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Writer: Robert L. Pike (novelist), Harry Kleiner & Alan Trustman (screenplay)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bissett
Following the assassination of a witness in protection, 'do or die' cop Lieutenant Frank Bullitt (best name on the planet) finds himself investigating the San Francisco criminal underworld.
Bullitt is a hard hitting detective thriller that delights gritty film lovers. Steve McQueen is not renowned as the most gifted or versatile actor of his time however excellent at what he does best (being as cool as a cryogenically frozen cucumber that has been brought back to save Christmas). This film certainly puts McQueen in his comfort zone, which happens to be behind the wheel of a 1968 Ford Mustang wearing a roll neck sweater and a snub nose revolver to his chest. If you haven't seen this film then it's one of those you need to see, Bullitt features a car chase scene which wrote the book 'Hollywood Car Chase Scenes', McQueen was always very keen to perform his own stunts, the chase scenes in this film are shared between Steve McQueen and stunt driver Bud Ekins. The iconic shot of Steve McQueen making a wheel spin reverse in the Mustang was not originally scripted, during filming McQueen took a wrong turn, the footage was used in the film and is remembered to this day.
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