Bullitt (1968)

  • Rated PG
  • 1hr 53m
  •  (1)
  • 83

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Peter Yates

Producer:

Philip D'Antoni, Robert E. Relyea

Writer:

Alan Trustman, Harry Kleiner, Robert L. Fish

Release Date:

Oct 17, 1968

Runtime:

1hr 53m

Synopsis

Robert L. Pike's crime novel Mute Witness makes the transition to the big screen in this film from director Peter Yates. In one of his most famous roles, Steve McQueen stars as tough-guy police detective Frank Bullitt. The story begins with Bullitt assigned to a seemingly routine detail, protecting mafia informant Johnny Ross (Pat Renella), who is scheduled to testify against his Mob cronies before a Senate subcommittee in San Francisco. But when a pair of hitmen ambush their secret location, fatally wounding Ross, things don't add up for Bullitt, so he decides to investigate the case on his own. Unfortunately for him, ambitious senator Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn), the head of the aforementioned subcommittee, wants to shut his investigation down, hindering Bullitt's plan to not only bring the killers to justice but discover who leaked the location of the hideout.~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Cast

  • Steve McQueen
  • Robert Vaughn
  • Jacqueline Bisset
  • Don Gordon
  • Robert Duvall
  • Simon Oakland
  • Norman Fell
  • Georg Stanford Brown
  • Justin Tarr
  • Carl Reindel

Did You Know?

Trivia

  • The license plate on the Mustang is JJZ 109.
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Goofs

  • In the scene at Enrico's restaurant, a policeman with a walkie-talkie doing crowd control is visible through doorway.
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Quotes

    • Chalmers: Come on, now. Don't be naive, Lieutenant. We both know how careers are made. Integrity is something you sell the public.
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McQueen is great in Bullitt, and the movie is great, because director Peter Yates understands the McQueen image and works within it. He winds up with about the best action movie of recent years.

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