The Chase (1946 film)

The Chase (1946 film)

Infobox_Film
name = The Chase


imdb_id = 0038409
director = Arthur Ripley
writer = Cornell Woolrich (novel The Black Path of Fear)
Philip Yordan
starring = Robert Cummings,
Michèle Morgan,
Steve Cochran
producer = Seymour Nebenzal
music = Michel Michelet
cinematography = Frank F. Planer
distributor = United Artists
released = November 16, 1946 (U.S. release)
runtime = 86 min.
language = English

"The Chase" is a 1946 movie, shot in black and white, directed by Arthur Ripley. The convoluted screenplay (adapted by Philip Yordan) is based on the Cornell Woolrich novel "The Black Path of Fear".

This dream-like film noir is about Chuck Scott, a World War II vet now a penniless drifter tormented by bizarre dreams, who takes a job as driver to Eddie Roman (Cochran), a vicious gangster. Roman tests his new driver, Scott, by taking control of his car in the back seat, unbeknownst to the driver. Roman has an accelerator in the back seat of his car so that he can "take over" total control whenever he wants. This bizarre trick not only unnerves his new driver but Roman's right hand man, Gino (Lorre). Scott passes the test and gets the job.Things get tough for Scott when he falls in love with the gangsters wife, who has attempted to kill herself. They run off together to Cuba and a bizarre chase begins.

Critical reaction

"Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style" by Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward notes: " Phantom Lady" excepted, The Chase is the best cinematic equivalent of the dark, oppressive atmosphere that characterizes most of Cornell Woolrich's best fiction." ref|book1

Main cast

*Robert Cummings as Chuck Scott
*Michèle Morgan as Lorna Roman
*Steve Cochran as Eddie Roman
*Lloyd Corrigan as Emmerich Johnson
*Jack Holt as Cmdr. Davidson
*Peter Lorre as Gino

References


#cite book | author= Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward| title=Film Noir An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style | publisher =The Overlook Press | year=1992 | id=ISBN 0-87951-479-5

External links

*imdb title|id=0038409|title=The Chase


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