The Monumental Car Chase & Crash (Full Scene) | The Blues Brothers

Escaping the cops, Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) cause a pile-up of dozens of cop cars.
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Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.

[@drivjc]

"That's where they got that Picasso" cracks me up the most every time. And I will add that I'm deeply disappointed that the video did not start with Elwood's line, "It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." Joliet, "Hit it." How could you not start the video with those lines?

[@mikebasil4832]

Certainly one of the most expensive movies ever made because of all the overwhelming demolition sequences.

[@mikemancini313]

Lots of money spent on acquiring drugs as well. Lots of cocaine and heroin powder.

[@elijahvincent985]

This scene alone is why The Blues Brothers remains the most expensive Action Musical Comedy of all time.

[@RustyZipper]

And sunglasses 🕶️

[@metonAlternate]

Actually, no. The crashed cars are product placement from Chrysler. The production had severe management issues and scheduling overhead because the script was re-written at the very last minute, and parts of it was rewritten mid-production. As well as Belushi and other stars having mishaps like minor injuries or like James Brown; who was driving the hero car in a convoy, which wasn't registered nor did he have a valid license at the time, for some reason and getting lost over 150 miles away from where the rest of the production team was and getting arrested for it, etc. Also, Belushi had a substance abuse problem and went on benders and disappeared from set several times to roam around while high, in one instance he went to some nearby neighborhood, woke up the resident of a house, got in, asked for a sandwich, proceeded to stuff as much of their fridge between a wedge of bread as possible and then passed out on their couch. The production team was looking for him for hours, until Aykroyd realized he must be in the only house with lights on at a distance. For reference, they crashed one car more than on this one to make Blues Brothers 2000 and that was a relatively small budget production. Another factor, not so much the destruction of cars and props, but the filming location of them being crashed and smashed being downtown Chicago where they actually drove at over 125mph / 200kph and the whole city had to be shutdown for many shots to be safely captured. This cost a lot of money, versus doing it on a Hollywood sound stage or the like, controlled environment.

[@mikebasil4832]

@@metonAlternate Thank you for all this info.

[@dudemetoo2053]

They don't make movies like this anymore. I loved this movie.

[@robertbanks9825]

WERE ON A MISSION FROM GODD LAUGHING FROM START TO FINISH ONE OF BEST FILMS EVER MADE 😂

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

@robertbanks9825 I agree, these film may be ridiculous, but their fun to watch.

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

We're in a truck!

[@robertwener4561]

Wutz a Godd?

[@davidstarsky6435]

This is one of the coolest chase scenes ever.

[@Sash77....oldmanradic]

The coolest chase scene ever

[@ianvollmermusic]

2025 whos here? Give a shout for old movies before computers. Enjoy young crowd!

[@Zoltan-sb2hh]

✌️❤

[@theskig]

I still remember when I was a kid, my dad bought the first VCR (wired remote, VHS upper loading) and then one evening told me "Here's a movie you have to see". The rest is history.

[@DavidCarper-h1u]

We had a jvc vcr

[@PieroIvanMontemaggioreschreibe]

And let please ask . Have you seen it whit your kitty ? Just saying the katto on your photo profile looks like very attentive to watch .

[@theskig]

@@PieroIvanMontemaggioreschreibe Not with that one, I think :) His name was Nego.

[@PieroIvanMontemaggioreschreibe]

@@theskig in so sorry if he’s not anymore whit you. Excuse me please . Have a great day.

[@theskig]

@@PieroIvanMontemaggioreschreibe Don't worry, he had a beautiful life full of love and freedom, and it's the best a cat can have ;)

[@Oldskul-iz4om]

I'm a 58yr old Black Man!! To this day, whenever I screw up,or make a mistake, I say... "DON'T YOU SAY A FUCKIN' WORD!" Unsurprisingly, no one gets the joke!!!!

[@georgehenderson7783]

Obviously a lot more people need to see this movie! 😂

[@seanbrittain2625]

That’s ashamed this should be required reading for every person in America

[@seanbrittain2625]

“ they broke my watch’

[@sturmovik1274]

Few years ago I was listening to local talk radio. Some listener called in and, in the course of normal conversation, referenced the "106 miles to Chicago" line. Not only did none of the hosts (some of whom were old enough to be from the right era) not know the line, when they looked it up on-air THEY GOT IT WRONG! They attributed it to some completely forgotten 90s comedy that must have used it as a tribute. First time I was every seriously tempted to call in to talk radio.

[@phillipmarlowe0525]

What does your race have to do with it?

[@Elliottblancher]

That one guy yelling "Hey, they Broke My Watch" 🤣🤣🤣

[@CreightonRabs]

That seemed to be a running joke after every chase scene in this film.

[@a.j.lafontaine9541]

Forgive me, But I don't get the joke.

[@CreightonRabs]

@@a.j.lafontaine9541 There's one officer who always complains about breaking his watch after several chase scenes in the movie.

[@a.j.lafontaine9541]

@@CreightonRabs Thanks

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

Man, that bit where he says "I've always loved you!" Is so funny 😁

[@eatmyshorts3147]

Lol! Peter Gibson is like...oh hot dog. Ty for making my last moments on earth socially awkward

[@Youngstown529]

Did the Nazis survive?

[@simongee8928]

It wasn't until I watched this film second time that I realised and appreciated the quality of the cast - ! 😅 A definite once only masterpiece - !

[@briancooper4959]

Dispatcher: "Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers, has been approved."

[@elizabethmckenna5397]

This movie is a modern day classic. The chase scenes are epic! God I miss John Belushi and John Candy.

[@marcpeterson1092]

But the music really makes it. Don't forget Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles.

[@furioussherman7265]

Not exactly modern day. It's 45 years old.

[@evlkenevl2721]

"Well, this is definitely Lower Wacker Drive." I tend to quote this whenever I've gotten lost and found the right road again.

[@woodsplitter3274]

Notice he turns his lights on for safety.

[@fierybirb3207]

This movie is the best. Great music and an exorbitant amount of needless destruction and comedy.

[@xaenon]

... and JAKE AND ELWOOD.

[@ronaldjohnson2121]

That dodge was tough 😂😂😂

[@michaelblair5566]

A 1974 Dodge Monaco I think.

[@JohnBristol97]

@@michaelblair5566 yup!

[@Lee_everettTWD]

How many car crashes in this entire clip ? the answer is YES

[@TheTallMan50]

104 cars destroyed

[@Pablo-t8c]

a lot of cars were crash/destroy in one scene

[@stevencasteel6799]

The music really makes this scene.

[@ThinLynottFan]

I’m flying to Chicago today. Perfect clip to get me in the mood!

[@daniellucas1494]

Be sure to hit the Billygoat - on lower Wacker Drive!

[@christophersanders3252]

Watch out for Illinois Nazis. I hate Illinois Nazis.

[@roninakamai6325]

Blues Brothers,, at (100) and Blues Brothers 2000 at (102) still holds the world records for the most cop cars wrecked in a single movie

[@m-71tx26]

Some of the last of the Chrysler C-Platform(a.k.a. Mopar C-Body)full-size sedans sacrificed their lives during the making of this film.

[@ONEFATE9]

Hi. This is...uh.. what car is this? Car 5.5 . Yeah, this is car 55! We're in a truck! Heh heh!

[@willbride45]

1976 Dodge Monaco

[@ONEFATE9]

@willbride45 74 Dodge Monaco, actually.

[@kadarsva8279]

one of my favorite surreal moments. John Candy's delivery is spot on. 🚔🚚

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

I love that the whole RV bit happens because of a deleted scene where you find out that Elwood used to work in a glue factory and stole a couple of cans when he left to get Jake.

[@ChargingtheRoad]

The fact they're going that FAST (true fact, look up dvd commentary) through the streets of downtown chicago still blows my mind! Theyll never make car chases lile this anymore 😢

[@williamshea4193]

The cars of today can't take this kind of abuse

[@kantarelljulletjolahopp5607]

Probably my favourite movie of all time. I can watch it over and over without ever getting tired of it

[@peterbrown3608]

The chase through the shopping mall and this one are two of the best sequences put on film.

[@tomawen5916]

The freeway ramp scene at 8:32 is the (then) unfinished 794 Highway bridge on the Lakefront of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Always makes me laugh when I get to see this in the movie!

[@UmarKhan-hs2vm]

I love it! You started it at a good scene too! 😂😂😂😂 The Good Ol Boys!

[@youresoold1216]

“What the fuck was that?! The motor, we’ve thrown a rod. Is that serious? Yup” 😂😂

[@hgauthier101]

That 440 is just screaming at 120mph!

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

Those cop motor 440's were guaranteed to achieve 140 top speed when new. But, old and worn out, it probably was struggling to make 120 mph!

[@adamtrombino106]

They ran out of room. The 440 was still pulling and shifted into 3rd at almost 100. The 2.94 rear gear was just too tall, and no one thought about it until they tried the stunt.

[@MikesAutoWorld]

​@@adamtrombino106Were a lot of the CHP Monacos used for filming equipped with the 3.23 Sure-Grip gearing? If that was the case, 120mph just may be really pushing it for top speed

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

Such underapprechiated films, so much better than many of today's films!!!!

[@kiddetroit8403]

Absolutely undoubtedly one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history

[@davidshaffer4664]

The last 15 minutes was the best

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

09:22 "That thing does not obey the laws of physics at all!" - Spiderman to Captain America about his vibranium shield - 😂

[@jeanrenaudsagswing]

Nazi's car after jump: Mysteriously subjected to negative gravity, then gravity recovered to normal.

[@woodsplitter3274]

Every time I think of the unreal stuff, I think of the literary term "magical realism". But the clearest answer is, "We're on a mission from God."

[@eddiestanley135]

"Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues brothers has been approved!!"😂

[@walterpaton8698]

@@eddiestanley135 best line ever...

[@eddiestanley135]

@walterpaton8698 Thank you so much my friend !!👍

[@simflier8298]

Epic chase seen! Elwood had the pedal to the metal under the elevated train platform. Going 115+ in downtown Chicago...dang! 😅😂

[@sergiovelazquez8756]

I really Do love some old Classic car chases from these exciting retro action comedy film's ❤❤❤❤

[@kiddetroit8403]

You can't jump this bridge with a thrown rod😂😂😂❤❤❤.. Elwood says watch me

[@tribalroselr]

We're on a mission from God.

[@RedtideFla]

BEST MOVIE, BEST SOUNDTRACK, AND BEST CAR CHASE EVER. STILL WATCH REGULARLY

[@Hellodarknessmyolefriend]

Poor twiggy being left out. Hahaha

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

To leave Twiggy like that was proof that the Blues Brothers were on a mission from God.

[@Konev]

6:12 isnt sped up, the producers had the car going full send along there.

[@Floridanotthatbad]

And for the plaza scene they couldn’t get permits for it. So they got the mob who basically owned the guys running the plaza to approve it

[@jennifersman7990]

And Dan Aykroyd was driving too

[@NS6677]

supposedly they did 2 takes of the 120mph scene.

[@adamtrombino106]

@@NS6677 Because they ran out of room. The car was still pulling flat out but the stunt driver told Dan that he should 'knock it off when the speedo reads 120 or he'll crash.'.

[@jeanrenaudsagswing]

I guess 6:31 was sped up. Going 120 mph through cyclists and pedestrians looks too dangerous to be accepted.

[@richardludwig3673]

They passed Chicago entirely and came up to Milwaukee!

[@bryanlahog7948]

A good car chase in movies has become a lost art.

[@MarcusHardyDJDirtyOne]

Indeed. Too much cg crap. 🍻

[@ross4814]

The jump from Lower Wacker, taking out just the cops lights, is the chef's kiss of the chase. What an astonishing stunt.

[@robertphillips6296]

Traffic seams pretty light. 😊

[@Fakan]

The best traffic Chicago has ever seen, haha!

[@game46312]

Probably filmed on an early Sunday morning. That is the only time I experience light traffic in Chicago

[@DaDa-David]

Watched this every year since I was 8yrs old - mow 52 and it still makes me laugh out loud and repeat the lines to mates.

[@billping2633]

Greatest police chase seen of all time in a movie. There is not even a second closest to it.

[@PaulMarceau]

The back-flip, don't forget the back-flip.

[@jeanrenaudsagswing]

Not only a back flip, they had to do a 180° turn too. In diving this should sound like "Backflip with corkscrew"

[@rickdagrexican7351]

0:43 That is the Canfield Road exit from I-90. When I was eight years old I watched the rehearsals for this stunt from across the street. Spoke to one of the stunt drivers during a break. That guy gave me a production pin. Mom put it away. It will be discovered again one day...

[@Mohn_Jarston1]

you should give it to me

[@Mohn_Jarston1]

when it is discovered

[@binki611]

The Dodge and Plymouth full size with a 440 were the best ever made. The Plymouth Furry III was the best police car of the time

[@jasonjohnson4028]

It's got cop motor, cop brakes... cracks me up!

[@DavidCarper-h1u]

Hilarious but true..

[@BeeFunKnee]

I was threading my Oldsmobile Delta 88 425 Super Rocket through L.A. freeway 70 MPH traffic quite handily going 90+. It was just a cheap, $200, used car lot, 10 year old car when I got it, and took every paycheck in parts, but that car flew! flew! flew! just like a rocket should fly! fly! fly!

[@jrussellcase]

It was sure nice of the Chrysler Corporation to donate all these police cars. You know the studio didn't buy them. 😂

[@andyreynolds6194]

I heard they raided every single scrap yard in a tristate area to find them all. Accordingly to legend these films are the reason why it’s harder to get parts for an equivalent model than any other year

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

The poor R-body Mopar finally got its 15 minutes of fame. And what a sendoff.

[@anneominous7172]

6:19 "Cousin! It has been too long since we hang out! Let's go bowling!"

[@dianagarza9988]

I am from Chicago and to me it is ridiculous using so many real Chicago cops just to chase after two guys.

[@TheTallMan50]

This is nothing. Have you seen the Netflix documentary '137 Shots'? Over 60 officers participated in a 23-mile police chase throughout Cleveland Ohio back in 2012 just to apprehend a man and a woman who's 1979 Chevy Malibu had backfired in front of two cops.

[@dianagarza9988]

@TheTallMan50 no I have not seen it.

[@TheTallMan50]

​@dianagarza9988 After I finished watching it, I thought to myself "now that was some Blues Brothers shit!"

[@dianagarza9988]

@@TheTallMan50 Dan akyroyd is the Owner of the house of blues restaurant and bar and it plays live music in it to here in Chicago.

[@aberration3869]

I got to see this chase on the big screen with DOLBY sound. You were holding on to your seat when passing between those track supports at one hundred and twenty miles an hour.

[@Dragonblaster1]

I said, "Don't you say a f_ing word" right on cue.

[@dennisandry1632]

I watched the Daley Plaza scene from across the street on Dearborn.

[@bradshaver3168]

Welcome to Chicago

[@AdrianLeeMagill]

Back in the days when everybody was trying to outcrash the Dukes of Hazard... Great show!

[@LITTLE1994]

The best scene in the whole movie

[@jamesa6272]

One of the best movies ever created

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

Leave it to John Candy to have limited screen time in _Blues Brothers_ and STILL find a way to STEAL the WHOLE movie! 3:05 🤣

[@tsntana]

Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips!

[@angelinasuazo5705]

Oh shit! John Candy!

[@angelinasuazo5705]

Him and Louie Anderson were the best!!!

[@richardspencer4901]

The guy in the police control room is the same guy in Home Alone, in the black and white film

[@matkremzar5474]

really so cool

[@MarcusHardyDJDirtyOne]

😮😮❤❤❤

[@sctta]

That's Ralph Foody. He also played a bad cop in the Movie Code of Silence. Also played a cop in the Movie Raw Deal.

[@bgorveatt]

RIP John Candy & John Belushi! 😢 Your talent has been missed!!

[@Brett_is_Veng]

i watch that purely for the sound of the beautfil v8 at full chat , wonderful sound gives me good bumps

[@MarcusHardyDJDirtyOne]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 yes

[@andy2798100]

Absolutely brilliant. Still one of the best movies ever.

[@scottl.1568]

Simply the greatest 😎

[@jsgold2000]

"I gotta pull over!" best movie ever!

[@kiddetroit8403]

Disco passing haircuts this place has got everything😂🎉😂

[@kathykasper7868]

A best movie of all time.

[@nonameuno9394]

I never get enough of that movie!!!!! That's the sickest shit ever!!!!!

[@STP43FAN1]

5:57 Where are Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, and Bill Hickman when you need them? 😁

[@geo_ashburn]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@shuntguy]

Watch the trash on the dashboard of the car. That's Dan actually driving. Not a stuntman. They are not being towed on a trailer like on CHiPs.

[@navblue20]

Yeah he bet the stunt coordinators $500 he could do it.

[@Pablo-t8c]

my favorite movie of that year

[@cdevil9488]

What a gyp! If this had really been the FULL scene, it would have got to when they parked and got out, and the Bluesmobile fell apart.

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

I can't prove it but, that scene where the Bluesmobile falls apart after going through so much was, in context, straight out of the Srimad Bhagavatam. Where Lord Krishna and Arjuna step out of their chariot after the great war in Kurukshetra, it falls apart and bursts into flames. Lord Krisha's yogic power, alone, kept it intact despite all the supernatural weapons used against it.

[@sebaru555]

its a real classic movie 🤩🤩🤩

[@RaymondBogert]

GLAD I GOT THIS ON DVD 📀 CLASSIC DAN AYKROYD AND JOHN BELUSHI WERE GREAT TOGETHER😂😂😂

[@Hippiemanthc]

The budget was 27 million 500 hundred thousand dollars. That’s a lot of cars lol

[@speakfreeley4473]

Movie went over-budget because of the sheer amount of cars they destroyed. Mind you in it's sequel 'Blues Brothers 2000' even more cars got destroyed. It became a record for the number of cars wrecked in one movie regarding the latter.

[@alexander1485]

I like how at 6:53 you can see the camera that was filming.... inception moment.

[@patrickspencer6550]

You mean, the part where they cut to the next scene?

[@mpaulm]

6:12, yes, they were actually traveling that fast for the stunt.

[@t6h1y1]

hell yeah, thank you.

[@kiddetroit8403]

The day I get out of prison my own brother picks me up in a police car😂😂😂😂

[@angelinasuazo5705]

I wonder how much the budget for this film was, to destroy so many cop cars?!

[@STRIDER_503]

My friend saw me watching this right when the pileup scene played, he laughed and said "what's the point of this movie?" And my answer? "There's no point, and that IS the point. Get it?"

[@xaenon]

6:12 Turn it up on some GOOD speakers, close your eyes, and just LISTEN. If you're a motorhead like me, that is the sound of nirvana.

[@ChrisSpringer-d1r]

My grandfather had a black 68 Le Mans with a fuel-injected 455ci big block and 5-speed ZF. There are nearly 2 hours of VHS tapes of his car doing donuts and burnouts and 160+ mph pulls on the freeway back in the '80's. Even the police helicopters couldn't touch that Pontiac. The car's name was Nirvana. It read N1RV4N4 on the license plates. It was utter and complete ecstasy listening to that cammed beast scream through the freeways of LA and backroads of Central California.

[@dgoins6]

"They broke my watch! " 😂😂😂

[@wayannurlangga4439]

Even Dom Torreto couldn't chase the blues mobile...😂

[@SJDSt]

"Unnecessary violence has been approved" 😂😂

[@sharpshooter13ify]

6:18 nearly 120 on that road, even if it was cleared like in the movie I’d never have the nerve

[@gold3084]

At 6:16, traveling for hours but close to a full tank of gas; great fuel economy 🤣

[@alexthompson5275]

1:09. Don't you say a fuckin word

[@harrychang9376]

I watch it many times and it alway brings me laughters.

[@Fakan]

Always made me laugh as a kid seeing the Nazis drive off the overpass and suddenly they're falling from orbit like Wile E. Coyote. XD

[@jennifersman7990]

I read they filmed that sequence like 3 times because they wanted the skyline of Chicago in the shot

[@sturmovik1274]

During filming, they had to get special permission from the FAA to drop it from a helicopter. Only time in history that a Ford Pinto was granted a Certificate of Airworthiness.

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

@@sturmovik1274 It would be awesome if the FAA pulled that Airworthiness Certificate for the Ford Pinto out of its dusty filing cabinets and showed it in the FAA lobby.

[@BlindSide61]

When I was a kid, a local guy had a perfect replica of the bluesmobile and would park it at Walmart. I loved seeing it so much. He stopped showing up one day. I hope he's doing alright.

[@jamespell8091]

The good ol boys Winny sailing into the water. An example of country music. It took a dive about then then reemerged ten years later in the 90's a whole differnt comercial thing

[@theadventuresofjavier8698]

I never realized Bob was in Kelly’s Heroes….Cowboy

[@arthurpenfield8229]

RIP John Candy 😢😢

[@walnutfreak24]

He broke my watch 😂😂😂

[@setup-d8n]

Why was Elwood not a NASCAR driver?!😂

[@jeremiahmiller6431]

The best part of this scene. Most car chases in movies are shot a low speeds and edited to make it look fast. Not this one. At 6:12 you can tell that they are *booking it* for real, and then it cuts to the speedometer saying 120 mph. I don't think that was lying, either, that car was flying down the street.

[@Dennis-gf3ny]

Flying Winnebago, just without the wings.... reminds me of Spaceballs.

[@curtcollett2893]

And John Candy was in that too.