Top 10 Forgotten Car Chase Movies
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- MFP is proud to present the first entry into its Top 10 list based on its own opinion of film and television related vehicle subjects. This episode delves into movie car chases that may have either been overlooked or not as praised as they once were and are now presented here to helps its viewers in rediscovering some of these forgotten gems. Enjoy
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One movie that doesn't get much air time is ''The Driver'' from 1978 by director Walter Hill and starring Ryan O'Neill as the get away driver in a bank heist and Bruce Dern as the bent cop. The movie features a ton of incredible driving stunts but may not technically be called a road movie and takes place inside the Los Angeles city limits. Still one of my all time favorites.
Honestly it was a boredom and letdown for me
The original Gone in 60 seconds was a lot of fun, much better than ratings suggest
Yeah. I saw it, not bad.
@@IMarsh72
The Firebird rolling into the crevasse and the roof getting hooked by something...
The stance of that truck long view when they lined up to play chicken...wow...
I loved how it's car chases had a sense of cat and mouse to them. They weren't all speed, there was some quite sit and wait involved too that few other movies have even attempted.
These old movies are so much better than the Fast and Furious movies . More realistic , better cars , better directed .
Vanishing point is the sole reason I currently drive a 19 white Challenger Hellcat! Long live Kowalski!
Too cool .dirty marry crazy larry ...
Bullet. Steve maqueen . Ahhh ahhhh .L.o.l
Lol... That was a great movie !! The only problem with it now days, is it isn't "politically correct", and the star of the film "uses drugs", and "treats women as objects". So, in todays world, he's a major loser.... 🙄🙄🙄
People my age, who actually remember those days, see it very differently than young people do now.
As for the Challenger in the film, they really put it threw the mill! They did some great stunts and driving in that film. Like many of these films, for many people, the car itself is the real 'hero' and why they watch it.
They made the car great in that film! And thats coming from someone who's never been a fam of the Challenger. They look okay, and perform well enough, I just never liked the way they drove. They were extremely similar in "feel", to all of the other Chrysler products at the time. The best thing Chrysler dis back in those days, was when they added the torsion bar suspension on some of their vehicles. Anything that had torsion bar front end, IMO, drove and handled beautifully. Thats probably why my favorite models of that time, were the big, full size sedans. Fury III etc.. And the ultimate IMO, the 1970 Sport Fury III GT...
Same here, 2016 SRT392
YES!!!!!!!!!!!
These aren't forgotten, you're just not old enough to remember them.
I am old enough to remember all of them. Lol...
Excellent comment... And 100% correct. As an "old fart" myself,
another comment I hear all the time is "No one does ____________ anymore"... (Enter your old, favorite, youthful activity on the line) ie.. Race cars down main street etc..
I always respond to these people that YES, it IS still happening all the time, like we did it. It's just a different crowd that's doing it now!! 😉
Makes a ton of sense for those of us born after the height of these films, like me!
Yupppp!
He was just a baby.
Vanishing Point 1971 is one of my favorite movies. Plus the other classic's.
I like both versions of Vanishing Point
Title says forgotten chase movies
@@ChasingDifferentAdventures Me too
@@ChasingDifferentAdventures The same here the 2nd one had a much better story behind it.
@@cindysue5474 Nice to know there are true car girls out there. I had left the car show cars & coffee seen 7 years ago and stopped racing, because no girls were around or available 👦🏻👍🏻
The Blues Brothers had many great car chase scenes with it's 1974 Monaco ex-police car with a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks and its a model before catalytic convertor so it will run good on regular gas.
Fix the cigarette lighter
"It's a 106 miles to Chicago. We have a full tank of gas, a 1/2 a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses"
Hit it!
When I joined the Navy in late 1980, I drove up from Florida to Chicago. I passed a lot of places I'd seen in the movie. Pretty cool!
You forgot cop brakes
Another fun movie to consider is Thunder Road 1958. Bootlegger being chased by the law. Plus the bonus of hearing star Robert Mitchum sing the theme song.
Absolutely! Though some of the scenes are rather hokey, Mitchum portrays "Whiskey Man" drivers as more organized...the scene with checklist...love his line "You may me able to do all you say you can...But first you got to catch me, if you can"...
Excellent movie! 😎👍
Thanks to my grandpa (R.I.P) I watched White Lightning as a kid and it has a lasting effect on me to this day. Just ordered the newly released DVD version a month ago, great to see it in this collection. This awesome movie defined the type of women I adore and fueled my love for roaring engines.
Gumball Rally: where a real 427 Shelby Cobra goes at it, hammer and tongs, with a real 365 Ferrari Daytona Spyder in the oft-filmed California river.
Yes. Great movie. That is going on a Top 10 Race Car list.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions IMO The greatest Cannonball-type movie ever made. Plus you get Gary Busey and Raul Julia.(Rips the rear view mirror off the Ferrari and chucks it) "Whatsa' behind me issa' not important!"
@@devonmask5192 Yeah, its great. Saw it once random when I moved to Europe. So much fun. It will pop up in future videos.
Oh yeah - can't wait for Gumball Rally 2 - unless any future movie maker screwes it up -
Dan Gurney Won the First east to west coast Rally in a Ferrari Daytona. Would Cruise 160 mph All Day. Only got one ticket in Indio, Ca. Signed it while gassing up!
Dirty Mary, crazy larry,#1,allways !
Greatest ending ever !
Yeah susan george and that charger made that movie
"The Driver" is my favorite. First time I saw it was n Saturday tv here in Los Angeles. The best scene was filmed at night with a Ford Galaxie 500 that out runs several LAPD patrol cars.
It's not really a forgotten car chase movie though.
When it was first released it flopped, but it became more popular over time.
I love that movie. Just like a good wine it needed to age a bit...
What gets out run or beat in a movie means nothing, it's in the script remember.
I saw The Driver in the theater back in the day and loved it. At the time I wasn't sure how I felt about Ryan O'Neal as the lead, but eventually it was the car chases that mattered. Out of all of the films mentioned, I think White Lightning and Two Lane Blacktop are my favorites.
*Mother, Jugs, and Speed* also had some great car (and ambulance) chases!
God I forgotten that one ❤
One of the best car chases I've ever seen in a film is in 'Ronin'. Real 90mph action through Paris!
not a bad one in The French Connection also.
All you need now is a big bag of meth....
@@deplorablecovfefe9489 no its not America and no you lot aren't the epicenter of the universe as you'd like to self delude yourselves into thinking
@@jimmyboynottknown7713 Your wrong, we ARE the center of the universe. You are a backwater remnant that hasnt relevant since the 19th century.
@@deplorablecovfefe9489 and right there is the indoctrinated self delusion
Running on Empty is an awesome movie. Totally underrated and deserves a much bigger following... that's my Australian side speaking.
Cheers. Feel free to check out my top 10 Aussie car chase movies video on my channel as well plus several others.
Metal Skin is one of my favourite Australian
I remember renting it on Beta! watched it three times that night, great movie
Wow that brought back some memories! Dirty Mary & Crazy Larry was one of our favorites, I believe the ‘72 & ‘73 Dodge Polaras used in the film were all former CHP units, as their black & white paint pattern was consistent with the CHP back then. They were 440 cars & ran fairly well despite being lower compression then the older ones, then the shot of the 390 that was supposed to be in the ‘67-‘68 Mustang At 4:55 actually had a factory a/c unit as well. Something that wasn’t very common on them back then. Good Day Everyone!
The Seven Up's. 1973 with Roy Scheider. A great film and excellent car chase through NYC.
I was thinking this while watching.
Oh yea!!!!!! The Seven Up's is usually forgotten about for some reason.
A lot of it was filmed close up cars side by side. I liked those far away shots on "The Driver" you can find it here on CZcams.
@@briang.7206 Oh yea, very cool.
@@THROTTLEPOWER Check out the clip that's in HD here on CZcams The Driver.
Another forgotten gem, jim caviezel's "Highwaymen' [2004]. Had a nice 68 Barracuda vs Cadillac
You are probably too young to know about it, but in the late 1950's or early 1960's, there was a movie called Thunder Road starring Robert Mitchum. I learned how to navigate turns at high speeds from that movie. "in slow, and out fast" still a basic skill of stock car driving today. I later lived for a while just off the road in The Great Smokey Mountains where the move was filmed.
I know of Thunder Road. I have mentioned it before in other videos of mine. It may pop up again in future ones.
Merc in the Movie Cobra, incidentally, Stallone's Merc was stolen off his driveway shortly after the Cobra movie was released, 18 years later his car was going up for auction, and he found out about it. He told the auction to return the stolen Merc. otherwise he would sue them. The reason would sue them was They used his Movie to highlight the car, and used his name to say it was his personal hero car. He got the car back
woah!! that was some hot fact!
Another great piece of Stallone trivia!!
" It's A Mad Mad Mad World" it's got car, planes and bicycle chase scenes.
A pretty funny movie too.
Also, as a side note. I saw this movie when I was a child in the theater with my grandmother. It's the first time I'd ever seen any narrative that would suggest that any policeman would consider grabbing the money for himself and not to solve the crime, or return the money... It was one of the first revelations that the world isn't perfect. It so impacted me that I had nightmares about policemen taking my stuff and no one to stop them. Watching this movie as an adult is pure fun, with great slapstick, and an all star cast of comedy greats.
@@therealstubot one of the best movies ever made, with a bonus of all the stars(some stars then or future stars). the story line reflects the nature of the human behaviors that will be with us forever!!!
Also: Duel and Ronin! Duel had the unknown Tractor-trailer operator chasing Dennis Weaver's frightened character throughout the movie!
Cannonball with David Carridine. I love those 70-73 TRANS-AM.
The best car chase scene of all time was in "The French Connection", even thought it wasn't a car chase, but actually Gene Hackman was chasing the "L" train from the street below.
That was a good movie.
Fun fact: Director William Friedkin was aghast that he'd ever planned and executed that chase, afterward. "It was a literal miracle that nobody got killed, and frankly I probably should have been put in prison for it."
@@tomwaldo9556 I agree. I saw that when it came out at a movie theater, and we were on the edge of our seat for the whole movie. To an old farm kid, that was quite the thriller!!! Gene Hackman was awesome!
@@CinemaDemocratica fun fact: at the end of the chase when Hackman's car crashes into the other car, that was unscripted. It was just some random guy on his way to work that morning who didn't know the road was closed off for the shoot. No one was injured too badly.
@@nl3064 I didn't know that part!
too live and die in L.A. i think is a fabulous chase scene
Gotta love the ol quadrajet roar when the secondaries open.
I was just about to say To live and die in L.A that was one of the best movies to come out of the 80s. I love it because it's before all this cell phone tech they showed u the world was still operating great without it
The money printing scene is the highlight
yep. can't understand why it's not included in these compilations. it was patterned after Bullitt, the best of the best.
I agree that To Live and Die in L.A. has a great chase scene, it's like The French Connection or Ronin, in that it should, and is, on many 'best car chase scene' lists, but they're crime films, not really 'car chase movies' as the title of this video reads.
Back in the day Thunder Road was pretty good chase movie and Robert Michim also sang the theme song for the movie.
Love that movie, opening credits is the first time I saw a car roll, land on it's wheels and take off again, lol I was just a kid back then.
The "Mechanic" in "Two Lane Blacktop" which most people know is Dennis Wilson of the "Beach Boy's".
Dennis bought Sam Cooke's Ferrari from his estate after he died.
Dennis also had the Manson Family living at his house before the Tate/Labianca murders and couldn't get rid of them, so he moved out and put the house up for sale which is how he finally got them out of his hair.
And one of the Beach Boys songs was actually written by Charles Manson although they changed a few of the lyrics and the title of the song and never gave credit to Manson he did actually write it.
They say his connection to the Manson Family is something he never got over after the murders and is the primary reason he went downhill throughout the 70's and was dead by '83.
@@dukecraig2402 Beach boys suck
Yeah huge 2 lane blacktop. Wow i really was that young. CENTURIES. In the last starfighter .300.m.p.h. thru the radar trap morph seq . L.O.L blastoff. L.O.L. . Its movies dont do it i lost . Once sure i better thAN all of them they cant dr. It aint worth it . In my sixties. I was wrong .was it fun the TRUTH... sure. L.o.l.
@@dukecraig2402 Who cares, talkn' car chase movies here
I saw the original "Bullit" in a theater and when that Mustang is flying over those hills, my stomach was in my throat just like if I was in the car. I had no idea it would do that, I hought you had to actually be in it to experience that feeling. just like in a roller coaster.
I have always enjoyed the opening scene from "The Hidden". The chase song "On Your Feet" by Shok Paris adds to the intensity.
The helicopter work done in Dirty Mary Crazy Larry was absolutely NUTS
As a kid my buddies and I worshipped that movie.
@@theodoreolson8529 and what made it even cooler was that it usually came on TV after midnight on some random independent channel! So good!
YEP. .
@@dannyzuehlsdorf3697 yeah and i had to pay to watch it again recently lol
@@theodoreolson8529 Same here. We would get all excited when it came on TV about once a year. When I was a kid my mom took me to her hairstylist to get my hair cut and I would always tell the girl cutting my hair to cut it like Peter Fonda in Dirty Mary Crazy Larry!!! I don't think she ever saw the movie. I was like 7 or 8 yrs old at the time hahaha!!
For me it's "Chain Reaction" (1981),staring Steve Bisely and filmed in Glen Davis (southern end of the Blue Mountains).
That will make an appearance in the Australian Top 10 list.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions Great to hear.
White lightning is one of the free movies you can watch on CZcams I just watched it with my old man this afternoon he hasn’t seen this movie since it aired on tv when he was a kid
Awesome movie
That car was bad ass!
I just saw that too last week.
Shaker Run is well worth finding and watching for great driving/chase scenes
I worked on the UK DVD release for Running On Empty, I had to come up with chapter point times and titles. Great film! Very much like Mad Max in a way but without the apocalyptic backstory.
Thanks! Some great American stuff in there but the best, the classiest, the most outrageous is Claude Lelouche. What a top bloke :)
Okay, not a car chase movie, but one of my favorite movie chases is the car chasing the pickup truck in Charles Bronson's "Mr. Majestyk."
Great add for Ford trucks. Continuity sucks though. One shot the front corner is crushed, the next it's fixed, but it was the 70s, so who cares
@@peterrobinson7803 Right!
A movie that has achieved cult status in New Zealand, but is largely unknown elsewhere is “Goodbye Pork Pie” 1981, by Geoff Murphy (The Quiet Earth, Young Guns 2), which involves a yellow mini being pursued from one end of the country to the other. A restored director’s cut version was released in 2013 and Murphy’s son did an ill-advised remake in 2018, despite warnings from his father.
Murphy Snr also helmed another NZ set movie featuring a cross country chase entitled Never Say Die (1988), which also has its moments.
I really liked the movie The Driver. I even bought a Chevy short bed in 1978 with 350, manual, and posi. Wish I still had it.
Driver is good. It may need to go on another list. Just missed out on this list.
That is my all time favorite chase scene with the Chevy stepside truck, and the T/A. Great call!!
The driver was a great car movie
@@MFPMapFilmProductions , one can argue that the completely unrelated Driver video game series had that movie as an inspiration for its existence.
Two Lane Blacktop! I remember that movie! I had a copy of Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry, but don't know where it got to!!! Loved the car chase!!!
I actually have Two Lane Blacktop on VHS in one of those plastic cases. I think its limited edition.
2LBT is a masterpiece of American existentialist cinema! Excellent!
Not sure if it's technically a car chase movie, but The Car had some chases in it. Loved that mutant Devil car, especially when it crashed through the house, lol. And that horn is music to my ears. Anyway, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry shocked me at the end when I first seen it.
Then you should check out my 10 horror vehicle list on my channel.
Two Lane Blacktop !!!! Love it
I've seen most of these. Car chase movies are definitely in my top 3
A movie from the 1970s called "the 7ups". Some really good car scenes.
What about Spielbeg's "Duel" (1971)? Almost the whole movie is Dennis Weaver being chased in his car by a psycho truck driver.
NOT so unknown after scenes from it were used in an episode of "The Incredible Hulk" TV series (supposedly, Spielberg was NOT happy about that).
LOL this is about "forgotten" movies.
@@NWTMasterWolf hahahah..I was NOT the one who brought it up.
READ THE VIDEO TITLE : "FORGOTTEN" !
@@DNulrammah well just cuz your first dosnt mean he copied you i was gonna say also sheesh its really obvious
I still remember watching Dirty Mary Crazy Larry on the Million Dollar Movie night as a wee pup. The ending blew my young little mind back then, still does to this day...
You can find on the channel a recent video on the breakdown of dirty Mary crazy Larry discussing all the behind the scenes details. Enjoy.
One of my favorite chase scenes was in the seven-ups.
I agree. And contrary to popular belief, (in my opinion) Bullett did NOT have the best chase scene.
@@chaosdemonwolf1 Ironically legendary stunt driver Bill Hickman drove the Charger in Bullitt and the 1973 Pontiac Grand Ville in The Seven Ups.
@@barnabyjones6995 I know.
All great car movies that I've seen many times. Thank you for bringing back some great memories and enlightening those who haven't had the pleasure of seeing them
Thank you. It makes my work worthwhile to know its doing what you mentioned.
That last one was the original "When she says she's home alone" meme! 😂
Ha ha, yep. She sent out the vibe and message and my man took the call. Lol
I liked the Blues Brothers chase through the shopping mall.
Hahaha loved that movie
Oh yea!!!!!!
@@donseaton3180 : One of my favorite movies of all time! :-D
How could you leave out Hooper?! It's from 1978 and is awesome with Burt Reynolds.
Cause its not a car chase movie. That has got a great car stunt and will go on another list. But this was about movies that chases were a major part of the run time or story.
Burt had some great Southern Moonshiner Outrunning the Cops movies...
@@DIOSpeedDemon Hell yeah! But those are far from forgotten...
@@DIOSpeedDemon -White lighting
THANK YOU for taking me back!. Don't forget Bullet.
B U L L I T T
I saw Bullitt twice on the big screen, the first time for the film and chase; the second time to watch the audience duck and weave in unison during the street chase.
“ Strange Shadows in a Dark Room “ I think is the name of movie with Stewart Whitman as detective seeking information on death of his sister. He chases down suspects one of which gets into a Mustang and leads into a chase similar to Bullitt chase with some outrageous over-the-hill jumps getting tremendous ‘ air ‘.
I didn't forget them as i watch them frequently
I'm 56, and I know I have seen every single one of these. But you are right, I forgot about most of them.
Cheers man. Glad I could rekindle your memories.
What a refreshing change: to have technically accurate writing -- so many videos about cars/car movies are wildly inaccurate. Congrats! (I guess Vanishing Point wasn't 'forgotten...')
Thank you fro your comment. Vanishing Point is a film that is very well known in terms of the name being mentioned a lot when movie cars are talked about. Next year being its 50th anniversary, I plan on doing a documentary about how it is perhaps the greatest and most important CAR movie (Not car chase movie) but how the car in Vanishing Point represents more and is a very important character in that film and its underline message. I am writing the script for that one now and will make it perhaps a long video. So if you haven't, go check out my other videos and feel free to subscribe. Cheers.
I think one collector has all the cars from the remake.
The brown Ford Burt drove had a standard transmission. I heard it was a very rare option in the big four doors at the time.
IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC CAR WITH A FLOOR SHIFTER AND A COLUM SHIFTER WATCH HIS LEAVING HIS MOMS HOUSE RIPPING THE COLUM SHIFTER INTO GEAR,NO FLOOR SCENES EVER
Had a neighbor that bought a big LTD with 3 on the tree.
Fantastic collection. The camera car from "2 Lane Blacktop" was for sale in the past few years. It was a duplicate of the "A" car, but there were tell-tale hollow bars welding underneath from which cameras were mounted.
When Nissan brought the Z back as a 300Z, they did a movie similar to the last one in this montage, called The Run. Their run was early morning, 1 take, they had permission and the law cleared the road of pedestrians and stray cars and it even ended similarly. They did their run in Prague, IIRC. You might ask someone from their marketing department about it, it was AWESOME!
I owned two 300ZXs and I have that video on DVD somewhere. If I find it, I'll post a response here. :-)
300Z? You mean 350Z
@@kaitospence18 You must be correct. The packaging nor the material inside call the car anything but a Nissan Z. It does say it's a "Track Model, 287-hp 3.5-liter DOHC 24-valve V6 engine, close ratio 6-speed manual transmission" and a good deal more. 5.7 miles. 6 Minutes, 10 Seconds. All on surface streets in Prague. Seriously cool video.
Running on Empty while forgotten in the States has cult status here in Australia there would hardly be a rev head here that doesn't know of it's existence
This is not an exclusive to Australia list. This is more of an international list. This is about films that car enthusiasts around the world may not be fully aware of or have forgotten.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions . Yes, I realise that.
That's why my response
@@NewstartGarageOZ Okay, my bad. Cheers.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions . No worries, all good 👍
I find it interesting to find out all the terms for what you've listed as a "Rev Head" in Aussie. Is a "Gear Head" In Canada and the USA and a "Petrol Head" in the UK etc.
A great list of car chase movies. Some I never saw before and saw about half when they came out.
Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry will never be forgotten as long as my DVR keeps working! Nor will my sold long ago 1971 GTX air grabber EVER be forgotten.
I remember almost all of these. also "Gumball Rally" "Deathrace 2000" "Greased Lightning" "Duel"
Two lane black top with that singer and bad ass 55 big block chevy.
@@DIOSpeedDemon yeah, I actually just saw that for the first time a few months ago - it was pretty startling.
Gumball Rally (1976) - my favorite by far.
Gumball Rally and Greased Lightning are both my go to movies when I have the urge to splurge.
DR2K was meh IMO. Could have been a touch better story honestly, and the "hand grenade" bit gave me cancer I'm sure. LOL
@@comawhite5913 but that's the BEST part!! the unintentionally funny, possibly satirically atrociously _bad_ writing! it's like the _Airplane!_ of _Smokey and the Bandit._
Always liked Fear is the Key. Great Torino and an even better Roy Budd soundtrack. Not to mention the finest high speed 'J' turn seen on film !
Can't find the whole movie just bits and pieces of it Shame😳
The original 'The Italian Job' with Michael Caine is pretty stellar.
Dirty Marry, Crazy Larry is awesome in every way. The ending though is like Vanishing Point, in that the heroes just abruptly crash and die
That came out high school 70.s. so yeah pigs is pigs . In those days u still died so kids wont try to out run the LAW. DEFUND POLICE COMING . MAN TIMES HAVE CHANGED. AND IN REAL LIFE THOSE ACTORS ALL DEAD. I THINK MORAL. . ???????
Well the message is and i old ... oh oh SPEED KILLS .HMMMM I LIKE TO DO MY FAST DRIVING alone. L.O.L CONSERVATIVES JOKES IN CANADA
Kids i remember .hmm engage the enemy and the enemy time. Old man time on my bumper . Stay alive . . Best new extras . Morph .centurie 300 miles threw the Radar dopler trap . No 300 k. Death cluster 360 spherical 👽👽👽👽👽👽sighting. .
Vanishing Point ... or did they?
@@chuckrupprecht4469 yep engage the enemy pookie and me getting a devorced a reasonable decision.Well the end no .......there so much out THERE......so much more to go ...
Mike, when I was 17 in 1975, my first car was a 1969 Charger 383 Magnum 4 speed. I paid $1,200 for it, drove if for about 2 years. It was in nice condition when I sold it for $1,000.00. Oh my, If only............
as an Australian i love the movie Running on Empty it's one of my favourites .and i love the ford falcon phase 3 GTHO car used in that film its my dream car too own....the scene where the car was set on fire and it was stunt dived into mud and water to put out the flames there were other scenes in that movie where it was wrecked those scenes upset me as i love that car so much ...
How about corvette summer staring mark hamill.
It has a nice concept car and a cool chase. But it's not so much a "car chase" movie. (Though I have to admit, Mark is doing a lot of chasing in it.) As a one off, I like it's chase. But that movie will be in future videos.
That was one of my faves growing up! I'm 45 now and it still doesn't disappoint.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions I hope the 7 ups and the french connection eventually get remembered. New subscriber thanks for a great video. A lot of great memories.
@@robertvance1873 Welcome aboard. Cheers. All those films mentioned will get a video inclusion in one form or another.
Yeah !
I actually have eat my dust on VHS and I also have the original Gone in 60 Seconds
A good friend and I sat through three afternoon showings in a row of Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry at the Garrick theatre in downtown Winnipeg in the fall of 74.
I saw a few movies there, The Empire Strikes Back, Escape From New York, Cannonball Run and Caddyshack being a few of the more memorable ones. They're doing C-19 testing there now. I saw The Last Starfighter, The Survivors, The Fox & The Hound and Popeye at The Odeon around the corner too.
I would argue that "The 7 Ups" is deserving of a place on this list! It's pretty "forgotten", and it's a great chase, better than most of these. "Ronin" is perhaps not as forgotten, since it's more recent. I did not know that the Chevy in 2 Lane Blacktop is the same as in American Graffiti! Thanks for that tidbit!
Agreed. For pure edge of your seat adrenaline rush, the car chase in the Seven Ups is hard to top.
Loved the Pontiac Ventura in the 7Ups
I knew it as soon as I saw the thumb nail Dirty Mary and carzy Larry. I love all those movies they were always on late night t.v. in the 70s.
Yeah, its great. A little on the annoying side with how irritating the main characters are as there is nothing to like about them. But a great car chase movie none the less.
@Pissed Off Irish Woman Yeah, watching this movie again for this list, Vic was the only real decent character in this film. Even the other cops were mostly assholes. Tragic to know the way he died. I felt also bad when I found out that Jennifer Jason Leigh was his daughter and her career was starting when he died.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions most online lists et al that purport to be about car chases and the like always seem to omit DMCL. its criminal. i salute you for making it your thumbnail, let alone in the list!
@@daiichidoku Thank you. I try to find the most obscure or lesser known gems and at least try and shine light on their value if they are worthy of it. Cheers.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions yw sir....and while im here, let me mention jean paul belmondo and "le marginal", "le professional" and "le casse", plus barry newman in "fear is the key" all excellent, forgotten car chases
It seems that everyone has forgotten about Joshua Tree. Excellent movie and scenery with some truly exciting cars.
Thanks for the film. I love 70's car movies and there are a couple in your film I havn't seen yet. I will go check them out!
Would welcome a episode on running on empty, something of an underrated movie.
Don't burn the snatch, Kev!
Midnight Spares another aussie classic.
@@spencerevans6950 Thanks mate, I've never seen that one, just watching it now, miss the old Aussie movies and how life was when I was a kid.
Great video MAP.
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry is the best car chase movie. The end with the helicopter is brilliant.
Don't forget the Australian film 'Freedom', featuring a 911 Turbo.
Cheers. I plan on making a top 10 Australian car chase movies list as well, along with more "Forgotten" car chase lists as there were more I wanted to add. Dirty Marry and Crazy Larry is pretty good. One of the things that put it 4th (For me) was that I was not really a fan of Mary and her antics and I though Larry was a bit of a scumbag. True that was the role they were playing. But it just loses appeal for me JUST for that reason. It was a battle between that and White Lightning for the 3 spot. White Lightning won because it was so much fun and Burt was cool in that film. 2 HAD to be Running on Empty as it needs more recognition and the number 1 was done for real and is insane to think a famous director (In their own country) said "To hell with it." Imagine if Tarantino did this in LA today? Insane.
Best car chase is really understating this movie... it is all car chase but for about ten minutes. Plus you get an extremely hot Susan George in the mix!
Another classic and obscure Aussie car film worthy of mention is Midnite Spares, made in 1983.
Great car movie with a really good chase at the end where one car jumps and lands on top of another.
@@isabelivan5406 That almost made this list. But I saw I already had Running on Empty. So I will eventually make a Top 10 Aussie Car Chase movies list and Running on Empty will be in that as well, and since so will Midnite Spares, I did not want to have two from this list be two in that list as well. Stay tuned and feel free to subscribe. Cheers.
@@isabelivan5406 Thanks, have not heard of that one, is on CZcams?
I remember Cannonball, Two Lane Blacktop, King of the Mountain and Dirty Mary Crazy Larry... I need to see the rest of them now. Nice video. :)
Thank you.
I watch eat my dust when I was a kid and still watch it to this day
Thank you for this list, amazing obscure titles!
You are welcome.
"Dirty Mary Crazy Larry! best out of the list
"Her share's comin' out of your half."
"Hey -- who says I want anything?"
"Now how can you not love anyone who's that full of shit?"
@@CinemaDemocratica "You really going to use a helicopter to try to catch them Sheriff?"......."What the hell you think I want it for, to smell the seats?"
Didn't expect most of these titles as being forgotten. I more expected ones such as Thunder in Carolina; Thunder Road; Return to Macon County and others which no longer are shown on tv.
Nothing could be better than being an actor and the only credit in a movie is having your name listed as "GTO" in the movie credits. Sign me up!
"Keep goin partner, Cause my top end is Un-limited" Dirty Mary Crazy Larry. Mopar Baby
But which Charger do you like better? Dirty Mary Crazy Larry or Blade? They're both spectacular in their own right but I would have to say Blade because the hood scoop and big ass tires just get to me! Classic muscle car looks that can't be beat!
@@eugeneelyjr3037 Ever since Bullitt, I have loved the 68 Charger.
@@Statimtek 68 and 69. But I do NOT like the 70! That wraparound front bumper just throws the whole thing off!
@@eugeneelyjr3037 I dunno. The second Gen Charger (all three years) to me is the best of all Chargers. I have no issue with the wrap around bumpers on the Chargers, Roadrunners, Sport Fury's, Super Bees etc, that was just Ma Mopar's take for the early Seventies.
@@Statimtek yes I agree that 68-70 is the absolute best body style. That car in my opinion is one of extremely few that you could paint the most godawful color and it would still look killer! And I would like to expand on the wraparound bumper... I don't like the chrome wraparound. To have that much on the front of a vehicle and just a thin strip on the back just looks goofy to me. If its painted to match the rest of the car as I've seen on some early 70s mopars then it looks good. Its just the chrome I don't like.
Another classic and obscure Aussie car film worthy of mention is Midnite Spares, made in 1983.
Great car movie with a really good chase at the end where one car jumps and lands on top of another.
That almost made this list. I decided to save it however for a Top 10 Aussie Car Chase list. And since I have to included Running on Empty on that list as well, would seem too weak to have two movies on this list, show up on that list as well. But it was included and will get more mentions in the future. As will Running on Empty. ;)
@@MFPMapFilmProductions Midnite Spares was a fun movie. I still snicker at the line Fuck Knuckle, only in Australia.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions I want a 1975 Ford Falcon Coupe from down under. Ford sent the 1970-71 Torino down there and flipped the floor pan. What Aussie designers did with it was to create a miracle with the cars body and a Cleveland. I will take a bare shell and start building.
@@cougarfarmer trust me, you would want a 1973 and before coupe. 74 oneards, the 351 went from 4v to 2v and lost some of its GT grunt.
@@MFPMapFilmProductions you want the 2v heads they make more power.
10:45 I had that poster as a kid 35 odd years ago. Totally forgot about it until now when that image sparked a memory in my mind
That was awesome thank you Sir
Gonna search & watch all these old classics !!! The ST!G would be proud.
You forgot the best ones...Vanishing Point...The Blue Brothers...Smokey and the Bandit
You're overlooking the key word in the title: Forgotten. I don't believe any of the movies you mentioned will ever fit that category.
You left out "The California Kid" with Martin Sheen.1974
There will be "Another" Forgotten Car Chases list, as I had more films I wanted to add. I will keep this in mind. Thank you.
This was technically a TV movie of the week but is a classic
Yes! Remember watching it on TV when it first aired, then decades later, couldn't remember the title. Finally found it on DVD. As much a psychological thriller as a car movie.
There are some really great movies there i had forgotten completely. Thanks.
Cheers. Glad I could bring back the memories.
Excellent video! No BS, all the main facts and brilliant choices. I also like the period magazine car adverts. I think that some of the other people who have commented don't know the difference between a car chase film and a film that features a car chase, or the meaning of "forgotten".
Cheers for that great comment. Feel free to see some of my other vids on movies and TV cars as well as a new top 10 has also just been released.
Eat my dust was awesomely hilarious!
The Man With The Golden Gun had a decent car chase scene too!
Well ... it got a little silly. But then so did the movie.
Most Bond films have a great scene....Golden Gun was good.
One of the few to feature AMC cars
Joey Chitwood nailed the barrel roll jump on the first take
This list totally omits the most iconic movie car chase of all time. Bullitt with Steve McQueen 1968 Charger vs 1968 Mustang on the streets of San Fransisco.
This list is about forgotten or lesser know car chase movies. If you are interested, on my channel in my videos, I have created a breakdown video documentary about that iconic chase scene from Bullitt. Feel free to go take a look. Cheers.
King Of The Mountain was a VHS movie my Dad brought me back from the video store(remember those ! :) ) I still watch that last chase scene constantly. The Vette is bad ass.
This is a great video! THanks:)
Thank you. Feel free to subscribe as this channel is now dedicated to movie vehicle lists like this one and others that talk about the history of specific movie vehicles and how a chase scene was made.
Only two on this list I haven't seen (or currently own).
Some of my favorite movies. Well done.
Top 3 Car Chases: 1. Bullitt (1968 Steve McQueen; 2. Vanishing Point (1971 Bary Newman; 3. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974 Peter Fonda, Susan George)...
Excellent choice. On this channel you will find two other videos you will enjoy. A breakdown on the chase from Bullitt with full detail on how the chase was done. And a 20 minute documentary on the 50th anniversary on Banishing point. Enjoy.
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Crazy Larry and Dirty Larry, remembered seeing that in the theater and at the end when they had outrun every cop in California, they missed that on little speeding Locomotive ... GREAT MOVIE.
I _HATED_ the ending, but it was indeed a great movie!
P.S. -- It was "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry".
Watches video, promptly goes on ebay to find these movies on DVD/Blu ray
All great movies!!! Although its newer, I think that "The Wraith" from the 80s is worth a mention....
I always thought of "The Blues Brothers" as a 'chase' movie. and maybe an honorable mention to the original "The Italian Job"