Steve McQueen,
Robert Vaughn,
Jacqueline Bisset,
Don Gordon,
Robert Duvall
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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 detect... read more
Directed by: Peter Yates
Release Date: October 17, 1968
DVD Release Date: November 18, 1997
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April 22, 2012The car chase is as great as advertised (an absolutely stunning achievement), but that's really about it. Contrary to what I've read, the plot is rather pedestrian, if not slightly illogical, and some of the "emotional scenes" are unmitigated failures. It's almost as if Yates spe... read more
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November 30, 2011fb732260458Although the plot doesn't necessarily reinvent the genre, the pacing and acting is fluid and involving enough to perfectly compliment the absolutely mind-blowing car chase midway through the film. You will be gasping for air after that one concludes. And besides, it's great to se... read more
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August 7, 2011Everyone remembers the car chase because that's the only memorable thing from this movie. Average almost made-for-tv stuff.
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July 30, 2011McQueen's mystique could be bound up in that he played a guy other men wanted to be and that women simply wanted. His character herein is that of a detective assigned to protect a mob informant, but the script, the plot, the direction, the photography, even the film itself, all ... read more
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July 23, 2011I was actually surprised at how much I liked this film. Friends had said "There's not much of a plot," and "Great car chase, not much else," but I found it to be an interesting companion to some of the bigger directors of the period. A lot of the visual and audio elements built a... read more
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July 18, 2011A cop pursues killers and uncovers a conspiracy involving a witness he was charged to protect.
For most of the film, this is a fairly basic procedural in the tradition of The French Connection, and it clearly influenced Michael Mann's Heat. But in the third act, Bu... read more -
July 8, 2011For me Bullitt is one of the best classic action films ever made. Steve McQueen has captured the essence of cool with this action thriller. Frank Bullitt (McQueen) must protect a key witness from the mob, but when the witness is fatally wounded by hired hit men, Bullitt is on the... read more
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April 20, 2011I realize Bullitt is regarded as highly influential and well made (and I believe it is), but I felt a bit bored watching. An epic car chase is really the only thing that gets you excited, and man, is it epic. McQueen plays a cool suave policemen and pulls it off fine, with style.... read more
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December 27, 2010Solid cop film. Steve McQueen borders between Lethal Weapon and The French Connection in this tale of intrigue and full on action. The car chase. already legendary, was thrilling to watch, and especially nail biting since McQueen mastered all of the stunt driving himself. Still, ... read more
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December 11, 2010A good modern detective movie with fantastic car chase scenes. I liked it, but there were a few boring scenes here and there. Overall it's good, though.
Critic Reviews
March 1, 2007
Variety
March 1, 2007
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
There isn't much here, and what there is is awfully easy. Full Review
June 21, 2005
Douglas Pratt, Hollywood Reporter
Even though the story almost makes no sense and the Oscar-winning editing has several illogical cuts, Bullitt is an exquisitely satisfying motion picture, particularly if there is still an adolescent ...
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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. Full Review
May 20, 2003
Renata Adler, New York Times
A terrific movie, just right for Steve McQueen -- fast, well acted, written the way people talk. Full Review
July 6, 2010
Matthew Pejkovic, Matt's Movie Reviews
A low key, tough guy cop thriller, Bullitt does not go over the top with its action sequences and stays away from the usual cop movie clichés, lifting the bar in regards to how cop movies should be made. Full Review
May 7, 2010
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Bullitt takes a rather simple nugget of a story and turns it into a crime classic through the expert use of location footage, editing, music, mood and timing, not to mention the laconic, stoic perform... Full Review
May 5, 2008
Film4
Surprisingly austere and very much of its time, Bullitt is a lot less fun and a lot more impressive than you might expect. Full Review
March 1, 2007
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Expert chase film, breathless and modern, that sent McQueen to the top of the box office heap. Full Review
February 7, 2007
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Apart from the classic chase scene, there many other pleasures to be had in this stylish policier, one that changed considerably the entire vocabulary of Hollywood's action-thrillers. Full Review
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