Bullitt

After the star witness in a Congressional investigation is murdered, Bullitt mercilessly tracks down those responsible. Stars Steve McQueen., King of cool Steve McQueen stars as undercover cop Frank Bullit in Peter Yates’s exciting drama whose climax features one of the most famous car chases in cinema history., His new assignment seems routine: protecting a star witness for an important trial. But before the night is out, the witness lies dying and cool, no-nonsense Detective Frank Bullitt won’t rest until the shooters-and the kingpin pulling their strings-are nailed., Steve McQueen stars as a no glitter, all guts cop named Frank Bullitt. When the witness he was protecting and the two officers he was working with are killed, Bullitt vows to catch the murderer and the Mafia boss who hired him., Action-packed crime thriller about a tough police lieutenant who winds up in deadly danger when a government witness under his protection is killed., A lone-wolf police detective tracks syndicate killers after failing to protect a mob informant, while an ambitious senator strives to shut down his investigation., A lone-wolf San Francisco police detective tracks syndicate killers after failing to protect a mob informant, while an ambitious senator strives to shut down his investigation. Features one of the screen’s all-time great car chases., This violent crime drama finds a San Francisco detective assigned to protect a government witness from being murdered by the mob. Bullitt (Steve McQueen) must protect Chicago hoodlum Johhny Ross to insure his testimony before a jury indicting gangland activities. Captain Bennett (Simon Oakland) is Bullitt’s superior who supports his man, but the scheming politician Chalmers (Robert Vaughn) has his own agenda, assigning a federal agent (Norman Fell) to watch and report back to him directly. The witness, or so viewers are led to believe, dies in a fleabag hotel. Bullitt lets people believe the witness is still alive, prompting the mob to come after the stoic, hard-as-nails sleuth. In one of the most exciting car chases in cinematic history, the crooks and Bullitt chase each other through the streets of San Francisco. Jacqueline Bisset, Vic Tayback and Robert Duvall also appear in this feature which turned McQueen into an international star., San Francisco detective Bullitt pursues the hitman who took out a Mafia witness and the cops guarding him., The legendary Steve McQueen stars in the cool, cult, Oscar-winning crime thriller about a tough police lieutenant who is endangered when a witness under his protection is killed. Dir: Peter Yates.