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The Chase is a 1966 American drama film, directed by Arthur Penn and starring Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, and Robert Redford. It tells the story of a series of events that are set into motion by a prison break. The film also features E.G. Marshall, Angie Dickinson, Janice Rule, Miriam Hopkins, Martha Hyer, Robert Duvall, and James Fox.

The Chase
Original film poster by Howard Terpning
Directed by	Arthur Penn
Screenplay by	Lillian Hellman
Based on	The Chase 1952 play 1956 novel by Horton Foote
Produced by	Sam Spiegel
Starring	Marlon Brando Jane Fonda Robert Redford E. G. Marshall Angie Dickinson
Cinematography	Joseph LaShelle Robert Surtees (uncredited)
Edited by	Gene Milford
Music by	John Barry
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Horizon Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 18, 1966 (1966-02-18)
Running time	134 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.3 million (est. U.S./Canada rentals)[1]

Plot

In the mid-1960s, in a small town in Tarl County, Texas, where banker Val Rogers (E.G. Marshall) wields a great deal of influence, word comes that native son Bubber Reeves (Robert Redford) and another man have escaped from prison.

Sheriff Calder (Marlon Brando), who continues to believe in Bubber's innocence, expects him to return to his hometown, where Bubber's lonely wife Anna (Jane Fonda) is involved in a romantic affair with Jake (James Fox), Bubber's best friend and Val Rogers' son.

Bubber is left on his own after the second fugitive kills a stranger for his car and clothes. The townspeople, conflicted about his guilt or innocence, socialize and drink heavily while awaiting Bubber's return. They include the hostile Emily Stewart (Janice Rule), who openly expresses her lust for Damon Fuller (Richard Bradford) in front of her husband Edwin (Robert Duvall).

As the drinking and quarreling intensify, a group of vigilantes demand action from Calder. When he defies them, they beat Calder brutally before the sheriff's loyal wife Ruby (Angie Dickinson) is able to get to his side.

Bubber sneaks into town, hiding in an auto junkyard. Anna and Jake willingly set out to help him, and the townspeople follow, turning the event into a drunken revelry and setting the junkyard on fire, causing an explosion which mortally wounds Jake. A bloodied and beaten Calder manages to get to Bubber first, but while he is leading him up the steps into the jail, one of the vigilantes, Archie (Steve Ihnat), shoots Bubber multiple times with a gun hidden in his coat pocket.

Sick of the town and its people, Calder and Ruby leave town the next morning.

Cast

• Marlon Brando as Sheriff Calder
• Jane Fonda as Anna Reeves
• Robert Redford as Charlie "Bubber" Reeves
• E.G. Marshall as Val Rogers
• Angie Dickinson as Ruby Calder
• Janice Rule as Emily Stewart
• Miriam Hopkins as Mrs. Reeves
• Martha Hyer as Mary Fuller
• Richard Bradford as Damon Fuller
• Robert Duvall as Edwin Stewart
• James Fox as Jason "Jake" Rogers
• Diana Hyland as Elizabeth Rogers
• Henry Hull as Briggs
• Jocelyn Brando as Mrs. Briggs
• Bruce Cabot as Sol
• Katherine Walsh as Verna Dee
• Lori Martin as Cutie
• Marc Seaton as Paul (as Marc Skaton)
• Paul Williams as Seymour
• Clifton James as Lem
• Malcolm Atterbury as Mr. Reeves
• Steve Ihnat as Archie
• Joel Fluellen as Lester Johnson
• Ken Renard as Sam
• Eduardo Ciannelli as inarticulate party guest (uncredited)

Outline and production

The film deals with excessive immorality and vice such as themes of racism (including scenes in which black men are harassed by white men), sexual revolution (many of the characters are openly engaged in affairs), small-town corruption (the sheriff is falsely assumed to be in the pocket of the man who helped appoint him), and vigilantism (in the form of townspeople who openly defy the sheriff in their search for Bubber). The movie is perhaps best known for a scene in which the sheriff, played by Marlon Brando, is brutally beaten by Richard Bradford, one of the three vigilantes.

Paul Williams thought this movie would be his big break, but after working on the film for three months, he was shown on screen for a few moments and had "two lines" in the final film.[2] Faye Dunaway auditioned for the film, but Jane Fonda was cast in the role of Anna Reeves. Following this, Arthur Penn tested Dunaway and cast her for Bonnie and Clyde.

Reception

On release, the film gained generally positive reviews from critics, but Richard Schickel was dismissive in Life magazine. Pointing out its origins in the Horton Foote play, he wrote: "The Chase is no longer a modest failure...it has been turned into a disaster of awesome proportions".[3]

During an interview years after the film was released, Arthur Penn expressed his dissatisfaction with the film: "Everything in that film was a letdown, and I'm sure every director has gone through the same experience at least once. It's a shame because it could have been a great film."[4]

See also

• List of American films of 1966

References

Further reading

• Parish, James Robert (2006). Fiasco - A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 359 pages. ISBN 978-0-471-69159-4.

External links

• The Chase at IMDb
• The Chase at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Chase at AllMovie
• The Chase at the TCM Movie Database
• The Chase at the American Film Institute Catalog
• DVD Savant comprehensive DVD review by Glenn Erickson
• Movie Poop Shoot - DVD DiaTribe Read the second review on this page by D.K. Holm

На других языках

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[de] Ein Mann wird gejagt

Ein Mann wird gejagt (The Chase) ist ein US-amerikanisches Filmdrama von Arthur Penn aus dem Jahr 1966. Das Drehbuch schrieb Lillian Hellman anhand des Theaterstücks The Chase von Horton Foote.

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- [en] The Chase (1966 film)

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[ru] Погоня (фильм, 1966)

«Погоня» (англ. The Chase) — драматический кинофильм Артура Пенна, премьера которого состоялась в 1966 году. Экранизация одноименной пьесы Хортона Фута. В ролях — ведущие голливудские звезды того времени. В СССР вышел в прокат в начале 1972 года.

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