The French Connection (1971)

I was told that this chase scene, as well as the one from "Bullitt" with Steve McQueen, just HAD to be put on the site. I saw the Bullitt chase, which is cool because it actually careens through real streets in nice long shots.... but the chase itself bored me after a while. Gene Hackman, on the other hand, displays the appropriate emotions in this scene for making me want to put it up here. That, and he's pursuing a train, and I love when there are two different forms of transportation invovled.