The Chase
1966
****
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E. G. Marshall, Angie Dickinson
A long but powerful morality drama about small town folks who go all vigilante when they learn that a known criminal broke out from prison and is headed back home. Brando, at his mumbling best, plays a sheriff who seems to be the sole voice of reason. Redford gives one his earliest performances as the escapee. This underrated film was scripted by Lilian Hellman from Horton Foote's play.
