The Chase (1991 film)
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| Directed by | Paul Wendkos |
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| Written by | Guerdon Trueblood |
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| Music by | W. G. Snuffy Waldon |
| Cinematography | Chuck Arnold |
| Edited by | Christopher Cooke |
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| Language | English |
The Chase is a 1991 crime drama television film starring Casey Siemaszko, Ben Johnson and Gerry Bamman. It was directed by Paul Wendkos. The film is based on the true story of American bank robber, Phillip Hutchinson, who robbed a bank, killed a cop and took an old man hostage in a 1988 rampage in Denver, Colorado. The film is ninety-three-minutes long and was released on February 10, 1991, to tie in with the three year anniversary of the event, which took place on February 9, 1988.
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Plot
In Denver, Colorado, Phillip Hutchinson robs a bank, kills a cop, and takes an old man hostage. As he flees the police, a news helicopter films him. Hutchinson momentarily escapes from the police but is stopped by the news helicopter pilot when he lands the helicopter in front of Hutchinson. Hutchinson is surrounded by the police and then shot dead, after firing at them and threatening to kill his hostage. The hostage escapes unharmed.
Cast
- Casey Siemaszko as Phillip Hutchinson, the bank robber
- Ben Johnson as John Laurienti, the hostage
- Gerry Bamman as Peter
- Robert Beltran as Mike Silva, the news helicopter pilot
- Barry Corbin as Bob Wallis, the murdered cop
- Megan Follows as Gloria Whipple
- Sheila Kelley as Roxanne
- Ricki Lake as Tammie, the bank teller
- Anthony Tyler Quinn as Dale
- Gailard Sartain as Hammer
- Jimmie F. Skaggs as Tom
- Micole Mercurio
- Nada Despotovich
- Daniel Quinn as Julian
- Georgia Emelin
- Paul Collins
Reception
Variety wrote that the film is unsubtle but recreates the event with "attention-getting incisiveness".[1] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly rated it a letter grade of A− and wrote, "Terse and tense, The Chase is chilling."[2]
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Chase at IMDb
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