I was there that summer it was late may of 1973, the roads were blocked off for filming, I had just gotten out of school for summer! And was there because of my step mother, who wanted to visit her kids in seattle, on Queen Anne hill, so I being a noisy 10yr boy set off to see if I could make mischief, they were shooting the case scene you just saw, but in pieces, and the Duke, was there but not driving much! The stunt guys were doing it, and he would get in and jump out, for the talking part! First time I ever saw real movie making! It takes hours to film, one little thing, because they do it over and over again! Thought someone might be interested!
2:36 - Notice the red cloud under the car after the jump: Transmission fluid. Clearly an automatic car was used for this particular scene, and the jump ruptured its pan.
I really like this movie car Pontiac TA...it dosent have that shitty looking screaming chicken crap on the hood and all those other silly stickers. Looks slick.
The best panel van chase I’ve ever seen! Did you hear the cam in that laundry truck? There’s no way it was stock! The duke left his blinker on through the whole chase.
I'm proud to say that I was the second owner of a '73 Super Duty Trans Am (1 of 252), and had it for about 30 years. Built for street racing (@ 550 HP), I can only say that that my life was spared by the grace of God :) Even the Clarke County police asked me to lift my hood for them so that they could check out my engine :)
Sorry to disappoint you...... but those engine noises are from a Mopar big block (mostly a 383). They recycled the sound effects from Bullitt and Vanishing Point.
@@1Bandit455those were badass engines, but sorry, you lost me @ 600 hp. Even with 12.5s unless they put one HELLATIOUS cam in it it could out horsepower a Hemi. All it would take is to put the same compression & cam in a Hemi & it'd be over. BUT, it's cool that Poncho did it, but WWWAAAY too late in the game! Those Stage I Bufords were underrated too. Wish that Stage II would've come out in '69-'70 in a car, STOCK vs stock, it would've been an all out war will the Big 3. BTW, y'all gotta remember that the STREET HEMI came out with a teeny tiny itty bitty .490/.484 lift cam. Put in something like an L/88 or ZL/1, even a 396/375 hp Chevy which was the basis for the 425 & 450 motors, it'd be over
The chase was cool, but not the top chase. That would go to The Seven Ups, not Bullitt, in my opinion. Actually Bill Hickman drove in Bullitt, this movie, The French Connection, and The Blues Brothers
McQ knew every dirt parking lot, cut through, alley and back road in the city to miraculously follow and keep up with another vehicle traveling on the highway. Somewhere between all that and finally getting onto the highway himself he drove through a carwash. Pretty ridiculous as far as "car" chases go, but it's always good to see the Duke.
great movie one hell of a car chase gota wonder how he felt stuffed down in that T.A cracks me up ,one hell of an actior ,mason,an hero to damn near all america,,.R.I.P Marion ,Duke,Jhon, thanks for trip down memory lane
They don't make cars like this often... Pontiac only made 252 Trans Ams with the 455 Super Duty, in 1973, @ 175 with automatic transmissions, and 75 with manual transmissions. I was able to buy a 1973 Trans Am, with the 455 Super Duty from the original owner, in 1977, and the owner had rebuilt the Super Duty 455 for street racing, and had custom painted it black, with flames and grave yard scenes. The screaming eagle was not replaced on the hood, natch' :)
Mike Schneider FACTS it's all about skills I seen guys with the fastest cars that we're absolutely useless for them to even own but in there DUMB ass heads it's a fast car it should catch anything n I mean nice car's Charger s Chevelle's they drove so bad they cudnt catch a cold
Had a chance at a black 73 455 4spd for a grand in 96. I was in love before I drove it. I wasn't 18 yet and even promising to put the 455 on a stand for a 301 wouldn't get my dad to budge. Was even my money and insurance. Bought one after saying I'd own one and I'll never give it up
My first car was a '70 Firebird, on which the Trans Am was based but without the bodywork or the big engine. I would buy another one in a heartbeat as that was a great performance car for the time, plus I think it was perhaps the best looking American performance car ever made (though I'm a bit biased). I always liked that Endura rubber nose so much more than the crash bumper kits that came later, even though they looked pretty good too. I also like that John Wayne's car didn't have the Screaming Chicken decal on the hood, which was an option starting in '73. My choice would be a '70 Formula 400 in dark green or black. Ah, to be better off than poor...
Searaydrivingguy, did you install the 400-4speed in your 1980 T/A? They all came factory equipped with a 301 in 1980. 1979 was the last year for the 400 Pontiac motor. Some of them came with the 403 Oldsmobile motor as well.
1977-79 Trans Am 6.6 litre with an Auto is a 403 Olds,6.6 with a stick is a 400 Pontiac. Most you'll see are Automatics. And the 403 actually responds quite well to simple mods,a mild or even early (1968-72) stock 455 cam and 1970-72 350 Olds #6 or #7 heads perks them up really good?
I think it's the sound that makes this likely my all time favorite. The wheel hop. The motor at constant rev without upshifting thru 17 gears. Is that thing Black or Brewster Green??
@@EricSmith-bx5lv I still see plenty of American vehicles from the 80's and early 90's on the roads in daily use, never see any foreign stuff of the same vintage. if the foreign crap was so great, they would still be around......................... its ok to admit you hate America eric, its "in" these days to be a commie teet sucker. well at least in urban areas and on college campuses, the rest of the country, not so much.
Hello friend when I was a kid I saw a movie about a young man with a car I think it was black and fell in love with the daughter of the police chief but he did not accept at the end he crashes his car against a bulldozer and throws a lighter to die burned I do not know if you could guide me since I loved that movie I thank you for your work brings me many memories of my childhood
@@walkerforsyth6221 guess you've never heard of a 455 HO or a 455 Super Duty. That 440 Magnum had to be DETUNED for that 390 to keep up! 390s were dogs dude, sorry.
@@vincentenk4449 I'm not arguing about a comparison between a 1968 big block Mopar and a 1968 FE Ford. My argument is that somebody shouldn't be so naive to claim that anything from 1973 that is choked off with the smog emissions and low compression would even keep sight of any of the real muscle cars of the 60's. Including most of them Ford's. Yeah, I remember those 70's "455 heavy duty" whatever fuckin motor home boat anchors, 160 horsepower is 160 horsepower. Mystical bullshit doesn't make you go any faster dude.
@@walkerforsyth6221 Plenty of cars after 72 could get the job done and handle the older stuff despite lower compression and a few smog controls. 351cj fords still made 266 net hp in 73, rated the old gross way they would be about 40-60 hp more. They were only 8.0-1 motors and had a *gasp* egr valve. Check out the pure stock drags and watch some post 72 cars run, you might be surprised. The 73 sd 455's were rated at like 290 net hp, so you need to brush up on your info. The standard 455's made 250 net hp.
PhenomProductions23 "Today maybe, But not in 1973." Yes, impossible even in '73. The roads he's on don't connect without a lot of off-route connections. One minute he's over here, and the next he's over there, etc. That's just the nature of movie-making. (BTW, I was an extra in this movie...my first of several. Lots of fun.)
C MJ "I didn't know it was filmed in Seattle until I watched this clip and said, hey that is Seattle. Can't miss the Space Needle." The place where they were supposed to be burning the drugs, and where the laundry truck chase started, was the United States Public Health Service hospital at the time. It later became Amazon's headquarters for several years until they outgrew it.
This movie was actually written as being Bullitt 2 and they wanted McQueen to reprise the role. But he turned it down not wanting to be typecast. The film bounced around for a few months and was offered to other actors. Somehow, John Wayne caught wind of it and his remark was "I've never played a Detective before. This may be my only chance." With John Wayne on board, the movie was greenlit. But still..... you gotta wonder what this would've been like with McQueen. While it's an interesting movie to watch with The Duke in the title roll, would it have been better or worse with McQueen? Hard to say?
You are correct about the 4-speed but that is not the sound of any GM vehicle as the sound effects in this movie were farmed from the sound effects used in 1971's Vanishing Point.
Rex Truegood atleast with the new one atleast there making up for it with more horsepower and torque. Lol compare the ets what did the old one run like 16s and the new one is atleast in the 13s in the 1/4 mile
Since 1974 NO improvements made to I-5 in Seattle, same number of lanes now as then 44 years later, and driving under I-5 now like he did then that's where one of the biggest homeless camps is.
Being a massive fan of Vanishing Point and personally owning a replica of the Challenger, I've been telling people for years that the audio soundtrack for McQ's Trans Am was taken straight from V.P and from Bullitt. Glad someone else has spotted it. 👍🏻
Let me make it easy for you bonehead I had a 73 Pontiac service manual I know exactly what the compression ratios were from the factory the super duty 455 was rated at 8.4 to 1 the 1970 455 that came in the Pontiac Bonneville was 10 and 1/2 to 1 Gee which one you think more horsepower came from
love the duke but how'd he know ok take such and such an alley then such and such dirt road under the freeway etc and you'll catch up, and he's only chasing a goddamn delivery van, come on now, that's poor story boarding there, Steve McQueen in the mustang having it out with the charger was much better
ARTHUR D DUDA "how'd he know ok take such and such an alley then such and such dirt road under the freeway etc" He played a veteran Seattle cop. You learn the streets when you're on the job. I've driven ambulances, patrol cars, and limousines in Seattle since 1975, and I could do the same. Also, Seattle has a great grid system. If you give me an address I can drive right to it 90% of the time. The occasional dead end or ravine might foul me up from time to time, but if one remembers that "Avenues" run north and south, and "Streets" run east and west it helps. (Also, the streets downtown run in groups of two by first letter, with the pattern mnemonic being "Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Protest": Jefferson, James, Cherry, Columbia, Marion, Madison, Spring, Seneca, University, Union, Pike, and Pine.)
The sound effects are from 1971's Vanishing Point. John Wayne was good with a gun and good with a horse but could not keep up with a old Step Van in a then new Trans Am.
Like the car, like the actor, not sure about the Bullit Mustang sound track used in 50% of the footage. The firebird and Bullit Mustang sound quite different so its obvious when its dubbed in. Should have used a race car driver like Bud Hicks in Bullit to make it more realistic....
Paul Wells Bud Ekins maybe? He was the stunt rider that did the jump in "The Great Escape" and also dumped the bike in front of McQueen in the "Bullitt" chase...
Thanks JrGoonior, I didn't know about him dumping the bike in Bullit. I remember watching Bullit on a black and white tv with my dad when I was a kid. He pointed out funny bits like the number of times the same Volkswagen was in the chase sequence, the hubcaps flying off the Charger and Steve double clutching every shift. I later bought him a VHS tape of Bullit that had behind the scenes footage. To get used to driving near each other at speed, Steve MQ and Bill Hicks are shown driving on a racetrack side by side within inches at over 100mph (announcer calls it over the "ton mark") and Steve reaches out the window and shakes hands with the passenger in the Charger. Back before blue screens when things were risky...
Real deal hero? Good old Marion Morrison never served in any of the armed services, was started out in movies as the other movie studio's singing cowboy and drank himself to death. Hero? Not hardly. More like a chicken hawk. BTW that's a term from the old comic strip "Pogo". It means a guy who is all for going to war as long as he's not the one getting shot at or being inconvenienced in any way. Oh, and especially if he can find a way to make money off it. In case you think my judgement is political, I like many of the Duke's movies. I'm a true conservative myself. "The Quiet Man" and "Big Jake" are two of my favorites. I love the line from BJ, "There was seven McCandles people killed, one crippled. Your own brother shot, maybe crippled... maybe even dead! And my grandson kidnapped. *I ain't gonna PAY 'EM for that!"* But I never forget he was an ACTOR. John Wayne was no real hero. As a man, I don't think I would have liked him for the self absorbed, self indulgent glutton he was.
"Elvis was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me, he was straight up racist, the sucka was simple and plain," MOTHERFUCK HIM AND JOHN WAYNE!" That line came from a group called Public Enemy, who called out both for racist statements made, Elvis for saying colored folks could only shine his shoes and buy his records, and John Wayne for his belief in white supremacy, yet both are lauded as "heroes " but nice car, though
You can see John Wayne obviously looks awkward like he barely knows how to drive it or doesn't know how to act natural in the drivers seat playing with the steering wheel, because he rarely if ever drove himself anywhere. He lived on his own Yacht, he had a driver for his Trailer/MotorHome when on Location shooting a Western. Every other time he was either a Passenger being Chauffeured or sitting on a Horse Saddle.
The Duke got offered Dirty Harry, but thought it would be a waste, until he saw what fellow cowboy movie star Clint Eastwood did with it...so he got McQ as a participation trophy.
Albert Gaspar And after that, somebody in England said “Allo, Duke! Fancy makin a copper film over here? We’ll call it Brannigan and you get to drive like a crazy Yank over here!”
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I was there that summer it was late may of 1973, the roads were blocked off for filming, I had just gotten out of school for summer! And was there because of my step mother, who wanted to visit her kids in seattle, on Queen Anne hill, so I being a noisy 10yr boy set off to see if I could make mischief, they were shooting the case scene you just saw, but in pieces, and the Duke, was there but not driving much! The stunt guys were doing it, and he would get in and jump out, for the talking part! First time I ever saw real movie making! It takes hours to film, one little thing, because they do it over and over again! Thought someone might be interested!
Cool little story!
Cool , which is it ?
"And yes ladies and gentlemen, no front spoilers were harmed in this video". :)
2:36 - Notice the red cloud under the car after the jump: Transmission fluid. Clearly an automatic car was used for this particular scene, and the jump ruptured its pan.
I really like this movie car Pontiac TA...it dosent have that shitty looking screaming chicken crap on the hood and all those other silly stickers. Looks slick.
I had a 74 TA, NO Bird!
The screaming chicken's not for everyone, but I think it's sexy.
Brewster green 455 sd trans am
The best panel van chase I’ve ever seen! Did you hear the cam in that laundry truck? There’s no way it was stock! The duke left his blinker on through the whole chase.
Even in 1974 when the roads were full of muscle cars the 1973 Trans Am stands out for styling/appearance and performance.
Agree 100% Chris.
Old cars are awesome
the roads were never full of muscle cars...
@@otterhead44 mostly lame granny cars
@@otterhead44 I think he's saying relatively speaking!
Duke driving a Trans-Am, with chucka-wocca music. My life is complete.
I'm proud to say that I was the second owner of a '73 Super Duty Trans Am (1 of 252), and had it for about 30 years. Built for street racing (@ 550 HP), I can only say that that my life was spared by the grace of God :) Even the Clarke County police asked me to lift my hood for them so that they could check out my engine :)
Sorry to disappoint you...... but those engine noises are from a Mopar big block (mostly a 383). They recycled the sound effects from Bullitt and Vanishing Point.
George Black Did you change the engine,something about those just hovered around 400hp but it was a great car
Just bump the Compression - Pontiacs test mule SD-455 with 12.5 to 1 compression made 600 hp then was detuned for emissions etc. :)
Had A 73 Formula SD455 One Of 43 It Was One Of 7 SDs Imported Into The UK In 1973 Trans Ams 4 Formulas 3
@@1Bandit455those were badass engines, but sorry, you lost me @ 600 hp. Even with 12.5s unless they put one HELLATIOUS cam in it it could out horsepower a Hemi. All it would take is to put the same compression & cam in a Hemi & it'd be over. BUT, it's cool that Poncho did it, but WWWAAAY too late in the game! Those Stage I Bufords were underrated too. Wish that Stage II would've come out in '69-'70 in a car, STOCK vs stock, it would've been an all out war will the Big 3. BTW, y'all gotta remember that the STREET HEMI came out with a teeny tiny itty bitty .490/.484 lift cam. Put in something like an L/88 or ZL/1, even a 396/375 hp Chevy which was the basis for the 425 & 450 motors, it'd be over
My dad took me too see this movie at a drive in Its probably my all time favorite chase scene in a movie, ever!!
Dave Whalen too bad because it sucks
The chase was cool, but not the top chase. That would go to The Seven Ups, not Bullitt, in my opinion. Actually Bill Hickman drove in Bullitt, this movie, The French Connection, and The Blues Brothers
man, the duke REALLY wanted an ice cream!
violent shemp "man, the duke REALLY wanted an ice cream!"
Then why was he chasing a laundry truck? ;-)
@@seikibrian8641 well said my man
Nowadays, he would've had an army of road-ragers chasing him down after all of those cars he cut off!
Chasing, perhaps, but likely not catching...
and snowflakes mentally battered by his micro aggressions.
Firebird, Mac-10 and John Wayne? Sign me up.
McQ knew every dirt parking lot, cut through, alley and back road in the city to miraculously follow and keep up with another vehicle traveling on the highway. Somewhere between all that and finally getting onto the highway himself he drove through a carwash. Pretty ridiculous as far as "car" chases go, but it's always good to see the Duke.
great movie one hell of a car chase gota wonder how he felt stuffed down in that T.A cracks me up ,one hell of an actior ,mason,an hero to damn near all america,,.R.I.P Marion ,Duke,Jhon, thanks for trip down memory lane
Just weird watching The Duke driving a car instead of riding a horse.
Was thinking the same! Crazy.....
Love the Duke, but this was definitely an oddball film for him, especially is his twilight years.
exactly
He was in The Jet Pilot film.
They don't make cars like this often... Pontiac only made 252 Trans Ams with the 455 Super Duty, in 1973, @ 175 with automatic transmissions, and 75 with manual transmissions. I was able to buy a 1973 Trans Am, with the 455 Super Duty from the original owner, in 1977, and the owner had rebuilt the Super Duty 455 for street racing, and had custom painted it black, with flames and grave yard scenes. The screaming eagle was not replaced on the hood, natch' :)
Even stock mine is just fine for street racing. What color was your '73?
John Wayne and a T/A cant get much more American than that!
Gotta love the background music!
Come on man.The Duke driving a '73 Trans Am.Does it get any cooler than that?
AWESOME.
Looks a bit tight in there !!!
great movie..and love that '73 455 trans am...to bad it wasn't an actual SD-455
1973 SD Trans Am; "Faster than a laundry truck"!
LOL a fair claim for any car '73 and later!
its not the car its the driver brother
Mike Schneider FACTS it's all about skills I seen guys with the fastest cars that we're absolutely useless for them to even own but in there DUMB ass heads it's a fast car it should catch anything n I mean nice car's Charger s Chevelle's they drove so bad they cudnt catch a cold
Odd how the trans am coudnt catch the laundry truck lol😁😂😀
I don't think this one was an SD
Oooh that engine sounds So good! John could've worked for Postmates!! :D
And delivered meals at record time
No matter what, You just can't beat the Duke, John Wayne
lots of classic cars in this clip
Love the movie and American's favorite actor the Duke.
A really well filmed and well edited chase!
Here's John Wayne on @ 400 HP, instead of just one. It was great to see a great actor in a great car :)
i own a 1980 black on black trans am with 400 hp 4 speed and i drive it like i am being chased every time im in it love it
That was awsome remind me of my 1978 T Top trans am with a built 1970 Pontiac ram air 3 motor
Whenever I'm driving my TA, I always wear a blazer.
gotta love the Bullitt mustang sound effects
That style trans am is a beauty.
how did he get into such a small car he s a big man.
Thx!
Classic guy in a classic car nice
Had a chance at a black 73 455 4spd for a grand in 96. I was in love before I drove it. I wasn't 18 yet and even promising to put the 455 on a stand for a 301 wouldn't get my dad to budge. Was even my money and insurance. Bought one after saying I'd own one and I'll never give it up
My first car was a '70 Firebird, on which the Trans Am was based but without the bodywork or the big engine. I would buy another one in a heartbeat as that was a great performance car for the time, plus I think it was perhaps the best looking American performance car ever made (though I'm a bit biased). I always liked that Endura rubber nose so much more than the crash bumper kits that came later, even though they looked pretty good too. I also like that John Wayne's car didn't have the Screaming Chicken decal on the hood, which was an option starting in '73. My choice would be a '70 Formula 400 in dark green or black. Ah, to be better off than poor...
always been a Ford guy but I like Pontiacs and I like these early 70s model trans ams more than the late seventies bandit trans ams
"You delivered the wrong laundry!"
Particularly, this is the most beautiful front of the Pontiac Trans AM.
I could have caught that delivery van on my Vespa !
I did this same exact route when I valet parked cars.
Searaydrivingguy, did you install the 400-4speed in your 1980 T/A? They all came factory equipped with a 301 in 1980. 1979 was the last year for the 400 Pontiac motor. Some of them came with the 403 Oldsmobile motor as well.
1977-79 Trans Am 6.6 litre with an Auto is a 403 Olds,6.6 with a stick is a 400 Pontiac. Most you'll see are Automatics. And the 403 actually responds quite well to simple mods,a mild or even early (1968-72) stock 455 cam and 1970-72 350 Olds #6 or #7 heads perks them up really good?
Saw this movie with my dad when I was a kid when it came out, better chase was on the beach in that four door dodge. Love the T/A that year though.
The Duke in a muscle car. Can't get anymore American or manly than that!
I think it's the sound that makes this likely my all time favorite. The wheel hop. The motor at constant rev without upshifting thru 17 gears. Is that thing Black or Brewster Green??
Green. In fact, in the movie Diana Muldaur's character, Lois, makes reference to the car as the "green hornet."
What a beauty
I think I have a new favorite (old) car.
Why GM killed of Pontiac is beyond my comprehension.
Yeah, and to save friggin' Buick!
Economics 101, consumers got sick of buying shit cars for the past 45 years or so
@@walkerforsyth6221 oh and you are anti American as well, real piece of work. libturd and a dumbass, the two go hand in hand.
@@billwilliamson9842 hes right sht cars
@@EricSmith-bx5lv I still see plenty of American vehicles from the 80's and early 90's on the roads in daily use, never see any foreign stuff of the same vintage. if the foreign crap was so great, they would still be around......................... its ok to admit you hate America eric, its "in" these days to be a commie teet sucker. well at least in urban areas and on college campuses, the rest of the country, not so much.
Some of Sound of DUKE Opening the T/ A Up Was Taken From The Movie BULLIT.LOL
Anyone remember the big pink TOE-truck that wasn't there yet at Lang's towing?
Are the old days.
Notice how you don’t see Duke actually get into the car? I doubt Duke could’ve ever fit into that T/A
Now that's how you drive
Cool as !
There goes Bud Ekins @ 2:44. But no recurring Volkswagen here.
Hello friend when I was a kid I saw a movie about a young man with a car I think it was black and fell in love with the daughter of the police chief but he did not accept at the end he crashes his car against a bulldozer and throws a lighter to die burned I do not know if you could guide me since I loved that movie I thank you for your work brings me many memories of my childhood
That was an episode of Tales from the Crypt. The young man was Brad Pitt.
Listen to the wind of the rock Crusher m-21 transmission that's pretty cool
Personally, I think that T/A would've handed that Mustang in Bullit it's ass.
Really, are you joking? By '73 I bet that "TA" was only making like 160 hp, maybe.
@@walkerforsyth6221 guess you've never heard of a 455 HO or a 455 Super Duty. That 440 Magnum had to be DETUNED for that 390 to keep up! 390s were dogs dude, sorry.
@@vincentenk4449 I'm not arguing about a comparison between a 1968 big block Mopar and a 1968 FE Ford. My argument is that somebody shouldn't be so naive to claim that anything from 1973 that is choked off with the smog emissions and low compression would even keep sight of any of the real muscle cars of the 60's. Including most of them Ford's.
Yeah, I remember those 70's "455 heavy duty" whatever fuckin motor home boat anchors, 160 horsepower is 160 horsepower. Mystical bullshit doesn't make you go any faster dude.
Ok, it's your fairytale princess, I'll let you live it.
@@walkerforsyth6221 Plenty of cars after 72 could get the job done and handle the older stuff despite lower compression and a few smog controls. 351cj fords still made 266 net hp in 73, rated the old gross way they would be about 40-60 hp more. They were only 8.0-1 motors and had a *gasp* egr valve. Check out the pure stock drags and watch some post 72 cars run, you might be surprised. The 73 sd 455's were rated at like 290 net hp, so you need to brush up on your info. The standard 455's made 250 net hp.
If you know Seattle, this sequence is hilariously impossible.
Today maybe, But not in 1973.
Chase from Bullitt is the same way.
I didn't know it was filmed in Seattle until I watched this clip and said, hey that is Seattle. Can't miss the Space Needle.
PhenomProductions23 "Today maybe, But not in 1973."
Yes, impossible even in '73. The roads he's on don't connect without a lot of off-route connections. One minute he's over here, and the next he's over there, etc. That's just the nature of movie-making. (BTW, I was an extra in this movie...my first of several. Lots of fun.)
C MJ "I didn't know it was filmed in Seattle until I watched this clip and said, hey that is Seattle. Can't miss the Space Needle."
The place where they were supposed to be burning the drugs, and where the laundry truck chase started, was the United States Public Health Service hospital at the time. It later became Amazon's headquarters for several years until they outgrew it.
Where was this filmed?
Way to go, Duke.
Obviously influenced by Bullitt.
jhs5150 I don't know what could've possibly made you say that...
Right down to the name...McQ...McQueen .....hmmmmm
This movie was actually written as being Bullitt 2 and they wanted McQueen to reprise the role. But he turned it down not wanting to be typecast. The film bounced around for a few months and was offered to other actors. Somehow, John Wayne caught wind of it and his remark was "I've never played a Detective before. This may be my only chance." With John Wayne on board, the movie was greenlit.
But still..... you gotta wonder what this would've been like with McQueen. While it's an interesting movie to watch with The Duke in the title roll, would it have been better or worse with McQueen? Hard to say?
How many of those did they wreck in the making of this movie?
Roy Scheider's Pontiac in The Seven Ups was the better.
Love that Ventura.
joey ramirez, well, it certainly sounded a lot better. Real Pontiac horsepower sound, not that dubbed-in Ford/Mopar sound… LOL
Yes that's a good one
John Winks ultimate badass a horse . or a 73 Trans Am he can drive it better than Chuck Norris can in his movies
The first sequence clearly has the whine of a 4-speed, unless they put that on the soundtrack...great chase...
+Wil Andersen Yup, the hero/stunt car was a 4-speed Super Duty Trans Am...
You are correct about the 4-speed but that is not the sound of any GM vehicle as the sound effects in this movie were farmed from the sound effects used in 1971's Vanishing Point.
Which was a '71 Dodge Challenger 426 4-speed.
+LincolnTek Aha, shared sound tracks, a fairly common event in movies. All I can say is that Challenger sounds MEAN...
yes I heard that too.. my GTO had the same whine. 4 speed whine love it.
He destroyed the T/A chasing a laundry truck? Aw C'mon!
The doors on that TA will never shut properly again.
Where can i find that movie …please help me thanks
Amazon
Best sound 3:03 - 3:10
too many horses for the duke to handle.
Larry smith not really those cars didnt have that much horsepower and weighed a ton very slow
69newportking Uh, yeah! Car and Driver tested one in 73 455SD 3800lbs with auto ran 13.75 @ 103MPH . Not exactly a dog.
69newportking like the new camero at 4500 pounds?
Rex Truegood atleast with the new one atleast there making up for it with more horsepower and torque. Lol compare the ets what did the old one run like 16s and the new one is atleast in the 13s in the 1/4 mile
Rex Truegood the camaro weigh is around 3400 pounds and the challenger is around3900
I think that was the last year of the chrome bumper.
Clint Davis yes the 74 had the black rubber bumpers
Duke couldn't catch the van because it had a SD 455 as well
This was in Seattle right?
Yes. (I was an extra in this movie.)
Since 1974 NO improvements made to I-5 in Seattle, same number of lanes now as then 44 years later, and driving under I-5 now like he did then that's where one of the biggest homeless camps is.
The sound effects for the Trans Am came directly from Bullitt.
And 'Vanishing Point.'
I hear a Vanishing Point Challenger in part of this...
Being a massive fan of Vanishing Point and personally owning a replica of the Challenger, I've been telling people for years that the audio soundtrack for McQ's Trans Am was taken straight from V.P and from Bullitt. Glad someone else has spotted it. 👍🏻
Ta hell with a stagecoach pilgrim...gimme a T/A....daha!
That stripe delete vehicle gets totaled a lil later on in the movie
Chasing the Caddy, wasn't it! I forget!
duke didnt always have a horse.he had 455 horsepower!
The only problem was a 1973 455 was a boat anchor so is the super duty there was smog Motors they were junk at that point
The super duty was not a boat anchor, it was racing motor on the street.
Let me make it easy for you bonehead I had a 73 Pontiac service manual I know exactly what the compression ratios were from the factory the super duty 455 was rated at 8.4 to 1 the 1970 455 that came in the Pontiac Bonneville was 10 and 1/2 to 1 Gee which one you think more horsepower came from
love the duke but how'd he know ok take such and such an alley then such and such dirt road under the freeway etc and you'll catch up, and he's only chasing a goddamn delivery van, come on now, that's poor story boarding there, Steve McQueen in the mustang having it out with the charger was much better
Agree, I think the duke looks like a senior trying to look trendy, I'm just not feelin it.
you weren't there....... JW invented trendy ,
dumbass
ARTHUR D DUDA "how'd he know ok take such and such an alley then such and such dirt road under the freeway etc"
He played a veteran Seattle cop. You learn the streets when you're on the job. I've driven ambulances, patrol cars, and limousines in Seattle since 1975, and I could do the same. Also, Seattle has a great grid system. If you give me an address I can drive right to it 90% of the time. The occasional dead end or ravine might foul me up from time to time, but if one remembers that "Avenues" run north and south, and "Streets" run east and west it helps. (Also, the streets downtown run in groups of two by first letter, with the pattern mnemonic being "Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Protest": Jefferson, James, Cherry, Columbia, Marion, Madison, Spring, Seneca, University, Union, Pike, and Pine.)
The sound effects are from 1971's Vanishing Point.
John Wayne was good with a gun and good with a horse but could not keep up with a old Step Van in a then new Trans Am.
Some of the sound effects were from 'Bullitt.'
Like the car, like the actor, not sure about the Bullit Mustang sound track used in 50% of the footage. The firebird and Bullit Mustang sound quite different so its obvious when its dubbed in. Should have used a race car driver like Bud Hicks in Bullit to make it more realistic....
Paul Wells You mean Bill Hicks???
Yes! sorry, no idea where I got Bud....
Paul Wells Bud Ekins maybe? He was the stunt rider that did the jump in "The Great Escape" and also dumped the bike in front of McQueen in the "Bullitt" chase...
Thanks JrGoonior, I didn't know about him dumping the bike in Bullit. I remember watching Bullit on a black and white tv with my dad when I was a kid. He pointed out funny bits like the number of times the same Volkswagen was in the chase sequence, the hubcaps flying off the Charger and Steve double clutching every shift. I later bought him a VHS tape of Bullit that had behind the scenes footage. To get used to driving near each other at speed, Steve MQ and Bill Hicks are shown driving on a racetrack side by side within inches at over 100mph (announcer calls it over the "ton mark") and Steve reaches out the window and shakes hands with the passenger in the Charger. Back before blue screens when things were risky...
Paul that bullitt mustang overdub must have been used alot. It was also used for the Ventura in the 7 Ups and here.
1:29 What's up with the guy with his car up on the sidewalk on the wrong side of the road? Guy is there before Mc Q even comes around the corner.
A bit late but did you miss the part where the van cut him up 20 seconds earlier? ;)
I know where that car is now. Too bad it's too far gone to restore.
bgh70 what????
AMD to the rescue!
"Чо" за Мудак за рулем,его самого надо догнать и мордой об асфальт повозить за такое вождение.
John Was Better on A Horse Than A Trans Am.LOL
There is no way a 73 had 550 hp
THE DUKE
They quit making cars by 1972.
Last Pontiac V8 1981... Pontiac Iron Duke 4 bangers went much longer...
john wayne is the real deal hero in the movies, not burt Reynolds. won the old west, won ww2 great actor. great person. the all American hero.
Real deal hero? Good old Marion Morrison never served in any of the armed services, was started out in movies as the other movie studio's singing cowboy and drank himself to death. Hero? Not hardly. More like a chicken hawk.
BTW that's a term from the old comic strip "Pogo". It means a guy who is all for going to war as long as he's not the one getting shot at or being inconvenienced in any way. Oh, and especially if he can find a way to make money off it.
In case you think my judgement is political, I like many of the Duke's movies. I'm a true conservative myself. "The Quiet Man" and "Big Jake" are two of my favorites. I love the line from BJ, "There was seven McCandles people killed, one crippled. Your own brother shot, maybe crippled... maybe even dead! And my grandson kidnapped. *I ain't gonna PAY 'EM for that!"*
But I never forget he was an ACTOR. John Wayne was no real hero. As a man, I don't think I would have liked him for the self absorbed, self indulgent glutton he was.
Wasn't the bastard happy of the Real Native AMERICAN /USA Indians being slaughtered, cause "They wanted to keep it all to themselves.."?
"Elvis was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me, he was straight up racist, the sucka was simple and plain," MOTHERFUCK HIM AND JOHN WAYNE!" That line came from a group called Public Enemy, who called out both for racist statements made, Elvis for saying colored folks could only shine his shoes and buy his records, and John Wayne for his belief in white supremacy, yet both are lauded as "heroes " but nice car, though
John Wayne learned how to drive a car? I thought all he rode was horses.
You can see John Wayne obviously looks awkward like he barely knows how to drive it or doesn't know how to act natural in the drivers seat playing with the steering wheel, because he rarely if ever drove himself anywhere. He lived on his own Yacht, he had a driver for his Trailer/MotorHome when on Location shooting a Western. Every other time he was either a Passenger being Chauffeured or sitting on a Horse Saddle.
Freeze pilgrim.
Well it used to be a nice car.....loll
lol!!!!!!!!
The Duke got offered Dirty Harry, but thought it would be a waste, until he saw what fellow cowboy movie star Clint Eastwood did with it...so he got McQ as a participation trophy.
Albert Gaspar And after that, somebody in England said “Allo, Duke! Fancy makin a copper film over here? We’ll call it Brannigan and you get to drive like a crazy Yank over here!”
Yes he was first on the list for Dirty Harry BUT turned it down because of the profanity.
What a shame they destroy the car in the film. A real waste.
Hilarious, half the time it sounds like a Ford Mustang
Some of the sound effects came from 'Bullitt.'