The car chase is 10 minutes long. Steve McQueen covers 20 miles. That’s 120mph. The rest of the film is more measured.

BULLITT

Peter Yates

1968

Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall

Screenplay by Alan Trustman and Harry Kleiner; adapted from the novel Mute Witness by Robert L. Pike

Title: BULLITT

Year: 1968

Director: Peter Yates

Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall

Writing: Screenplay by Alan Trustman and Harry Kleiner; adapted from the novel Mute Witness by Robert L. Pike

Genre tags: CRIME, THRILLER