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Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Michèle Morgan
- Lorna Roman
- (as Michele Morgan)
Nina Koshetz
- Madame Chin
- (as Nina Koschetz)
Florence Auer
- Miss Connors
- (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
- Customer Patron
- (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
- Havana Cafe Customer
- (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
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- Trivia"The Hedda Hopper Show - This Is Hollywood" broadcast a 30-minute radio adaptation of the movie on 11/9/46 with Robert Cummings and Michèle Morgan reprising their film roles.
- GoofsThe car speeds towards the oncoming train at 110 mph. The car's brakes are slammed on when it's about 30 feet from the track and then it skids to a stop within one or two car lengths. Defies physical law.
- Quotes
Eddie Roman: [after getting his lost wallet returned] How do you like that for an honest guy!
Gino: I don't... Silly, law-abiding jerk.
- Crazy creditsSteve Cochran (courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn)
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "SABBIE MOBILI (1950) + THE CHASE (Incatenata, 1946)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsEdited into Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007)
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Totally bizarre and absolutely unmissable
As a director Arthur Ripley only made six feature films but nothing in that short career quite prepares you for the gem that was "The Chase", which he made in 1946 and which Philip Yordan adapted from a Cornell Woolrich story. It's certainly bizarre, as down-on-his-luck Robert Cummings, (why Robert Cummings I keep asking myself), finds a wallet belonging to gangster Steve Cochran who, when he returns it, hires him as a chauffeur and that's when his troubles really begin, particularly when Cochran's frightened wife, Michele Morgan, asks him to help her get away from her husband.
Everything about this film is surprising and I just don't mean the plot. Cochran's a thug but he lives in a kitsch mansion filled with marble statues and he likes to listen to classical music while Cumming's a veteran who is also a dab hand on the piano. Perhaps the biggest surprise is just how good both these actors are. Being a gangster Cochran naturally has to have a henchman and as always Peter Lorre is superb in the part. About midway through you might start to get an idea in which direction this very strange movie is going and you may even be right...but on the other hand. Needless to say, "The Chase" has all but disappeared but if any film deserves cult status this is it. Unmissable.
Everything about this film is surprising and I just don't mean the plot. Cochran's a thug but he lives in a kitsch mansion filled with marble statues and he likes to listen to classical music while Cumming's a veteran who is also a dab hand on the piano. Perhaps the biggest surprise is just how good both these actors are. Being a gangster Cochran naturally has to have a henchman and as always Peter Lorre is superb in the part. About midway through you might start to get an idea in which direction this very strange movie is going and you may even be right...but on the other hand. Needless to say, "The Chase" has all but disappeared but if any film deserves cult status this is it. Unmissable.
- MOscarbradley
- Aug 28, 2017
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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