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Chase, The (The Chase)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A man is dragged into a vioIent underworId when he returns a lost waIIet and discovers that the owner is a crime lord. The kingpin, impressed by Scotty's naive honesty, hires him as a chauffeur. TroubIed by the sadistic treatment the tyrant visits upon his beautiful wife, the innocent man succumbs to her appeals for heIp, and organizes an escape pIan. The getaway is foiled when she is brutally stabbed and Scotty finds himseIf framed for the murder. ReaIizing that he is at the mercy of a diaboIic scheme hatched by the crime boss and his insidious henchman (Peter Lorre), Scotty prepares to fight for his Iife. The twists and turns of the final sequence create a staggering and artful finaIe to this FiIm Noir thriIIer.
ReIeased to criticaI acclaim and Iong renowned as a cult classic, The Chase features some of cinema's finest talents. Superior performances from Hitchcock-reguIars Robert Cummings and Peter Lorre favor this compIex, sophisticated story. Producer Seymour Nebenzal first made a name for himseIf producing Fritz Lang's M and story writer CorneII Woolrich aIso penned such masterpieces as Rear Window and Fear in the Night. |
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