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Bullitt (1968) 7.5
An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection. Director:Peter Yates |
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Cast
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| Jacqueline Bisset | ... | ||
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Delgetti
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Captain Sam Bennett
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Captain Baker
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Weissberg
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Dr. Willard
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Justin Tarr | ... |
Eddy
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Carl Reindel | ... |
Carl Stanton
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Felice Orlandi | ... |
Albert Renick
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| Vic Tayback | ... |
Pete Ross
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| Robert Lipton | ... |
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| Ed Peck | ... |
Westcott
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Pat Renella | ... |
Johnny Ross
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Plot Synopsis
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High profile San Francisco Police Lieutenant Frank Bullitt is asked personally by ambitious Walter Chalmers, who is in town to hold a US Senate subcommittee hearing on organized crime, to guard Johnny Ross, a Chicago based mobster who is about to turn evidence against the organization at the hearing. Chalmers wants Ross' safety at all cost, or else Bullitt will pay the consequences. Bullitt and his team of Sergeant Delgetti and Detective Carl Stanton have Ross in protective custody for 48 hours over the weekend until Ross provides his testimony that upcoming Monday. Bullitt's immediate superior, Captain Samuel Bennet, gives Bullitt full authority to lead the case, no questions asked for any move Bullitt makes. When an incident occurs early during their watch, Bullitt is certain that Ross and/or Chalmers are not telling them the full story to protect Ross properly. Without telling Bennet or an incensed Chalmers, Bullitt clandestinely moves Ross while he tries to find out who is after ... Written by Huggo
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Detective Lt. Frank Bullitt - some other kind of cop. Pity the guy he works for. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 October 1968 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bullit See more »Filming Locations:
San Francisco Police Department, 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$5,500,000 (estimated)Gross:
SEK 4,480,000 (Sweden)Company Credits
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MonoColor:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Desk Clerk: Am I helping you, sir?
Delgetti: I never had it so good.
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Trivia
Robert Vaughn has repeatedly said that his performance in this film is his best and contains the work he is most proud of. See more »Goofs
In the scene at Enrico's restaurant, a policeman with a walkie-talkie doing crowd control is visible through doorway. See more »Quotes
[after much patient pressure, the desk clerk has finally offered up some details]Desk Clerk: Am I helping you, sir?
Delgetti: I never had it so good.
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The late 1960s saw two classic, hard-boiled thrillers set in San Fransico; John Boorman's stylised 'Point Blank', and Peter Yates' 'Bullitt'. Calling your hero Bullitt might seem an unsubtle way to emphasise his macho qualities, but in fact Steve MacQueen plays him as a quiet man, not some wise-talking maverick: he does what he has to do, but takes no pleasure in his actions; and survives the roughness of his work not by becoming a monster, but simply by becoming a little less human. It's a believable portrait, and the film as a whole has a procedural feel: there are action scenes, but these are kept in their place in the overall design.
Today, the film is most famous for its celebrated car chase, which makes excellent use, as indeed does the movie as a whole, of the bay area locations, but is not actually shot that excitingly: the conclusion at the airport is more original, though it roots the film in the time when it was permissible to take a loaded gun onto a plane. But overall this is still a classy film, dry, exciting and bleak, and among the very best films of its day. William Friedkin's brilliant 'The French Connection', made a short while afterwards, would appear to owe it a debt.