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Cast

Steve McQueen ... Bullitt

Jacqueline Bisset... Cathy

Robert Vaughn ... Chalmers

Don Gordon ... Delgetti

Simon Oakland ... Captain Bennet

Norman Fell ... Baker

Robert Duvall ... Weissberg

Georg Stanford Brown... Dr. Willard

Justin Tarr ... Eddy

Carl Reindel ... Stanton

Felice Orlandi ... Renick

Vic Tayback ... Pete Ross (as Victor Tayback)

Robert Lipton ... 1st Aide

Ed Peck ... Westcott

Pat Renella ... John Ross





The late 1960s saw two classic, hard-boiled thrillers set in San Fransico; John Boorman's stylised 'Point Blank', and Peter Yates' 'Bullitt'. Calling your hero Bullitt might seem an unsubtle way to emphasise his macho qualities, but in fact Steve MacQueen plays him as a quiet man, not some wise-talking maverick: he does what he has to do, but takes no pleasure in his actions; and survives the roughness of his work not by becoming a monster, but simply by becoming a little less human. It's a believable portrait, and the film as a whole has a procedural feel: there are action scenes, but these are kept in their place in the overall design.



Today, the film is most famous for its celebrated car chase, which makes excellent use, as indeed does the movie as a whole, of the bay area locations, but is not actually shot that excitingly: the conclusion at the airport is more original, though it roots the film in the time when it was permissible to take a loaded gun onto a plane. But overall this is still a classy film, dry, exciting and bleak, and among the very best films of its day. William Friedkin's brilliant 'The French Connection', made a short while afterwards, would appear to owe it a debt.











The Getaway 1972 DvDrip_minstrel



Cast

Steve McQueen ... Doc McCoy

Ali MacGraw ... Carol McCoy

Ben Johnson ... Jack Beynon

Sally Struthers ... Fran Clinton

Al Lettieri ... Rudy Butler

Slim Pickens ... Cowboy

Richard Bright ... The Thief

Jack Dodson ... Harold Clinton

Dub Taylor ... Laughlin

Bo Hopkins ... Frank Jackson

Roy Jenson ... Cully



Not one of S. Peckinpah's masterworks but one hell of a crime thriller. Steve McQueen is perfect as the cool, professional Doc and although Ali MacGraw (Steve's next wife) is breezily gorgeous she doesn't have the chops to make her character (Carol) too believable. Al Lettieri is creepier than he was in THE GODFATHER and Richard Bright (THE GODFATHER as well) has a nice bit as a small-timer. Ben Johnson has credibility as does Dub Taylor later. Throw in authentic Western icon Slim Pickens and you have a nice Southwest crime drama.



A 7 out of 10. Best performance = Steve McQueen. He's very good with weapons and cars as he earlier proved. THE WILD BUNCH and STRAW DOGS are Peckinpah's masterpieces, but this is well worth a trip to the movies! Junior Bonner (a totally different type of sensibility) is also a fine film.