Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)

Director:

H.B. Halicki

Writer:

H.B. Halicki (writer)

Release Date:

28 July 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

HIS BUSINESS IS STEALING CARS...when he goes to work, the excitement starts---and GOES---and GOES---and GOES!

Plot:

Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When...

Plot Keywords:

Ford Mustang | Police | Stolen Car | Car Chase | Carsploitation

Cast

H.B. Halicki	...	Maindrian Pace / Vicinski
Marion Busia	...	Pumpkin Chase
Jerry Daugirda	...	Eugene Chase
James McIntyre	...	Stanley Chase
George Cole	...	Atlee Jackson
Ronald Halicki	...	Corlis Pace
Markos Kotsikos	...	Uncle Joe Chase
Butch Stockton	...	1-Baker-11 detective (driver)
Phil Woods	...	1-Baker-11 detective (passenger)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
J.C. Agajanian Jr.	...	Light Blue Unmarked Detective
Parnelli Jones	...	Himself
Sak Yamamoto	...	Himself (City of Carson mayor)
Edward Abrahms	...	Harold Blight Smith (uncredited)
Christopher J.C. Agajanian	...	Himself (uncredited)
Gary Bettenhausen	...	Himself (uncredited)
Edward Booker	...	Lowrider (uncredited)
Wally Burr	...	Male police dispatcher (uncredited)
Anthony Cole	...	Lowrider (uncredited)
Mark Cole	...	Lowrider (uncredited)
Michael Cole	...	Lowrider (uncredited)
Billy Englehart	...	Himself (uncredited)
Jonathan E. Fricke	...	Himself / KFOX Interviewer (uncredited)
Edward Havens	...	Kid in park (uncredited)
Hal McClain	...	Himself / KFOX Announcer (uncredited)
Jack Popejoy	...	Himself / KIIS Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Don Simmons	...	Lowrider (uncredited)
Ron Simmons	...	Lowrider (uncredited)
Jack Vacek	...	WK90 officer (voice) (uncredited)
Bud Wackeen	...	Himself (uncredited)
Bunny Walsh	...	Long Beach Female Dispatcher (uncredited)
Christine Wright	...	Herself / Ronald Moran Cadillac Receptionist (uncredited)

Directed by
H.B. Halicki

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
H.B. Halicki		writer

Produced by
H.B. Halicki	....	producer

Original Music by
Ronald Halicki
Philip Kachaturian

Cinematography by
Scott Lloyd-Davies
Jack Vacek

Film Editing by
Warner E. Leighton

Production Management
Steve Peterson	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steve Peterson	....	assistant director

Sound Department
James L. Aicholtz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark D. Fleming	....	sound re-recording mixer: re-release in 5.1
Mark Hanes	....	sound recordist
Christopher Harvengt	....	lead sound effects designer
Christopher Harvengt	....	supervising sound editor (5.1 restoration)
Joe Sandusky	....	sound effects editor
Chip Yaras	....	sound effects editor

Stunts
Ed Autry	....	stunt driver
James Autry	....	stunt driver
Garland Brown	....	stunt driver
Phil Edmundson	....	stunt driver
Jim Gastelum	....	stunt driver
Joe Greenwood	....	stunt driver
H.B. Halicki	....	stunt coordinator
Ed Hand	....	stunt driver
Greg Lawrence	....	stunt driver
Hal Oxenrider	....	stunt driver
Henry Phillips	....	stunt driver
Butch Stockton	....	stunt driver
Bob Walker	....	stunt driver
Ben Wilkins	....	stunt driver
Phil Woods	....	stunt driver
Tim Zumwalt	....	stunt driver
Tom Zumwalt	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
John Dirlam	....	camera operator
Sean Doyle	....	assistant camera
Scott Lloyd-Davies	....	camera operator
Bill Lucas	....	assistant camera
Bill Lucas	....	camera operator
Douglas Olivares	....	camera operator
Eric Raddatz	....	assistant camera
Paul Silverman	....	camera operator
David Tarling	....	still photographer
Bill Weaver	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Chris Miller	....	post-production services (2001 version)

Transportation Department
H.B. Halicki	....	driver: "Eleanor"

Other crew
Kristi Gimenez	....	script supervisor
Butch Stockton	....	pilot: 1-Baker-11
Phil Woods	....	co-pilot: 1-Baker-11

Thanks
Jack Popejoy	....	special thanks
Bud Wackeen	....	special thanks
Lyle Waggoner	....	special thanks
Sak Yamamoto	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• H.B. Halicki Mercantile Co.

Distributors

• Corona Film (1975) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• H.B. Halicki Mercantile Co. (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
• BCI Eclipse (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• International Film Distributors (1976) (Canada)
• K-tel Home Video (1984) (Australia) (video)
• Magna Pacific (2000) (Australia) (DVD)
• Manga Films (2007) (Spain) (DVD)
• Media Home Entertainment (1984) (USA) (VHS)
• Media Home Video (1976) (USA) (video)
• New City Releasing
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Ventura Distribution (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Video Treasures (1990) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  post-production facilities
• Pacific Title  titles and optical effects by
• T.V. Recorders  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

Gone in Sixty Seconds (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

105 min | Spain:93 min (DVD edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Spain:13 | Australia:M | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Carson, California, USA

Company:

H.B. Halicki Mercantile Co.

Trivia:

'J.C. Agajanian, Jr.', who plays a detective in the roadblock sequence at Torrance Mazda Agency, was almost killed when a stunt with "Eleanor" went wrong and the Mustang slammed into his unmarked police car, which he was standing behind. The scene was left in the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: The clock on the desk of the Long Beach female police dispatcher continually jumps back and forth from 9:10 to 9:25. Also, this means that it is morning, but the chase takes place in the afternoon.

Quotes:

Maindrian Pace: Hey, Stanley, what's your new girlfriend's name?
Stanley Chase: Jill, why?
Maindrian Pace: I'm going to name this car after her, 'cause she's a wreck too.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Stunt Rock (1978)

The best car-chase film of all time

The original "Gone In 60 Seconds" will be remembered by many viewers as the best car-chase film of all time. It will also be remembered as the film that featured lots of destroyed cars in a 40 minute chase. As said in the film's IMDb trivia: "93 cars are crashed in this 97 minute movie."

The best part of this whole movie is the 40-minute chase scene. So many cars are crashed and destroyed during the chase, including original city police cars. What's more, the chase scene had absolutely NO special effects, meaning that all the crashes and smashes were real. Furthermore, H.B. Halicki himself wrote, directed, and starred in the movie. He even drove the "star car" (the Mustang) throughout the chase!

My only negative comment about the film is that the beginning of the movie is very slow; so slow that you may be very eager to get to the 40-minute chase scene. However, if you have the DVD, you can just watch the film starting from the chase scene if you want to.

Overall, this movie had an awesome chase scene. It is the best chase scene ever filmed in a movie. It has to be seen to be believed.

P.S: This movie is much much better than the awful remake.