
Variety
Good scripting and excellent direction by Peter Yates maintain deliberately low-key but mounting suspense.
Full reviewSteve McQueen stars as ice cool police detective Frank Bullitt in this hard-boiled, 1960s tale of political intrigue, murder and mystery. Adaptation of Robert L. Pike's crime novel Mute Witness.
Set in San Francisco, detective Bullitt is assigned to protect mafia informant Johnny Ross (Pat Renella) who is scheduled to testify against members of the Mob before a Senate subcommittee. A pair of hitmen discover their secret location, with fatal consequences. Bullitt decides to investigate the case independently but is stonewalled by ambitious senator Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn).
LessGood scripting and excellent direction by Peter Yates maintain deliberately low-key but mounting suspense.
Full reviewA terrific movie, just right for Steve McQueen -- fast, well acted, written the way people talk.
Full reviewEven though the story almost makes no sense... Bullitt is an exquisitely satisfying motion picture, particularly if there is still an adolescent boy lodged somewhere in your psyche.
Full reviewStlick, stylish and ineffably cool, this was perhaps McQueen's defining role. Also mention goes to the uncreditied star of the film; San Francisco.
Full reviewBullitt is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Neon and Academy On Demand and AroVision.
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