... if you didn't know. There's no mistaking that 390 "S-code" ! It was well done. Who doesn't want to see a period chase through NYC...?!??? The Driver in the "Baddie Car" is the same driver in the "Baddie Car" in Bullitt....Stuntman/Actor Bill Hickman.

[@markperry2827]

The 390 in Bullitt was a GT dubbed in.

[@nefaurora]

@@markperry2827 One of the two Bullitt '68's was a GT..(The glamour hero car that sold for 4 Million was a real GT) The other Stunt "68 car was a non-GT 390 car... ;)

[@bb5242]

100hp never sounded so awesome.

[@mikealanzo]

yepp.... that Bullit soundtrack really did its job... :) ;)

[@jmpecore]

Great scene! Pontiacs as a bonus!! At 1:10 the gearshift is in park.

[@larrydrozd2740]

Its amazing ....shooting a shot gun at a car and blowing the hood off but doesn't hit ANY of the radiator?? Too bad Roy didn't know what a "pit" maneuver was back then..... Also, the ending of this is why they have Mansfield bars on the backs of truck trailers....this is exactly what happened to her, except she didn't duck.

[@jamesprice2163]

Never knew they were called that but always knew their reason

[@drtrdr99]

After retiring Roy Moved to Amity Island to live the quiet life but found it a lil too tiresome so he moved to LA to use the training he got in VietNam as a helicopter pilot in the Metro Division and was assigned to the task force for the Blue Thunder program.

[@SIGINT007]

Why does that little chase car sound just like Bullitt’s Mustang?? 🤣

[@marektoporowsky2232]

I love it when cars slide really cool.

[@richspinaci8293]

I believe the stunt driver of the Pontiac Ventura was Carey Loftin who had a small part in Patton as George C Scott’s driver

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

Good guess, but the driver is Jerry Summers. There is a behind the scenes documentary on this scene called "Anatomy of a Chase," with some great behind-the-scenes footage, including Summers driving the Ventura under the truck. The doc is on KZbin. Well worth watching.

[@capesquirt]

Carey Loftin was a great stunt driver. He drove the Duel truck off the cliff. It was not remotely driving or pushed. He drove it till last second and bailed out. In the final scene you cans see the drivers door open as the truck careens over the cliff..

[@paulsheehan2741]

outside the u.s people wouldn't know what that blue car was. the pontiac grandville, was sold only in the u.s, for americans!

[@gabrielmartines3510]

Not even canada?

[@t.b.g.504]

@@gabrielmartines3510 in Canada it was the Grand Parisienne.

[@capesquirt]

After this chase. Sargent Brodie was dismissed and sentenced to serve as police Chief on a small island off the coast of Massachusetts. There he was persistent in another chase,and once again,relieved of his duties. Maybe he needed a bigger motor in that Pontiac Ventura..

[@encinobalboa]

It's almost 50 years later and the same car to trailer accident is still claiming lives. That's progress for yah.

[@TrashLefties]

Except in Europe. They fixed that problem.

[@bb5242]

@@TrashLefties US trucks have the metal guards on the back but they don't always work.

[@CallMeMrStopmotion]

I wish they used different engine sounds for the cars.

[@CallMeMrStopmotion]

@3102 A.D. Cause the sounds from the movie Bullitt don't fit the cars they used in this chase, and it makes this scene cringe as fuck. I'd rather watch the chase scene from Jack Reacher, now that's how you do sound effects for a car

[@franciscs1604]

This chase scene was created by the same *director* and *stunt-coordinator* that worked on “Bullitt” (1968) and “The French Connection” (1971).

[@trefod]

Apparently Hickman likes to get in car chases, driving black cars with somebody literally driving Shotgun beside him.

[@anthonyg7534]

1957 my same street and look at police car of 1957 days on my same street you know what you all really really want in life of every act is this

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Man what a great movie that was!👌😎👍

[@edwalter4425]

excellent movie, a hidden gem.

[@rockbassrules]

What kind of lame ass block was that at the GW Bridge?

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

Yep. The police cars should have been facing towards the oncoming vehicle. Would've stopped him cold.

[@cdizzle99z]

Then it would be a short movie, it’s all about the writing.