Yeah, a real heart stopper.
Hard to believe they filmed that "live," but it was NYC so maybe the pedestrians didn't think anything of it.
“When he did the chase scene for the French Connection he did it with no staging, no warnings, no safety precautions, etc.
Wow, could have been a real catastrophe.”
My memory is a little foggy. Wasn’t there a scene where he had to slam on the brakes because a lady was crossing the road pushing a baby carriage?