Perhaps the longest uninterrupted, if not the most stylish, car chase is the 40 minute wreckapalooza in 6) Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) written, directed, produced and starring H B Halicki alongside a yellow Ford Mustang called Eleanor. Ninety-three cars were wrecked, not all the onlookers were extras, and not all the accidents were staged – filming had to stop while Halicki recovered from crashing into a telegraph pole. Tragically, he died in 1989 when another telegraph pole fell on him during preparations for Gone in 60 Seconds 2. His widow executive-produced the duff 2000 Nicolas Cage quasi-remake of the same name.