Stars: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland, Norman Fell, Don Gordon

Director: Peter Yates

Summary: Fast-moving story of the battle of wills between a detective and the District Attorney over possession of a key witness. An original car chase is filmed using a fisheye lens. Based on the novel 'Mute Witness' by Robert L. Pike.

Steve McQueen stars as Detective Frank Bullitt in one of his most memorable roles, playing a hard-driving, hard-as-nails San Francisco cop. Bullitt has just received what sounds like a routine assignment: Keep a star witness out of sight and out of danger for 48 hours, then deliver him to the courtroom on Monday morning. But before the night is out, the witness will lie dying of shotgun wounds. And Bullitt, a no-glitter, all-guts cop, won't rest until he nabs the gunmen and the elusive underworld kingpin who hired them. From opening shot to closing shootout, Peter Yates's edge-of-the seat thriller is packed with authentic touches--on-location San Francisco filming, crisp dialogue and uncompromising to-the-letter police, detailed hospital and morgue procedures. But the most memorable authentic touch of all is BULLITT's celebrated car chase. McQueen, an expert automobile and motorcycle racer, does his own stunt driving as he propels his high-performance Mustang GT around and over San Francisco's fabled hills at speeds up to 115 miles an hour. The film was based on Robert L. Pike's book MUTE WITNESS.

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San Francisco has been the setting of many exciting movie car chases over the years but the one in Bullittis still the one to beat when it comes to high-octane action on the city's steep hills. The outstanding car chase earned an Oscar for best editing but the rest of the movie is pretty good too. This 1968 police thriller is a perfect star vehicle for cool guy Steve McQueen, who stars as a tenacious detective (is there any other kind?) determined to track down the killers of the star witness in a major trial. Director Peter Yates (Breaking Away) approached the story with an emphasis on absolute authenticity, using a variety of San Francisco locations. Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Duvall appear in early roles, and Robert Vaughn plays the criminal kingpin who pulls the deadly strings of the tightly wound plot. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive Menus, Production Notes, Scene Access, Theatrical Trailer, Featurette Steve McQueens Commitment To Reality
Subtitles:	Arabic, English
Year:	1968
Release Date:	August 12, 2002
Runtime:	109 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 201105
Keywords:	Action, Box, General, Bullitt, Wide, Screen, Set, Deluxe, Adventure
Genre:	Action/Adventure