Bullitt

Bullitt is a 1968 Warner Bros. action crime/mystery/thriller motion picture starring Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and Jacqueline Bisset, with Don Gordon, Carl Reindel, Felice Orlandi, Vic Tayback, Pat Renella, Paul Genge, Bill Hickman, and Brandy Carroll.

Trivia

• The famous chase sequence from Bullitt has been voted the best car chase in film history, in front of The French Connection (1971) and the original Gone in 60 Seconds (1974).
• Two Mustangs and two Dodge Chargers were used for the chase scene. Both Mustangs were owned by Ford Motor Company and were part of a promotional loan agreement with Warner Bros. The cars were modified for the high-speed chase by veteran car racer Max Balchowsky.
• Though it is widely believed that Steve McQueen, who was a great race car driver, did the bulk of the driving stunt work, the stunt coordinator, Carey Loftin, had famed stuntman and motorcycle racer Bud Ekins do most of the risky stunts in the Mustang.
• The Mustang's interior rearview mirror goes up and down depending on who is driving. When the mirror is up, visible, McQueen is behind the wheel, and when it is down, not visible, Ekin is in the car.
• The director called for speeds of about 75 to 80 mph (120 to 130 km/h), but the cars (including the ones containing the cameras) reached speeds of over 110 mph (175 km/h).
• Filming of the chase scene took three weeks, resulting in 9 minutes and 42 seconds of film.
• The production company was denied permission to film on the Golden Gate Bridge.
• This is the second of three films in which both Steve McQueen (Lt. Frank Bullitt) and Robert Vaughn (Walter Chalmers) appear. The other two are The Magnificent Seven and The Towering Inferno.