The Chase

The Chase (1966)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 69% of users liked it
    (2,556 ratings)

All hell breaks loose in a Texas town when an escaped convict heads home in Arthur Penn's Southern gothic melodrama. Appointed by local kingpin Val Rogers (E. G. Marshall), benevolent Sheriff Calder (Marlon Brando) manages to keep the peace in Tarl, but the situation starts to fester one… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Horton Foote, Lillian Hellman
Genres
Drama, Classics
In Theaters
Feb 17, 1966 Limited

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A Texas-style Peyton Place that's possibly more absurd.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Preceding Bonnie and Clyde by a year, Arthur Penn's small-town drama, flaunting a top-notch cast (Brando, Redford, Jane Fonda) is a quintessential movie pointing to the thematic and tonal direction Hollywood would take in the late 1960s.

  • Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Great stars, great director, muddled message melodrama.

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    ripping little drama

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    goes nowhere, slowly

  • AJ V


    This is probably my favourite movie that takes place in a small Texan town. This movie has an all-star cast, and a good story. I highly recommend it, it's intense and exciting.

  • Conner R


    I really like this movie, an early neo-western and Marlon Brando being a cool sheriff. I think it tends to throw off people due to the ensemble factor, there's no real main character to latch on to. I actually like that, it's different. Jane Fonda and Angie Dickinson make… More

  • xGary X


    This sprawling thriller cum soap opera doen't quite live up to it's almost overpopulated star cast, but Brando and Redford are always supremely watchable, and the strong script weaves the many plotlines together into a satisfying climax.

  • jay n


    lurid, over the top, some scenery chewing actors but compulsively watchable

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