The Big Chase

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The Big Chase

"THE BULLET-BY-BULLET STORY OF A POLICE DRAGNET"

1954

1h 0m

4.2(6 votes)

Crime

Thriller

Overview

A policeman (Glenn Langan) with a pregnant wife (Adele Jergens) winds up chasing a payroll thief (Lon Chaney Jr.) into Mexico by helicopter.

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Cast & Crew

8 members

Acting

Glenn Langan

Officer Pete Grayson

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Adele Jergens

Doris Grayson

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Lon Chaney Jr.

Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)

Acting

Jim Davis

Brad Bellows

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Douglas Kennedy

Police Lt. Ned Daggert

Acting

Jay Lawrence

Jim Miggs

No Image

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Jack Daly

Monty Nicholas

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Joe Flynn

Milton Graves - Reporter (as Joseph Flynn)

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