The Big Chase (1954) Cool 50s cars! | Glen Langan, Lon Chaney, Jr. | Dig that Nash cop car!

As his expectant wife (Adele Jergens) enters the hospital in anticipation of the blessed event, cop Glenn Langan is off to the races, trailing payroll robbers (including Jim Davis and Lon Chaney Jr.) on a mad chase that goes from cars to rowboat to motorboat to helicopter. The chase sequence, captured in all its bullet-to-bullet glory, comprises a third of the movie.
Director: Arthur Hilton
Stars: Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Lon Chaney Jr., Douglas Kenney, Jay Lawrence
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[@michaelfred8848]

I was 13 in 55 and when I see all of those pre 55 cars I’m reminded why I was so excited about the new cars back then and the next several years. I still think the 30’s,40’s and 50’s were the best cars for me 😊 Now you don’t know one from the other.

[@garystar1592]

All of them unsafe at any speed

[@johnbarleycorn699]

that includes IMO planes, trains, busses, trucks. . . .best

[@robertwalker5521]

My FIRST FIVE : '50 FORD convertible, a continental kit : louvered skirts '55 Ford..strong running ??? Dodge '57 Chrysler conv....long & smooth '61 Mercury conv....loved that car. I would keep it forever ( then: Kennedy shot, Viet Nam worsened, draft board, had to sell it!) : (

[@bertspeggly4428]

I had several late fifties Cadillacs, fabulous cars and perfectly safe if driven properly. And a 1959 Ford retractable hard top, wonderful when it worked!

[@NYC1927]

I agree re the cars. I was born late 60s and fell in love with them as a kid. I own a 40' Plymouth 4door and drive it daily. Locally only and love it to death!

[@walterfechter8080]

Joe Flynn ("McHale's Navy") was the reporter at the beginning of this film.

[@thomastarwater2989]

I thought that’s who it was. Joe Flynn was best known as Captain Wallace Binghamton on MCHALE’S NAVY which ran from 1962 to 1966. He was always trying to torpedo the good Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale (played by Ernest Borgnine in one of his best roles).

[@anthonynelson9136]

Old Lead Bottom.

[@barrysmith5830]

it was driving me crazy, i couldnt remember. thanks

[@dash-qe3ul]

Also was the principal in the strongest boy in the world with Kurt Russell. And smartest kid in the world. Those old Disney flix.

[@jamestregler1584]

'' I could just scream - I could just SCREAM ''🤣

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

Great Movie! Pregnant mothers smoking, doctors making house calls an beer cans that needs an opener. Love the car chase scenes.

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

A beer given from an off-duty cop to an on-duty cop that was going to drive back to the station too!

[@HSRA-hg9gc]

Tossing cigarette butts anywhere you want!

[@will7its]

@@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage Could drink a 6 pack and be fine.

[@will7its]

@@HSRA-hg9gc Now its vape canisters......

[@joemorsman6531]

When my mom was pregnant with me, her doctor told her to drink more beer to gain weight. LOL

[@davidwildridge8080]

That police car was hauling Nash! How about an honorable mention to the refrigerator that is likely still serving up ice cold beers in some lucky guys garage.

[@rickmiller1429]

Sceens from the train yard, all the fallen flags, car built in 1934 and friction bearings. Jim Davis' last role was Jock Ewing on Dallas.

[@paulh7589]

AHA!!!! I knew I recognized him. It was driving me nuts until I read your Jock Ewing comment.

[@HSRA-hg9gc]

@@paulh7589The guy with the sledge hammer was Lon Chaney, the "Wolfman."

[@csxns]

Seaboard.

[@szilardtoth8814]

Less action, no special effects, more conversation and drama. Absolutely enjoyable.

[@jimlaguardia8185]

It’s fun to see LA 70 years ago.

[@rahkinrah1963]

The fashions, the architecture, the cars...

[@keithdukes5990]

Yes, much better then In every way!!! 🤗👍

[@freemarketjoe9869]

Best part.

[@eeddieedwards3890]

And sad to see how it has "devolved".☹

[@totallysmooth1203]

@@eeddieedwards3890 Not surprising. It's a Democrat city.

[@srp960]

These old b&w movies, eventhough they were way before I was born, I love watching them. I think young people today should watch them because they get an idea of of what America used to be in the old days and the greatness of America, even then.

[@AudioFileZ]

I am in agreement. Manners were a given. Everyone tried to dressed nice - wearing suits, dresses, and class sportswear were the norm. The pace was slower and anything you truly needed was affordable yet overbuilt and not a disappointment or waste. People were, generally, kinder and more open toward their fellowman. We've lost a lot of ethics that helped make the US the greatest country on the face of the earth. Yep, there was always a criminal element, but it was a lot less so and, mostly, not as widespread and shocking. There's a lot of visual time-capsules in these old flicks.

[@waytosacramento3843]

What do you mean by „even then“?

[@srp960]

@@waytosacramento3843 Are you saying America is not great today?...then WHY is the whole world trying to come here?

[@stevemartin6144]

Lon Chaney looks like a mean version of Shemp. I half expected George Reeves to appear as Superman to save the day.

[@vicc6744]

I have been looking for this movie for 18 years lol- thanks for posting- it's as crazy as I remember

[@walte153]

I can't believe that nobody mentioned Glen Langan's greatest role. Just three years after this he starred as "The Amazing Colossal Man." A classic 50's film.

[@USCG.Brennan]

Or Joe Flynn as the newspaper reporter who was Capt. Binghampton on McHales Navy!

[@mikeh.7499]

How young Joe looks it took me a moment.thanks😮​@@USCG.Brennan

[@ixlr8677]

ole lead.bottom.@@USCG.Brennan

[@USCG.Brennan]

@@ixlr8677 That's funny, I'd forgotten that name for him. ;-)

[@thejerseyj5479]

Wow, you're right! At the very end of the movie, when he's comforting his wife in the hospital room, the close up of him smiling made me think I've seen him in some other movie. Now I know which one.

[@outlawbadge1]

This was a very good story and great acting. Would love seeing more movies like this. Thanks for posting it 👍

[@randyacuna5643]

My birth year, Wow, seeing LA at that time, love low budget films such as this , they are more interesting to watch then the bigger budget films. Later, glenn starred as the amazing colossal man and having horror legend Lon Chaney in the cast is a plus.

[@mstonebr54]

1954 is the birth year of champions. In my opinion. 😀

[@ktloz2246]

"Highway Patrol" with Broderick Crawford is shot in LA in the same time period.

[@RoderickBagsby]

I agree 👍

[@RoderickBagsby]

​@@ktloz2246another favorite 👍

[@randyacuna5643]

@RoderickBagsby look for the film Crime Wave also 1954 shot in LA. With a young Charles Bronson who last name at the time escapes me.

[@theIzzyfurreal]

Beginning at 25:25, the police car drives by the same "Waxing, Glazing, Polishing - $10" - and "Auto painted for $47.50" signs three different times on the way to the hospital!

[@brendakrieger7000]

Lol yep😂

[@theIzzyfurreal]

@@brendakrieger7000 Did you hear the curb-feeler scraping the curb at 26.03? Remember those?

[@brendakrieger7000]

@@theIzzyfurreal Yep, I did hear. Yep totally remember those!

[@johnferguson4089]

Maybe he lost his way!

[@theIzzyfurreal]

@@johnferguson4089 A more likely reason is the movie was done on the cheap and they didn't have to leave the block for 3 separate scenes!

[@RoderickBagsby]

I love black and white movies filmed in those days in Los Angeles that why love noir and TCM 👍

[@richardjones186]

Yes, anything filmed then in LA or San Francisco are definitely must-sees.

[@rar7631]

Had to give this one a huge thumbs up….Enormous corn on the cob 🤣🤣

[@stevehartman1730]

Joe Flynn was a very underrated actor

[@freemarketjoe9869]

"Pete, this is Ned. Get to the hospital immediately. Never mind your new partner floating out there in the bay somewhere" Also, the body of Lon Chaney you left unattended in the railway yard. Couple of kids seen using it for batting practice. Be a pal, stop off on your way to see your new kid and put the stiff in your trunk, would you? Hey...and congratulations. Over and out.

[@dntlss]

ha ha ha "Lon Chaney" 😂🤣, I use the same humor you do but young people these days dont seem to get it?

[@russphilly]

..no problem, his new partner was a rookie like he was...no big deal

[@mikenixon2401]

Great cars, real landline and dial pay phones, cans that require a "church key" to open, calendars any normal 10-year-old boy would glance to see, expecting mothers that don't show, analog clocks, and a fine black and white film and story line. Man, I was fortunate to live the era growing up that I did. No wonder I now sound like those old "back in my day" guys.

[@robertclifton2211]

No cell phones, cheap cars, no traffic. Ah, the good old days!

[@hoppes9658]

…..and getting your tooth drilled with no pain killer.

[@willymueller3278]

@@hoppes9658 Well cocaine was free and cheap.

[@hoppes9658]

@@willymueller3278 Nope. 1972 you got the drill and you writhed with pain.

[@willymueller3278]

@@hoppes9658 All right, all right, I give up.

[@Jeff-uj8xi]

And no computers or internet. Telephones had rotary dials, there were pay phones in phone booths and you called an operator to get long distance. Train and bus terminals had lockers and drug stores had lunch counters.

[@tacey01]

1954. My birth year. My, oh my! How the culture (and the world) has changed!!

[@mr.p9882]

@tacey01 Had to laugh when I read your post!! Great punctuation...todays kids just write a whole paragraph like it is a single sentence!!

[@thejerseyj5479]

'56 here, and I'm shocked at how much everything has changed in my short lifetime.

[@josephbingham1255]

Thank you for saving this piece of historical film. The Wolfman and Jock Ewing in a near White America (89.3% per 1950 U.S. Census) with little traffic and copious amounts of wood being used everywhere. To include all stop and advisory signs along the roadway - STATE WIDE! The poor forests. And that what some might think was fog hanging over the city? Automobile exhaust also known as smog. Also on certain days of the week different parts of town would burn their trash in a concrete backyard incinerator. I went through Santa Barbara on their burn day. Man you couldn't breathe or see very far. It was done to save landfill space at the expense of air pollution. ugh 😝 And of course most cars would look better with whitewalls 🤗

[@Chef-James]

I see your point. You might want to wear a hat.

[@travist.7279]

Filmed 70 years ago, when L.A. cops still knew how to chase down a suspect (not just follow him around). This movie had all the aspects of a modern L.A. police chase---robbery, car-jacking, high-speed chase, shooting, and a police helicopter. Only this time, the perps didn't get away by simply ducking into a parking garage (though they came close in the railyard).

[@dash-qe3ul]

When doctors made house calls .and had to actually use a can opener for a 🍺 beer.

[@michaelhutchinson9413]

I remember the slang term for a beer can opener was a “Church Key”

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

Pabst Blue Ribbon was the beer brand in the movie and drinking while on the clock CLASSIC

[@kathleenking47]

They didn't have pull tabs until mid 60s

[@kathleenking47]

​@michaelhutchinson9413 The square side, was for bottles Pointed side for cans

[@evalinawarne1337]

I love this picture. BEST ENDING.

[@muffs55mercury61]

There weren't many freeways when this was filmed and they usually ended after leaving the metro areas. Los Angeles was one that built them early on. The crook's car is a 1953 Chrysler New Yorker convertible. Only 950 were built. Third year of the 331 Hemi V8. A few went on to have long careers such as Joe Flynn, (the McHale's Navy captain) Douglas Kennedy in many supporting roles and of course Jim Davis who appeared in many westerns and finally climaxed his career as Jock Ewing on Dallas from 1978 to 1981. He plays the part of the convict just great here with his fast dialogue. And LOVE the 1954 Nashes as police cars. I believe this can be found on DVD thru Alpha Video or one of the vendors that specializes in obscure films.

[@muffs55mercury61]

@JhonnyCash-mo2wx He certainly was !

[@TomTom9290]

41:31 Northbound 101 freeway, Vermont Ave. off ramp near Hollywood

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@TomTom9290 It looked a little familiar. When I started visiting relatives in the area in the 1960s & 70s, some things hadn't changed that much yet. Being in black and white sometimes makes it hard to tell.

[@explorepikespeak]

I was wondering what that car was (the Chrysler). Thanks!

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@explorepikespeak They sold for around $4000 in 1953 dollars which was a large chunk of change and thus the low production figures.

[@cbsctom7428]

That's Pabst Blue Ribbon in the refrigerator...still good today!

[@richardjones186]

I've noticed that a very high percentage of films from this period feature Pabst Blue Ribbon front and center.... perhaps they sponsored these pictures?

[@adammarkowitz7944]

7:43 she's expecting a baby so she's chilling out with a cigarette.

[@1962pjh]

She is barely showing and the Dr is worrying about a breech birth.

[@rickmiller1429]

Almost everybody smoked then, including doctors and expecting women didn't show.

[@garyschultz7768]

Patients in hospitals would smoke....even after the Surgeon Generals 1964 report people still SMOKED...smoking in hospitals wasn't baned until the1990's...hard to believe..

[@freemarketjoe9869]

Even the doctors smoked back then.

[@eeddieedwards3890]

@@rickmiller1429 And everybody was thinner! We are a nation of fat people in workout clothes.

[@1954crc]

At 55:37 That's a pretty good shot by hitting a man in a helicopter on one shot with a 2 to 4 inch barrel pistol. I've always loved these long distance gun battles with short barreled guns. It's actually ridiculous. Great movie.

[@USCG.Brennan]

Lon Chaney Jr was the "Wolf Man" in old horror movies and also "Chingachgook" on "Hawkeye and Last of the Mohicans" TV show (1957) Joe Flynn played Capt. Binghampton on McHales Navy during the mid '60s and then Jim Davis on "Rescue 8" and then as Jock Ewing in "Dallas" in the early '80s. Nice star lineup here..... ;-)

[@randyacuna5643]

You forgot to metion Jim Davis also was in the TV series Stories of the Century. An early Emmy winning TV show from the 1950s.

[@USCG.Brennan]

@@randyacuna5643 Yes I did.....thanks for the reminder! ;-)

[@randyacuna5643]

@@USCG.Brennan your very welcome 🙏

[@Jstme303]

Witch one is Jim Davis ? @@randyacuna5643

[@mandolndoc]

The comments are better than the movie!

[@richardnottelmann58]

I love all the vehicles In this movie great variety.

[@philiprife5556]

That rattle was the scariest thing about this movie. Imagine the nightmares that kid is going to have. lol The guy doing the research for his story was in a lot of these B movies of the time, but to me is most remembered as playing Ol' Leadbottom, the commander in the TV series McHale's Navy.

[@majorneptunejr]

He also played the dean in the Disney movies with Kurt Russell .

[@dfeltus]

I knew I recognized the voice. Thanks for posting.

[@TomTom9290]

Back in those days, people weren't afraid of clowns like they are now.

[@markp5762]

2:00 Fumbles with the Chesterfield pack two fall out one rollls on floor. 2:17 Chesterfield lit. 2:54 Chesterfield not lit. On our budget, no need for a retake.

[@internetcensure5849]

helicopter renting costs money!

[@internetcensure5849]

So what? Looks natural!

[@jimbennett3788]

No retake adds to the realism

[@ReRiderChi]

too funny

[@Jeff-uj8xi]

I saw that cigarette fall on the floor. That was funny.

[@robertrodman-hf1kk]

It's worth watching just to see the beautiful 1954 Chrysler New Yorker for instance at 37.39.

[@smokeystover5682]

Not a word from any of the movie's characters about the poor rookie cop who got shot and fell out of the 'copter into the river, and died his first day on the job.

[@internetcensure5849]

lucky shot, not possible in real life with a snub nose revolver.

[@freemarketjoe9869]

On the plus side, let's not forget a bouncing new baby girl was born, coincidentally at the very same time Pete's partner got deep 6'd the harbor. On the negative side, the entire department also forgot him, a fisherman finally snagging his body several days later off the pier. Oh, well...no use crying over spilled milk!

[@eeddieedwards3890]

That was a "cop out".

[@robertwalker5521]

​@@freemarketjoe9869 No cup was used.......breast milk

[@thomastoler2397]

I noticed that, too

[@randytracy1742]

Glenn langan ( the amazing colossal man) appears in this cops and robbers crime drama about a cop 👮 who’s off to the races pursuing payroll robbers (Jim Davis, Lon Chaney,jr.)on a mad chase that goes from cars to rowboat to motorboat to helicopter while his expectant wife (Adele jergens) enters the hospital in anticipation of a blessed event-langan does a good job as the policeman 👮‍♂️ and it’s a cool flick! 😊😊😊😊😊😊❤

[@Mercmad]

The Door detail on the Nash Cop cars is like the Door on my Mums Fridge,that she got as a wedding present in 1954 .a Kelvinator Fridge. 😁😁

[@paulbergen9114]

Real iron that kept things cold. Where I worked had one from 1948 that could hold a case and a half of bottled beer in returnables plus room for the four lunches we. Later got it back for summer. Backyard service and hung in until about 1995. Oh yes a small freezer for like six little packs of frozen veggies

[@TrustJesusToday]

Seeing the Wolfman die in the train yard was heartbreaking.

[@koyoteman58]

Yes, seeing the Wolfman die anywhere is heartbreaking.

[@freemarketjoe9869]

Yeah. It would have been much more pleasant seeing him buy it by the armored car! He was well paid to do it, you know.

[@robertwalker5521]

Was he JACK's dad?

[@polara01]

Thanks a lot for spoiling the movie Jackass I was just looking through the comments to see if it was a decent movie WTF did you ever hear the term spoiler alert ?

[@freemarketjoe9869]

That's right, none of us can say what we think about anything in the film because we don't want to spoil it for poor little ol you. How bout "watch the movie first" before reading the comments. Like, you have to be told this? Use your head for something else besides a hat rack, pal! Live dangerously. Just watch the film first...take a chance...live life on the edge. The fact you have to get nasty and crude over such a thing only makes you look silly.

[@winonamassingill7895]

I was so glad the movie 🍿 had a happy 😊 ending. I was afraid 😱 that he might get hurt.

[@freemarketjoe9869]

I was sure of it. I was happy to see they didn't either.

[@mondojoey]

this movie was a 3d movie from the 50's you would wear the red and blue glasses they provided and have the real POV experience

[@Finnador]

Now why couldn't Broderick Crawford have been that nice. It was great to see the old cars again; being born in the 1950's I recognized several of them.

[@dntlss]

Love the body roll on those cars back then,lol,even a Toyota corolla from the 80s could corner better than those cars,however no car in the 80s or now can touch how beautiful cars used to be back in the 40s 50s and 60s. I love watching these old movies and i always thought the Cord was the only car back then that had pop up headlights and then i saw a movie that had a 42 Desoto that had them too, i was shocked so i had to lock it up online, talk about a beauty.

[@markr.devereux3385]

59 coupe de Ville CADILLAC. convertible. Driving in that baby made you feel like a KING. MY uncle had one red w/ custom white & red interior.

[@majorneptunejr]

@@dntlss But Cords were in the 30's.

[@JohnShinn1960]

2:00 At the prices of today's cigarettes, the one intended for Capt. Binghamton would've never hit the floor.

[@carmelbrain7399]

Counted 3 pieces of trash on the sidewalk and no homeless encampments, what a world!

[@killerfrank8974]

😂😂😂 Indeed!

[@michaelhoffman5486]

yup way beforemaga repuns want to kill our naton by starving cities dfunding everything which resulted in tons homeless too darn bad for my nation that shuttrump was conceived actually to bad his parents existed

[@eeddieedwards3890]

The TV show LAW & ORDER is still on the air, just not on our streets.

[@lilblackduc7312]

Ain't it the truth!

[@jjgreek1]

LA is better now than it’s ever been…don’t listen to Fox

[@mikedrown2721]

Back then a sentence was started with the word SAY. Now a sentence is started with the word SO😂😂😂😂😂

[@carlyellison8498]

Well. Now. See.

[@mikedrown2721]

@@carlyellison8498 👍😂

[@jimcrawford3185]

Very astute observation Kudos

[@winonamassingill7895]

So, with a question 🙋‍♀️ mark. 😊😊😊😊Jose, can you see? 🧔🏽‍♂️🧔🏽‍♂️🧔🏽‍♂️

[@RobertSeviour1]

@@jimcrawford3185 Be astute, the world needs more stutes.

[@dave3657]

Hope you got your ‘smokes’ for this one. 😏 Love the leaving of the gun and rattle on the desk. 15:48 Nothing like leaving your front door unlocked. 🗝️🚪 Refreshing to see sidewalks not covered in tents, trash and poop. Screeching tires on dirt, at least that has remained in movies. 😂

[@MN-pu6qx]

This film is so shocking and ridiculous - in fact, it's such a shocker that it is entertaining. Interesting to see Joe Flynn playing a straight role. A very different role to his Captain Binghamton in McHale's Navy. I rate the film a 4/10.

[@allegra0]

7\10 3\5

[@dfeltus]

I knew I recognized the voice. Thanks for posting.

[@danielmoore7332]

"Was that not the Bottom Lead?" "Yes that was the Bottom Lead" "Bottom Lead, Great big schnook!"

[@IvanRodriguez-hl4pg]

This has to be the shortest roll Lon Chaney Jr. ever played. He was like an extra! I wish I knew how much they paid him. It was like a cameo role because he's probably been in more than 100 movies. He was even in a MONKEES episode! Now let's get to the 'realism' aspect of this flick. A cop nails a running target on the dock from a helicopter from about two football fields distance with a handgun. A felon shoots a cop out of a whirlybird from just as far away (wasn't he wearing a safety belt?) As Buck Barrow would say, "Yah-Hoo!!!!! I never SEEN such shootin'!"

[@Countess88]

At 48:55, after wrestling in the dirt w/ Lon,Chaney Jr, the cops are back in the car with not a trace of dirt or dust on them!

[@hieronyous]

MAYBE THIS FILM CREW COULD NOT AFFORD A CONTINUITY EDITOR.

[@Michaelbos]

Hollywood.

[@silverhammer7779]

That's continuity for you...more precisely, the lack of it.

[@wurlitzer1100]

Fun to watch! Similar to the 'Highway Patrol' series with Broderick Crawford. Why where those Nashes used as police cars so often in movies? Where they actually preferred by police departments back in the day? Ah! and that New Yorker convertible with the chrome wire wheels!

[@Jeff-uj8xi]

I think the TV studios had a deal with Nash. Back in the black & white TV era of the 1950's, Highway Patrol didn't use Nashes. But other shows such as The Adventures of Superman used Nashes all the time.

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

A lot of police departments used the Nash cars as real police with the I-6 But in the later 50s the Nash car came with a V8

[@michaelbruchas6663]

Jack Webb would not have totally approved of the script….but that chase seen!

[@fidobite3798]

Smoking while pregnant. I was born in '55, and though my mom smoked, she quit while I was developing. My dad was quite proud of her "fortitude" to stop while she carried me and my two other siblings. 😂

[@susanfaulkner2304]

My parents smoked and when I was a few months old, I was told I was very sick with congestion and almost died. Then, as I got older , I had chronic sinusitis. The doctor wasn't much help. But my parents kept on a smokin' ! Now I'm in my sixties and no health problems. Second hand smoke is just as bad as actually smoking .

[@kathleenking47]

It could cause a woman to get sick, if she tried, also, they used formula, over breast feeding

[@pattymiller9040]

Everyone did smoke back then! Weird, though, when my mom was pregnant with her 2nd child, my older sister, smoking made her sick to the point where she quit for good! And, that sister could never tolerate the ashes, the smoke, or anything about smoking. So, I think my unborn sister , in a way, saved my mom from that bad habit, and the 5 babies that followed!!

[@andyblair8075]

Love that 1950s Los Angeles smog!

[@ed9763]

What a simplistic movie. The best part was the car chase😀

[@jessewolf7649]

Well, still more interesting than the action crap Hollywood is dishing now.

[@majorneptunejr]

@@jessewolf7649 Big budget does not equal good film.

[@majorneptunejr]

Simplistic means low budget.

[@glenncalzada1707]

Hence the title of the film.

[@silverhammer7779]

@@majorneptunejr Just ask DEIsney about that...

[@estelleadamski308]

Why didn't the wife go to the husband's graduation? She could have made another DR. appointment. A baby who is breech usually ends up being delivered via C-section. Where is the IV in the mother's arm? They are giving her anesthesia? How? Back in the day when the police actually chased robbery suspects. Now robberies are not even being stopped or investigated, they are being encouraged. Hard to believe times have changed, for the worse!

[@andywinger4197]

It was a pretty bad movie. The doctor said the baby was breech and she wasn't even showing. That was bizarre. Your statement that robberies are being encouraged is even more bizarre.

[@estelleadamski308]

@@andywinger4197 Most major store chains have put out the word that if a shoplifter steals less than a thousand dollars then they won't be prosecuted. That's why store robberies are through the roof. Ppl have stolen big screen tv's and pushed them right out the door and no one stops them. Walmarts have closed in some big cities. Robbery & shoplifting is stealing.

[@andywinger4197]

@@estelleadamski308 Recheck your sources. I just googled "Walmart shoplifting" and the following popped up. If you're caught stealing less than $25 worth of merchandise, it's likely you'll be let off with a warning and potentially banned from the store you stole from. However, if you're caught stealing a high-price tag item, Walmart may choose to involve the authorities.

[@estelleadamski308]

@@andywinger4197 not just Walmart All the big stores, and they are not involving the police, b/c a lot of DA's will not prosecute. Stores are putting products behind screens and locking them up Employees are not allowed to stop the person. Have you seen where hundreds of teens go en-mass into expensive stores and take everything in sight? The big word is MAY choose. They won't choose to get the police involved and that is encouraging ppl to steal & rob.

[@internetcensure5849]

@@andywinger4197 "Walmart may choose to involve the authorities" it may, but they won't be prosecuted for less than $1000 worth of theft. "The passage of Prop 47 means that thefts involving property valued at less than $950 will no longer be prosecuted in California."

[@joseyeastwood]

They were smoking like chimneys back then 😂

[@majorneptunejr]

I remember when all the banks had those ashtrays with sand in them, next to all the teller windows.

[@muffycrosswire2757]

Thanks for posting this

[@terrylittle]

Love the line that his wife gave him at the end, "The only thing that could kept me from having another is your cooking."😆

[@nickpemberton543]

I'm confused, right at the end of the chase, the cop's been helicoptered for miles, shoots bad guy......& stumbles to cop car to radio in. What? It was just sitting there on the beach, waiting for stray police??

[@freemarketjoe9869]

Hey, you're right. Ha! That's pretty bad. Part of the charm of the film.

[@glennstenbergkvist5971]

I think he returned to his own cop car. We just didn't get to see the traverse from the beach back to his car.

[@johnstuartsmith]

The chubby escapee's cardiovascular system was in better shape than one would think from looking at him.

[@lanedexter6303]

Love the Nash police car that shows up when the chase begins 40 minutes in.

[@majorneptunejr]

You see more Nashes as police cars in these old movies than you do as civilian cars.

[@lanedexter6303]

One wonders. Fleet discounts? 🙄@@majorneptunejr

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

Nash Ambassador Police cars LOL

[@paulstark6818]

A great Police story thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@bikdav]

I’m picturing me watching this on the old 1956 Setchell Carlson TV that my parents had.

[@meetjohndoe1078]

his hair was perfect!

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Drinkin' a pina colada at Trader Vic's.

[@carlcleary548]

A great movie I think I saw this movie back in my youth years when i about 12 years old I really enjoyed watching this thanks for sharing this amazing video

[@oldbiker9739]

I only am watching this movie to look at the old cars .

[@harleylake1143]

Is it just me, or did that baby rattle look creepy

[@brendakrieger7000]

Thanks!

[@nkushner2393]

this is an awesome and entertaining film thank you for sharing

[@bjm676]

That was fun, thanks.

[@LouisSantos-vu4kr]

They must not of had WD40,in those years to lubricate the police cars door.

[@billharden7127]

🤣👍

[@porflepopnecker4376]

In those days, the precious WD40 was used to lubricate more important things.

[@JimJones-gd2jy]

Heavy drinking and smoking after the war.. Men trying to put themselves mentally back together 😢 Thank you to all that served America in WWII

[@saminaneen]

@JimJones-gd2jy, Those that so called served, in WW2, were just serving and fighting, for the Bankers, the military Industrial Complex, and the Rothchilds, get real.

[@-oiiio-3993]

04:50 - When cops drove Nashes.

[@freemarketjoe9869]

Very distinctive cars.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@freemarketjoe9869 With _Airflyte construction._

[@johnstuartsmith]

U.S. industry was just getting back to banging out cars instead of tanks and Liberty ships and steel was cheap.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@johnstuartsmithThe 1949 Nash was _"First, by far, with a postwar car"_ which referred to the first completely redesigned autos produced after WW2 as the 'Big Three" and others were merely reskinning their 1941 designs. By 1954, U.S. industries were producing vastly more than they ever had prior to WW2 and the 'Big Three" automakers were working hard to eliminate independents such as Nash, Willys, Hudson... .

[@johnstuartsmith]

@@-oiiio-3993 I rear-ended a classic restored 50's Hudson. Everything on my car ahead of the windshield got bent or crumpled, the Hudson's bumper had a scuff mark.

[@russphilly]

thank you for this post,,,best movie ever...Plot, action, cast...all of it, especially old Lead Bottom..superb acting throughout....

[@miltonhollis703]

Even Goe Fynn playing a straight role made me laugh, Joe Fynn stoled the show ❤ Mr Fynn didn't realize he would Become CAPTAIN BINGGATON" Back in 1952 No doors locked at homes...open beer cans with a beer opener...when i was 7 years old I remember Nash-Rambers being police cars...and pay phones being a DIME....NO pay phones hardly Left in 2Q24 anymore... Absolutely 💯 💯 great movie 🎬 🎬 with all theses antiques Cars....❤❤❤❤❤

[@buzzawuzza3743]

Okay, they had no money to shoot this film with but every dollar they did have shows up on the screen.

[@internetcensure5849]

helicopter renting costs money!

[@buzzawuzza3743]

@@internetcensure5849 They traded a share of the profits of the film to the copter guy.

[@majorneptunejr]

@@internetcensure5849 That was half their budget.

[@johnstuartsmith]

The budget for the prison mess hall was pretty skimpy.

[@dmk7700]

Glenn Langan was the Amazing Colossal Man.

[@quantumleap359]

I like how they always get into or out of a car from the curb side! Just makes me laugh! Pretty good old movie!

[@glenncalzada1707]

That was actually in the books. It was for safety purposes. It may still be, but nobody enforces any traffic laws anymore.

[@Jeff-uj8xi]

@@glenncalzada1707 But cars didn't have bucket seats back then. You could slide across the front seat. And yes, it's still the law to get out of a car on the curb side. At least in New Jersey it is.

[@Michaelbos]

I know.

[@eugenepiurkowski5439]

Wow, a couple hours after childbirth and she looks like a beauty model.

[@internetcensure5849]

"beauty model."🤣 Too old for that (37)!🤣

[@garyolsen3409]

maybe it's because the actress didn't have a baby. do you think?

[@robertwalker5521]

At the last moment, they decided on adoption.

[@paulbare6371]

Notice there's no graffiti on trains

[@freemarketjoe9869]

It's not graffiti...it's cultural expressionism. Unless you do it. Then it's cultural appropriation and/or vandalism.

[@eeddieedwards3890]

Once upon a time there was "American Graffiti" and Spanish and then.....

[@karenhill3970]

Oh..it was Great!!

[@mickeybitsko1676]

The San Fernando valley. Tuesday 3pm . It was hot. 98 degrees. Very humid. Adele jergens must be in the area

[@sandaglad]

Some good chase scenes. Can't help but notice how horribly smoggy LA was then - all those fume-belching gas guzzlers.

[@russphilly]

Watching again!....excellent!

[@thejerseyj5479]

You can't go wrong with a Lippert movie.

[@KonchokSomo]

Really enjoyable flick. 👍🤩

[@juliewoods6534]

Skinnist pregnant woman I ever saw.

[@internetcensure5849]

😂

[@JanetElson]

He could predict a breech birth even then lol

[@robertwalker5521]

Olive Oyl was just connected tinker toy sticks.

[@albertramos7937]

Pregnant women on the screen was not acceptable in those days.

[@foreigncorrespondent5140]

People used to use a .38 for a paperweight. Now everything is digital

[@arieswaters]

This movie is awesome

[@chadhaire1711]

awesome garbage

[@JackF99]

18:13 Breathtaking depiction of prison violence. Well done.

[@edwardprice140]

The big chase starts at 38:00

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

This was a really sweet movie and thank you for sharing it with us! It's still amazing to me, even though I was born in 1948, that women smoked when they were pregnant. No common sense whatsoever. Except for my grandmother, born in 1900, when she saw my mother smoking while pregnant with my older brother, she had a few things to say that stopped my mom from smoking for good right then and there.😊

[@greggmitchell4173]

At the time nobody knew that smoking was bad for you.

[@e-curb]

@@greggmitchell4173 Her grandmother knew!

[@MrTruckerf]

They knew it. They smoked because they wanted to. My folks didn't smoke, but they had ashtrays in every room for their friends who visited.@@greggmitchell4173

[@donaldjones3580]

The helicopter I believe is a Bell 47 variant, never seen one on wheels. My first car was a 1963 Nash Rambler, at least the bathtub design was gone by then.

[@daryllect6659]

35:52 - Wow! A 331 hemi rag on wires. Very cool!

[@gieb6428]

I was thinking the same thing. I like the way it rolled over those RR tracks, smooth

[@daryllect6659]

@@gieb6428 And the cornering... well ... let's just say it leaves a lot to be desired, but what an absolutely cool car! I bet that puppy weighs almost 3 tons. I had a '53 Olds 98 convertible with power everything and it weighed a little over 4500. I know that for a fact because I weighed it. If memory serves me, it weighed 4545. I bought it to, of all things, drag race. At the time, it ran N/Stock in NHRA. There's a LOT more to that story if you wanna hear it.

[@glorialotz3333]

If I were a 1954 cop I'd be embarrassed to drive one of those bathtub Nash cars.

[@walterteske598]

The way it used to be!

[@eddiem.5811]

When they first pull up at Parkside Hospital, in the background you can see the St Moritz Hotel. Judy Garland stayed there when she first visited Hollywood.

[@hayward434]

Nice old movie.

[@zigzagwanderer9531]

I enjoyed this rainy Saturday flim except for one annoying detail near the heart pounding conclusion..... no fluffy dude has ever sprinted that far in real life. The cop didn't exactly have to be a sharpshooter to nail that target. Has flinging your empty rod at the coppers ever worked?