Bullitt (1968)
Director: Peter Yates Run Time: 113 min. Release Year: 1968
Starring: Don Gordon, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Duvall, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal’s hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. 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.
“Even in the midst of this breathtaking montage, the high point of consistently brilliant Technicolor photography by William A. Fraker and film editing by Frank P. Keller, Yates manages to incorporate brief bits of documentation of the essential decency and concern of the McQueen character, uncompromisingly tough without conscious sacrifice of humanity.” ~ John Mahoney, The Hollywood Reporter
Screening June 28 + July 1