Great Chase Scenes.

Interesting thread Bill, thanks for starting it.

Duke of course in many films had memorable chase scenes,
particularly those in the Lone Star series,
and in many others afterwards

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There are a few of Duke's that I can think of, one in particular. Very unusual one. But I'll see if anyone else can come up with it.

The Lucky Texan

sliding down the sluce on a piece of wood

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This film contains a couple of oddities for a series western.
Firstly, while pursuing one of the bad guys on horseback,
Wayne actually misses tackling him off of his horse and lands at the bottom of a ravine.
But fear not. A large downward sloping sluce just happens to be nearby and the Duke grabs a tree branch,
mounts it and slides down the sluce in time to leap up a tree and jump the fleeing villain.
Secondly, the final chase sequence is also interesting in that the baddies are escaping in an old railway utility car
and are pursued by Hayes in a vintage auto which criss crosses the tracks Keystone Cops style with the villains,
and of course by Wayne on horseback.

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Duke was to race over a hill on horseback and intercept the railroad in a canyon, then gallop alongside it, and leap onto the car, from his horse.

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There are a few of Duke's that I can think of, one in particular. Very unusual one. But I'll see if anyone else can come up with it.

Stagecoach

Can't think of which of Duke's films that Bill has in mind.
In the meantime, I'd like to nominate Virgil Hilts' wild cycle ride toward Switzerland in "The Great Escape". It helps that it's intercut with other escape flights by the rest of the cast, but with Bernstein's thumping action music, this one really soars.

We deal in lead, friend.

My all time most favorite chase scene(s) is with Buster Keaton in: The General. Others I favor greatly are: Steve McQueen in: Bullitt and in The Hunter, Fess Parker in: The Great Locomotive Chase, William Holden in: Escape From Fort Bravo, Duke in: The Searchers, Lancaster and Scofield in: The Train, Mitchum and Jurgens in: The Enemy Below, Heston in: Major Dundee and Hamill followed by Darth Vader in the Deathstars Trench in: Star Wars. I could go on almost forever.

the chase at the end of the professionals where jack palance and his gang chase burt lancaster,lee marvin,robert ryan and woody strode.

The chase in "The French Connection" - one of the top scenes as well as "Bullitt."

dont forget the great chase scenes in Brannigan and McQ

Another odd one that Bill might be thinking about
is chasing the baby elephant in Hatari!

the chase in ulzana's raid

from hell to texas,r.g armstrong chasing don murray
hell bent for leather.a great chase in lone pine with steve mcnally and audie murphy

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One movie I that I,am thinking of is The Naked Prey. Directed and staring Cornel Wilde. The whole movie is a chase scene on foot through the plains of Africa.

Hi Bill, that was an excellent movie. Ill second your vote on it.

Also, another that comes to mind is my all-time most favorite James Stewart Western--which is: Winchester 73. Him and Millard (High Spade) Mitchell, chasing Stephen (Matthew McAdams *AKA* Dutch Henry Brown) McNally. Thats one non Duke Western I never tire of.

I've thought of another chase scene - in "The Unforgiven" with Burt Lancaster. Where John Saxon is chasing down Joseph Wiseman across the landscape. Some beautiful photography during this episode.

Another great chase scene is in the great Charlton Heston movie: The Mountain Men W/ Brien Keith. The part where he is captured by some Indians and is given a "chance" to live when they tell him to run and is given a certain amount of time but he leave the Indian village by walking slowly. After a certain amount of time, several Indians start their hunt and chase after him. Well, you know the rest of the story.

There was a chase scene in a couple of movies that would be considered unique. It is rafting scenes in a couple of movies John Wayne was in. The first which didn't include John Wayne was How the West Was Won. And the other was Rooster Cogburn and the Lady. The chase in the later was actually raft versus the ambush, but like I said unique.

Cheers Hondo

a great chase in the film the rock where nicholas cage chases sean connery in san francisco.