That old man cracks me up every time I watch this. He's quick to volunteer, ensuring no one else attempts to stop the carousel. Then he takes his sweet fucking time crawling under it, coming to a complete stop just to wipe his nose seemingly without regard for those in peril above him. Then when he finally makes it to the other side of the carousel, instead of saving everybody, he throws one switch and immediately derails the fucking thing - resulting in Bruno's death and probably a few others. The people on that carousel would have had better luck if they tucked and rolled off the damn thing.
@jakethewhale5 ай бұрын
I just saw this for the first time last night, and I completely agree. I get that this is supposed to be a suspenseful scene, but I could not stop laughing! Between the mom freaking out about her boy and the boy having a grand old time, to the old man stopping to wipe his mouth/nose, to the close-up shots of the horse's face, I was cracking up.
@barbaradace79523 ай бұрын
As soon as the thing came literally crashing to a stop I thought, "How many dead or injured kids are in the wreckage?" (O_o) Safety last!
@sclogse12 ай бұрын
MY KINDA GUY.
@all-s0rts Жыл бұрын
"My little boy!!!" Meanwhile her little boy is having a blast.
@johnnyev111 жыл бұрын
This scene remains one of Hitch's very best. Taking a family friendly carousel and creating a horrific death trap. And leaving it up to the viewer's imagination just who wound up dead in addition to Robert Walker's character. Sheer brilliance!
@DrGregoryHouseIT10 жыл бұрын
01:26 My little boy!!! Is just having a great old time XD
@jahidhossain39647 жыл бұрын
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@LuvvyDuck5 жыл бұрын
His reaction was priceless! He was having a blast and wasn't afraid of a thing!
@adorno_gang37 Жыл бұрын
it's hilarious how they shoot and kill the operator and no one even talks about that
@alcd6333 Жыл бұрын
1:22 - Mom screaming, "My little boy!" 1:25 - Her kid laughing and having a great time.
@jamesdrynan Жыл бұрын
According to Hitchcock, the man crawling under the carousel was a real roustabout. Had he lifted his head, he would have been killed. This movie is rarely seen but one of Alfred's best, I think.
@Antifearn2 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this scene on television as a small child and being so blown away by the emotion and the speed of the carousel. I was really sad when it ended because I didn’t know what the film was, which would make it hard for me to find the scene again. 10 years later, I have finally discovered that this was from an Alfred Hitchcock film rather than something older and obscure. Strangers on a Train is now high up on my watchlist.
@paulchristman24566 жыл бұрын
After 67 years, this is still one of the best and most innovative action scenes ever filmed. Brian Depalma aped it shamelessly in "The Fury" in 1978, although the latter is a pretty good thriller in its own right even so, I think.
@taymur08043 жыл бұрын
God this scene was so epic, that it was quite unexpected when I first watched this film
@Gencturk923 жыл бұрын
its actually a brilliant film, very underrated and should be up there. this and rear window and dial m for murder are brilliant
@billbright17552 жыл бұрын
It’s a Merry go Down. Top notch detective work. Civilian casualties kept to a minimum. Certain amount of collateral damage but when the circus comes to town it’s to be expected.
@benjaminclasper9355 Жыл бұрын
The way the carousel organ music speeds up is really creepy aswell with this scene.
@LuvvyDuck5 жыл бұрын
Best. scene. EVER.
@aaronstark50603 жыл бұрын
Are we just gonna gloss over the fact that cop recklessly shot into a crowd of innocent civilians, killing someone and is directly responsible for the ensuing carnage?
@JayPhel962 жыл бұрын
These the same cops who hunted Chris Dorner ?
@jessehamm35732 жыл бұрын
This scene always cracks me up.
@AngelHatchets12 жыл бұрын
I always wished the carousels that i got on as a kid went this fast. (without the carnage of course)
@crazyleyland5106 Жыл бұрын
In Britain we used to have a ride rather like this, the Ark. It was like a Music Express/ Himalaya , but you sat astride small horses or motorbikes. Showmen didn't consider them thrilling enough, and so most got converted to our equivalent of the Tilt- a Whirl, the Waltzer.
@Piecesof813 жыл бұрын
Two things I've never been able to get out of my head from this scene, ever since I first saw this movie as a kid: 1. The cop who opened fire on the wrong target on a moving carousel with lots of people on it, killing the innocent conductor, and thus directly causing a crash that caused significant property damage and possibly killed several more people, should go to prison. 2. Holy crap, that old guy is a badass.
@susanb20155 жыл бұрын
I love the old guy!
@vincentsartain30614 жыл бұрын
The old guy probably got himself killed, too.
@AHafan213 жыл бұрын
RIP Farley Granger =(
@LB__13 жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that Hitchcock said that if the actor at 1:33 had raised his head slightly while crawling, it would have killed him in a grotesque manner.
@cubefrikandel39083 жыл бұрын
I just realized that in RCT 1 & 2 when the merry-go-around breaks is a refrence to this scene
@eran26265 ай бұрын
RCT 1 2 ???
@sclogse111 жыл бұрын
This scene completely blew my mind the first time I saw it. Imagine watching that end in a big theatre. Astonishing in it's brilliant editing and multiple ideas. But then Hitch went on to create visually bizarre mind blowing visuals in his later films...the man falling from the Statue of Liberty shot from above with no cuts, and later Jimmy Stewart falling in Rear Window again with not cutting away...it just took the top off your head and all the steam the film had created up to then blew out.
@AarHan34 жыл бұрын
3:18 - THE MERRY-GO-ROUND BROKE DOWN!!!!!! 😲
@georgemanka2 жыл бұрын
Absolute cinema brilliance!!
@jmiller2979 жыл бұрын
This scene TOTALLY scared me away from carousels as a little kid... IJS!
@jacobdominguez78085 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece.
@JohnWesleyDowney8 жыл бұрын
Awesome scene, a Hitchcock classic. A big part of the beauty of this scene and a many great scenes in cinema is the lack of logic, the absurdity of it. If it was realistic and literal it would be boring. It's the imaginative use of imagery and technique that gives it it's power and drama and makes it so entertaining.
@manofmywords2408 жыл бұрын
This scene was too absurd and too "Hollywood" for my taste. However, the movie was quite enjoyable up until the last half of the film, which fell flat in my opinion.
@ruko98765 жыл бұрын
JohnWesley Downey, well said. At least you understand the meaning behind that scene, instead of some idiots here shouting about the cops shooting at the carousel and asking why.
@HooDatDonDar5 жыл бұрын
It was logical - the logical result of panic.
@emilycathcart73873 жыл бұрын
I saw this scene for the first time when I was 7 or 8 years old--absolutely terrified me!
@georgemanka4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant scene! Worthy of Eisenstein!
@bellainmyheart15 жыл бұрын
One of my favourites! Thank you for uploading!
@jeffreyyoung436411 жыл бұрын
one my favorite hitchcock films along with rebecca, psycho, vertigo, rear window, and the wrong man.
@sanchezsushi0075 жыл бұрын
Which Wrong Man? Hitchcock's original? or the remake with Jimmy Stewart?
@tempoticandmeepstar75843 жыл бұрын
@@sanchezsushi007 There is only one, with Henry Fonda and Vera Miles in 1956. You might be thinking of The Man Who Knew Too Much, which was remade with James Stewart
@JohanR88811 жыл бұрын
ah Norman Llyod in Sabatuer (Falling from Statue of Liberty) Great scene! :-)
@fiddlerpin13 жыл бұрын
I just saw this scene on a segment from TCM Now I want to see the whole movie. Brilliant use of a childrens ride going berserk! Hitchcock really was a movie genius In reality though a carousel has a governor on it and it couldn't speed up like that even if the operator wanted it to.
@86penfold3 жыл бұрын
Hey, shut up
@fiddlerpin3 жыл бұрын
@@86penfold Go f yourself!
@86penfold3 жыл бұрын
@@fiddlerpin lol
@rexjolles2 жыл бұрын
steam can be unpredictable
@figgles1110 жыл бұрын
Came to have a look at this after reading Edmund Crispin's 1946 detective novel "The Moving Toyshop" - with its almost identical event which was evidently the inspiration for this scene en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moving_Toyshop
@robertgreen60995 жыл бұрын
Love how the small carousel suddenly looks HUGE on the back projection. By the way, if you look closely you can see the bottom of the back projection screen in between the crowd.
@jehad786 жыл бұрын
I forgot about this movie. Saw it a very long time ago on TV. Thanks for the upload.
@Aeonterbor12 жыл бұрын
Oh my,i never tknew how scary/disturbing this scene would be,especially with all those people screaming and the twisted music playing in the backround. *shudders*
@86penfold3 жыл бұрын
It's been 9 years since you made this comment. Have you lived your life well?!
@JayJay-nc7pr Жыл бұрын
What gets me is that aside from the Farley Granger’s Haynes and Bruno, all the other victims on the Carousel of death are all women and children, which what makes this scene so chilling
@benjaminclasper9355 Жыл бұрын
That kid is having the time of his life not a care in the world.
@ResidentNotEvil513 жыл бұрын
Great movie hope hollywood wont remake this becoz old is gold hitchcock one of the best director for thriller movies
@crazyleyland5106 Жыл бұрын
I also wouldn't want them trashing an old carousel.
@hebneh4 жыл бұрын
The song at the beginning is “And The Band Played On”. Miriam, the murder victim, sang it earlier in the film when she and two guys were on their way to this same carnival - and I believe it was playing in the background when she was killed. Here it emphasizes that we again are in the same setting, but its lyrics are appropriate too. In spite of the murder and now the increasing terror of the shooting and the dangerous merry-go-round and the potential death of the hero, “the band played on” in cheerfully ironic fashion.
@pogigwapo50935 жыл бұрын
A windmill full of corpses
@ariadnegmusdaedaloximo7084 жыл бұрын
This scene has a crazy connection with The Punisher.
@pacoenfadonha13 жыл бұрын
3:15 Aaaaww do it SLOWLY, old man!
@WorldPeace-AdamNeira Жыл бұрын
Tremendous scene from an excellent film noir. I watched this film in full at 20:50 CET 12/11/2023. I rated it 8.8/10. (Only films in my "Top Ten Movies of All Time" rate above 9.0/10. I have seen over 500 movies in my 57 years on the planet. Cinema is one of my favourite hobbies).
@drmoonrat10 ай бұрын
The mechanic who crawled under the moving carousel was a real mechanic who volunteered to do that part. The platform above him was only inches from his head and moving at a considerable speed. Hitchcock said he had nightmares of shooting that scene afterwards about what would have happened had the man lifted his head up just a couple inches too high.
@dsolosan10 ай бұрын
There was a 35mm camera under there too, presumably with an operator and a focus puller. No one ever mentions them being in danger. My guess is that the carousel is much higher than Hitchcock says, and the lens helps compress the distance. Remember, he lied about leaving his daughter alone at the top of a ferris wheel for hours, when in fact she was with two other actors and they were up there for 2-3 minutes ...
@WizardOfHumor19893 жыл бұрын
1:46 “STAY OUT OF THIS YA LITTLE SHIT!!!!”
@Scopommetaphobia47 күн бұрын
Im not ever going on the any rides again i rather watch the concert now
@valianttruth37455 жыл бұрын
1:24 me on an airplane when turbulance hits! Literally!!!! LOL
@Atlargein2 жыл бұрын
That old man almost got them all killed by full breaking instead of slowly stopping the damn thing!!??
@Atlargein2 жыл бұрын
“braking” 😒
@popculturemedia77683 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite part in the movie 🎠
@juancarlosdistefano37039 жыл бұрын
Excepcional
@benjaminclasper9355 Жыл бұрын
Unless you want to wait five flipping minutes.
@RKGKSC14 жыл бұрын
This is a great film! The band organ on the carousel, however would not speed up if the carousel revolved faster - and it definitely would not go up in PITCH. That is a blooper in this movie.
@sclogse12 ай бұрын
I don't think it's a blooper. It's frosting.
@thesteamenginelover1974 Жыл бұрын
3:24 i saw a meme of a gut saying "its too fast!" and i want to see someone put is over this clip
@francescomazzella73809 жыл бұрын
AMAZING :)
@diamondking34212 жыл бұрын
Why was the carousel made to go so fast? And nothing happens to the cop who caused this.
@scaryhobbit2114 жыл бұрын
"Carousel 1 has broken down."
@bugsbunnybuddy13 жыл бұрын
does anyone else think that Bruno looks like Robert Vaughn?
@crepesoftime4 жыл бұрын
I think he looks like a cross between Robert Vaughn and Bill Murray.
@vincentsartain30614 жыл бұрын
Bruno looks even more like Robert Walker, Jr.! Isn't THAT something?! 🙃
@gwenfluker34363 жыл бұрын
That was Robert Walker's Jr. father in real life. His mother was Jennifer Jones she was married to his dad.
@GentleGenius15 жыл бұрын
Yes YouTune is decidedly weird at times. I've found out why it wouldn't work for me that night. Great film!
@benjaminclasper9355 Жыл бұрын
0:46 “I can handle it” Unless you want to five flipping mates What takes him so long underneath there anyway?
@crazyleyland5106 Жыл бұрын
Could an American carousel go round at breakneck speed like that if it malfunctioned? Ours in Britain wouldn't, which are powered by electricity, and occasionally steam.
@owlpercent20453 жыл бұрын
Hitchcock's humor at work here😄
@MrMisterDon2 жыл бұрын
Beware: Film Master at work!
@Carly8Corday9 жыл бұрын
Pea-brained killer-cop detective blasting away with a cop revolver at a distant carousel loaded with terrified children...with absolute impunity! The innocent carousel operator, an old guy, is killed right away, so that the carousel spins faster. The cop just shoots more and faster to compensate. Nobody in movie audiences, no critics anywhere, apparently, ever thought a thing about it. This is the crap in movies that used to make my Daddy have a "stroke" because it was toooo stooopid to endure! And he had no Facebook or KZfaq in which to vent. :(
@DrAnnieErewhon6 жыл бұрын
oh, relax - it was a fantasy film made years ago- it wasn't reality
@HooDatDonDar5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this cop definitely needs a performance review. But I can believe someone would do something stupid, really.
@paulchristman24564 жыл бұрын
Carly Corday It's just an old movie. My dear God, calm down. Bet you're a BLM supporter and a cop hater.
@sclogse12 ай бұрын
Hitch was not a cop fan.
@1or2there10 жыл бұрын
I wonder if this is the same carousel clint eastwood used in sudden impact . . .
@Scopommetaphobia48 күн бұрын
My son 😢
@harveyfrisbee20213 жыл бұрын
LOL - turning down the carousel causes it to blow up ... LOL ... this movie was made before dentures were invented ... LOL
@fiddlerpin13 жыл бұрын
@TheRealReverence Yes they did have mechanical governors. Why not just kill the power?
@cyrussuen27702 жыл бұрын
I'm allergic to carousels by the way
@GentleGenius16 жыл бұрын
great scene....I've watched it on here once before, but it doesn't seem to work now? Don't know what's gone wrong.
@sclogse12 ай бұрын
Probably a bladder issue.
@jackreed72873 жыл бұрын
Well he didn't stop it very well, did he?
@jakethewhale5 ай бұрын
He stopped it a little too well
@GoldenGurl4952 жыл бұрын
What happens to the little boy who tries to help? Does he survive?
@Levells14 жыл бұрын
@daming7562 I think it's done on purpose. It adds a bit of humor, given his very slow crawl.
@dbmyers25 жыл бұрын
Yes, he does pause briefly to wipe some spit or chewing tobacco off his mouth with his handkerchief.
@fiddlerpin13 жыл бұрын
@TheRealReverence Sorry I'm a mechanical contractor and just can't help thinking about this stuff. LOL
@billbright17555 жыл бұрын
There’s our man on that kids carousel 🎠 I’ll blast him off that pony! If those darn kids will just get out of the way,,, BLAM!💥 Whoops, sorry pops, but you should have ducked. The calliope crashed to the ground. Kids like, this is the coolest ride ever! Oh the humanity! I can handle it, might need a couple of hours, then I’ll break the controls! That’s it pops,, a little to the left, keep going, easy does it. Couldn’t that young guy do it? No he can’t pull the brake lever. Give me that lighter! No, get your own. Man, they just don’t make ‘em like that any more. This is why they can’t have nice things at the carnival.