Click here to buy posters! Conflict between police sleuthing and political expediency is the essence of Bulitt, an extremely well-made crime melodrama filmed in Frisco. Steve McQueen delivers a very strong performance as a detective seeking a man whom Robert Vaughn, ambitious politico, would exploit for selfish motives. Good scripting and excellent direction by Peter Yates maintain deliberately low-key but mounting suspense. Arrival in Frisco of a Chi hood cues assignment of McQueen, plus assistants Don Gordon and Carol Reindel, to protect his life until headline-hunting Vaughn produces him dramatically before a senate crime commitee. Hood's death, at the hands of Paul Genge, provides the primary dramatic conflict: Vaughn McQueen is interested in apprehending the killer. Simon Oakland, McQueen's superior, lets him pursue the case independantly, while Vaughn, with aid from another senior detective, Norman Fell, is after independant sleuth's scalp. TRIVIA The famous car chase (the most famous in film history) was lifted for a car commerical in 2001. OSCARS 1968 Best Editing Nomination: Best Sound 5 STARS OUT OF 5 bullitt Dvds | Videos | Steve McQueen | Jacqueline Bisset | Robert Duvall | Advertise Here yul brynner | christopher plummer | romy schneider the godfather | the godfather part ii marlon brando | james caan | diane keaton | al pacino laurence olivier | clark gable | vivien leigh | leslie howard | alfred hitchcock | robert montgomery | grace kelly olivia de havilland | humphrey bogart | howard hawks | frank capra | charlie chaplin | lauren bacall | fritz lang jean harlow | greta garbo | ava gardner | audrey hepburn | edward g. robinson | john garfield erich von stroheim | wim wenders | madeleine carroll | marlene dietrich | rita hayworth bullitt dvds bullitt videos bullitt Dvds | Videos | Steve McQueen | Jacqueline Bisset | Robert Duvall yul brynner | christopher plummer | romy schneider the godfather | the godfather part ii marlon brando | james caan | diane keaton | al pacino laurence olivier | clark gable | vivien leigh | leslie howard | alfred hitchcock | robert montgomery | grace kelly olivia de havilland | humphrey bogart | howard hawks | frank capra | charlie chaplin | lauren bacall | fritz lang jean harlow | greta garbo | ava gardner | audrey hepburn | edward g. robinson | john garfield erich von stroheim | wim wenders | madeleine carroll | marlene dietrich | rita hayworth Page created by: lenin@netcomuk.co.uk Changes last made: 2004