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The Chase

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Marlon Brando

Jane Fonda

Robert Redford

E.G. Marshall

Angie Dickinson

Janice Rule

Miriam Hopkins

Martha Hyer

Robert Duvall

Richard Bradford

Henry Hull

Diana Hyland

James Fox

Katherine Walsh

Jocelyn Brando

Lori Martin

Marc Seaton

Paul Williams

Clifton James

Malcolm Atterbury

Nydia Westman

Joel Fluellen

Steve Ihnat

Maurice Manson

Bruce Cabot

Steve Whittaker

Pamela Curran

Ken Renard

Ray Ballard

Billy Bletcher

Don Brodie

Dee Carroll

Steve Carruthers

Woody Chambliss

Eduardo Ciannelli

Richard Collier

George DeNormand

Leoda Richards

Joe Dominguez

Richard Garland

Monte Hale

Clyde Howdy

James Jeter

Tina Menard

William Mims

Ralph Moody

Ruben Moreno

Bertha Powell

Patricia Quinn

Davis Roberts

Charles Seel

Grady Sutton

Susan Tracy

Felipe Turich

Herb Voland

Guy Way

Howard Wright

Don Anderson

Dort Clark

Gene Milford

Richard Day

Robert Luthardt

Frank Tuttle

Donfeld

John Barry

Joseph LaShelle

Arthur Penn

Sam Spiegel

Virginia Jones

Harry Maret

Joe Wonder

James Curtis Havens

Russell Saunders

James Z. Flaster

Charles J. Rice

Dave Koehler

Paul Baxley

Paul Jacobsen

Bill L. Norton

Marshall Schlom

Horton Foote

Lillian Hellman

Robert Surtees

C.M. Florance

Clarence Peet

Seldon White

Harold Lee

Doug Grant

Ed Shanley

Robert Templeton

William V. Kantor

Bob Herron

**_A Southern town given to drunken revelry & vigilantism with Brando as the voice of reason_**

Bubber Reeves (Robert Redford) escapes from prison and this affects the populace of an East Texas town. Marlon plays the sheriff who tries to track down Bubber's whereabouts while Angie Dickinson is on hand as his supportive wife. Jane Fonda plays Bubber's ex-girlfriend and James Fox her secret beau. Janice Rule appears as a drunken woman of dubious morality, Robert Duvall her hubby, and Richard Bradford one of the men with whom she cheats.

"The Chase" is mid-60's Southern Gothic in the manner of "The Fugitive Kind" (1960), "In the Heat of the Night" (1967), "Cape Fear" (1962), "This Property Is Condemned" (1966) and "The Long, Hot Summer" (1958). It's arguably on par with most of these, but is significantly superior to the last one. The first act is weak as it establishes the characters, but the story becomes captivating starting with the second act and the surreal drunken party at the mogul's mansion (and the teens in a neighboring abode). Imagine if "Village of the Giants" (1965) was shot as a serious melodrama, minus the giants, and that's the general vibe.

The movie addresses elements of hedonism, racism, sexual revolution (with several of the players involved in affairs), political corruption (the sheriff is wrongly thought to be bought by the town mogul), and vigilante non-justice. The most iconic scene is when the sole voice of reason is viciously beaten by the mogul (E.G. Bradford), along with his buds. Marlon later cited this as an example of his renowned Method approach. The wild last act in an auto graveyard is also notable.

Despite the picture's many strengths, it's too meandering and unfocused to be wholly effective as Arthur Penn's great "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967). But you can't beat the cast, especially Brando. Look for a young Paul Williams as one of the partying teens.

It runs 2 hours, 13 minutes, and was shot in California (Calabasas, Chico, Agoura & Burbank studios).

GRADE: B/B- (6.5/10)

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