The Great Chase (1962)

Writers:

Harvey Cort, Paul Killiam,

Stars:

Lillian Gish, Douglas Fairbanks, William S. Hart

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Lillian Gish	...	(archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks	...	(archive footage)
William S. Hart	...	(archive footage)
Buster Keaton	...	(archive footage)
Richard Barthelmess	...	(archive footage)
Noah Beery	...	(archive footage)
Jetta Goudal	...	(archive footage)
Rod La Rocque	...	(archive footage)
Marion Mack	...	(archive footage)
Ruth Roland	...	(archive footage)
Pearl White	...	(archive footage)
Frank Gallop	...	Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mack Sennett	...	Himself (archive footage)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

independent film

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 December 1962 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Connections

Features The Coming of Amos (1925)

User Reviews

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.