Bullitt

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Bullitt

PG,

1968,

1h 53m,

Crime/

Drama

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25,000+ Ratings

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Senator Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn) is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross (Vic Tayback) with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny (Pat Renella), who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen). When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.

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Critics Consensus

Steve McQueen is cool as ice in this thrilling police procedural that also happens to contain arguably the greatest movie car chase ever.

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Marc Lee

Daily Telegraph (UK)

May 8, 2026

McQueen is excellent as the sullen, stony-faced Frank.

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John Mahoney

The Hollywood Reporter

Oct 17, 2018

It is simply one of the most exciting and intelligent action films in years, probably the best good-cop film we can expect to encounter.

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Variety

Mar 1, 2007

Good scripting and excellent direction by Peter Yates maintain deliberately low-key but mounting suspense.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jan 23, 2024

5/5

‘…while the 110 mph car chase is one of cinema’s most visceral scenes, the whole package just sings as a study of driven machismo…

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Jan 4, 2023

4/5

Over 54 years after its release, Bullitt remains one of the best thrillers in cinematic history with much thanks to its historic chase sequence.

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KC Star Staff

Kansas City Star

Mar 2, 2022

Here is lean, mean perfection in the treatment of a screen standard, the detective melodrama. Steve McQueen is in top form as the convention-flouting cop involved in thwarting gangsters.

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Theodore M

Mar 26, 2019

Thereâ(TM)s a good car chase but apart from that itâ(TM)s a pretty standard cop slash mob thriller.

Mar 7, 2019

Without doubt one of my favourite all-time movies. Car chase aside. The slow burn to eventual climax is film directing at its very best.

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George P

Mar 1, 2019

Awesome film. One of the classics.

Poe S

Feb 5, 2019

Steve McQueen is cool as ice in this thrilling police procedural that also happens to contain arguably the greatest movie car chase ever.

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Finn S

Nov 27, 2018

One of the better movies, simply in terms of craftsmanship. The casting is spot on, the cinematography great, the performances great, the editing great and the role of Bullit perfectly played by McQueen. Okay, so the character Bullit is a little too cool to be believed, much as Clint Eastwood was in his Dirty Harry roles. Both of them tapped into a need of the public to see a strong law-and-order fiture, although McQueen then went on to make The Thomas Crowne Affair taking coolness to a ridiculous laughable extreme. Be all that as it may, Bullit is still good entertainment.

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Hagrid W

Aug 28, 2018

The movie that made me want to drive for a living. My Legendary Whitetail van is no 1968 Ford Mustang GT, but I still picture myself flying through the streets of San Francisco. Like seriously, who doesn't want to grow up to be just like Steve McQueen? An absolute classic.

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Peter Yates

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Steve McQueen

Detective Lieut. Frank Bullitt

Robert Vaughn

Walter Chalmers

Jacqueline Bisset

Cathy

Don Gordon

Det. Sgt. Delgetti

Robert Duvall

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Synopsis

Senator Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn) is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross (Vic Tayback) with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny (Pat Renella), who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen). When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.

Director: Peter Yates
Producer: Philip D'Antoni
Screenwriter: Robert L. Pike, Alan R. Trustman, Harry Kleiner
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Bros., Solar Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 1968, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2008
Runtime: 1h 53m
Sound Mix: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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