The Chase is a 1991 American crime drama television film directed by Paul Wendkos, written by Guerdon Trueblood, and starring Casey Siemaszko and Ben Johnson. It is based on the true story of American criminal Phillip Hutchinson, who robbed a bank, killed a police officer, and took a man hostage in a 1988 rampage in Denver, Colorado.

Plot

In January 1988, in Denver, Colorado, KCNC-TV helicopter pilot Mike Silva flies over Denver to allow cameraman Jim Stair to get aerial shots of the area. Meanwhile, escaped convict Phillip Hutchinson, under the alias of Mark Taylor, has fled from Texas to reside in Denver, where he works as a car mechanic. While working in Denver, Hutchinson carries out various crimes, including the armed robbery of a local store and the mugging of a courier delivering some money, whom he beats up with a crowbar. A witness spots Hutchinson fleeing in a red Chevrolet K5 Blazer and reports it to the Denver Police Department, but Hutchinson has his coworker Tom repaint the vehicle brown. Through his coworker, Hutchinson meets a girl named Roxanne, who he starts a relationship with, though he does not tell her about his criminal life. However, after he finds Roxanne has been going through his belongings, he chases her out of his apartment.