The Great Chase

1962
1h 17m

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A great compilation of the greatest chase/stunt/falls and dangerous sequences from the early years of cinema, long before stuntman become a real profession with more and more thrilling feats... Read allA great compilation of the greatest chase/stunt/falls and dangerous sequences from the early years of cinema, long before stuntman become a real profession with more and more thrilling feats to be conquered. The documentary includes amazing stunts by the likes of Buster Keaton, D... Read allA great compilation of the greatest chase/stunt/falls and dangerous sequences from the early years of cinema, long before stuntman become a real profession with more and more thrilling feats to be conquered. The documentary includes amazing stunts by the likes of Buster Keaton, Douglas Fairbanks, Lillian Gish and many others.

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1975 re-release included a Mack Sennett-Mabel Normand sequence and runs 81 minutes. This is the version that is available on video.

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5/10

Not As Wild & Crazy As I Had Hoped

I've always loved those Keystone Cops and slapstick scenes with the great silent comedians performing outrageous stunts and chases down city streets. With that in mind, I paid big bucks for this VHS a dozen years ago, thinking it would be a compilation of one wild chase scene after the other. Terrific reviews of this tape made me believe that it was just that.

I wound up disappointed because only the last two scenes, both done by Max Sennett, were what I was looking for, and a long clip of Buster Keaton's "The General" was no good to me since I already owned it (and I owned only three silent films at the time). Some of the other clips also dragged on way too long and weren't spectacular or that funny. The famous ice flow scene was pretty cool, I'll say that, but not enough other things in here made this worth the money.