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Directed by: Peter Yates Starring: Steve McQueen IMDB sets this film up better than I: Johnny Ross works for Chicago mobster Peter Ross, his brother. In April 1968 Johnny Ross escapes two attempts on his life and flees to San Francisco, where he is placed in protective custody by politician Walter Chalmers, who hopes to use Ross to further his own national aspirations. To protect Ross, Chalmers asks the SFPD to assign Detective Lieutenant Frank Bullitt and his partners, Sergeants Don Delgetti and Carl Stanton, to guard him at a flophouse near an overhead freeway. It looks like a simple assignment, but at 1 AM the next day it all goes awry in a blast of a shotgun, leaving Stanton and Ross fighting for life at San Francisco General. Bullitt gets what information he can, but breathing down his neck is the angered Chalmers who vows to ruin Bullitt's career should Ross die. Bullitt gets a break when the gunman appears at the hospital to finish off Ross, and Bullitt gets a good look at him; now Bullitt must smoke out the gunman and his backup man before Chalmers carries out his threat. -- This film is a stylish 60's film featuring the 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback. It was a revolutionary film mainly because of its chase scene. It was the first of its kind, and in my opinion, still the best. Most people think this movie is only good for the 10 minute scene somewhat in the middle, but this plot intrigued me and made me watch it again to fully understand everything strange that happened. RATING: 5.0 PROS: Excellent plot, THE car chase scene, McQueen is simply a badass CONS: Sparse cheap 60's acting, a bit dated (The Organization = Mafia) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062765/
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I never get tired of this movie, it has great atmosphere. Of course, the chase scene is fantastic. Also, bonus points for the guy who plays Chalmers being in these "Kalfus and Nachman" attorney commercials I see all the time. 5
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Jul 18, 2004 10:37
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The cop movie of the 60's. All others pale in comparison, and all car chases will be second best.
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Jul 18, 2004 17:51
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