In "Bullitt", the actors are well-chosen, especially Robert ("The man from U.N.C.L.E.") Vaughn as the cynical and rotten politician who wants to corrupt everything like Satan with Faust. Remember the rough anti-corruption dialogues in the airport scene : - Frank Bullitt : "Look Chalmers, let's understand each other, I don't like you." - Walter Chalmers : "Come on now , don't be naive, lieutenant, we both know how careers are made, integrity is something you sell the public." - Frank Bullitt : "You sell whatever you want but don't sell it here tonight." - Walter Chalmers : "Frank, we must all compromise." - Frank Bullitt : "Bulls**t ! Get the hell outta here now !" - But "Bullitt" will be nothing without the William Fraker's sophisticated cinematography and the Lalo Schifrin's tight soundtrack which is his best score. What I like the most in this hard-boiled film is the stylish opening credits with the gangsters; the mood of the restaurant with the jazz band and the look of Mc Queen/Bisset; the violent murder of the fake witness in the cheap hotel; the hospital scene with the killer chase in the basement; the well-known hectic car chase scene in the streets of San Francisco; the airport final scene with the killing of the real witness, re-used for the film "Heat" in 1996; the last close-up of the Steve Mc Queen's cool face before the end credits. "Bullitt" is for the 60's what "Dirty Harry" is for the 70's : an uncompromising individual. What makes this film a great one among the Great ? The character : "Itself, by itself, solely ONE everlastingly, and single." - Plato, Sympos
