The Chase (1966)

Regisseur:

Arthur Penn

Drehbuchautoren:

Horton Foote (play)
Lillian Hellman (writer)

Premierendatum:

17. Februar 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Werbezeile:

A breathless, explosive story

Plot:

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

Plot Keywords:

Excessive Drinking | Adultery | Infidelity | Extramarital Affair | Drinking

Nutzerkommentare:

The life in a village, where the violence and the lack of tolerance among the races are its most common features

Besetzung

Marlon Brando	...	Sheriff Calder
Jane Fonda	...	Anna Reeves
Robert Redford	...	Charlie 'Bubber' Reeves
E.G. Marshall	...	Val Rogers
Angie Dickinson	...	Ruby Calder
Janice Rule	...	Emily Stewart
Miriam Hopkins	...	Mrs. Reeves
Martha Hyer	...	Mary Fuller
Richard Bradford	...	Damon Fuller
Robert Duvall	...	Edwin Stewart
James Fox	...	Jason 'Jake' Rogers
Diana Hyland	...	Elizabeth Rogers
Henry Hull	...	Briggs
Jocelyn Brando	...	Mrs. Briggs
Katherine Walsh	...	Verna Dee

Alternativ:

Mann wird gejagt, Ein (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

135 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Spanisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Altersfreigabe:

South Korea:15 | Iceland:12 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | West Germany:16 (f) | UK:15 (1996) | UK:X (1966) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated

Drehorte:

20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA

Firma:

Horizon Pictures

Dies und das:

Producer Sam Spiegel was quite fond of Brando, who had won his first Best Actor Oscar in the Spiegel-produced Best Picture winner On the Waterfront (1954), according to his biographer Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni. When casting Brando in "The Chase", Spiegel was worried that Marlon, a motorcycle enthusiast, would wind up killing himself like James Dean had, in an accident. (Brando had badly lacerated his knee while biking before filming began.) Spiegel constantly queried "Chase" director Arthur Penn as to whether Brando had brought his motorbike with him to the filming. When Brando got wind of this, he had his motorcycle brought over to the set to play a joke on Spiegel, who quickly arrived at the shooting to see that Brando didn't drive it. When Spiegel found out it was all a joke, the normally taciturn producer laughed heartily.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: After he gets beaten by Sheriff Calder, Bubber's killer rolls down the stairway and remains by the steps. When the deputies take him, next shot, he is upside down across the steps.

Dialogzitate:

Damon: Well now, Sheriff, it's nice to know that you're out here on patrol.
Sheriff Calder: No, no, I'm not on patrol. Just lookin' for an ice cream cone, that's all.

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The life in a village, where the violence and the lack of tolerance among the races are its most common features

Violent scenes, lack of racial tolerance, the ways high tries to oppress the low, the hypocrisy and adultery of rich people, all these are shown in the film. The cast had excellent actors, but Marlon Brando acted its best seconded again by a still then not yet famous Robert Duvall. Brando is the boss of local police whose complaints about the current injustice is never heard by the village's official authorities. Duvall was the typical coward, a man without any courage, able to discharge his misdoings over the others, always trying to climb no matter how, and, in addition, a perfect CORNUTO with his wife. Robert Redford was the bad guy of the film, but was he really bad? He probably was a product of the society where he grew and developed himself. Jane Fonda was more beautiful than ever, a good lover of two men, his husband (Redford), and his friend (James Fox), the son of the real owner of the village, E.G. Marshall. The veteran Miriam Hopkins acted as the Redford's mother, while attractive Angie Dickinson was Brando's wife. This film of Arthur Penn is, in my modest opinion, one of the best of all time, where truth and lies are sometimes mixed up. The end of the film is like a warning of what may happen where injustice prevails.