Bullitt (1968) - San Francisco Car Chase Scene (4/10) | Movieclips
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Bullitt (Steve McQueen) refuses to back down when the Charger trying to follow him takes it up a notch, leading to a chase through the streets of San Francisco.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
In one of his most famous roles, Steve McQueen stars as tough-guy police detective Frank Bullitt. The story begins with Bullitt assigned to a seemingly routine detail, protecting mafia informant Johnny Ross (Pat Renella), who is scheduled to testify against his Mob cronies before a Senate subcommittee in San Francisco. But when a pair of hitmen ambush their secret location, fatally wounding Ross, things don't add up for Bullitt, so he decides to investigate the case on his own. Unfortunately for him, ambitious senator Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn), the head of the aforementioned subcommittee, wants to shut his investigation down, hindering Bullitt's plan to not only bring the killers to justice but discover who leaked the location of the hideout.
CREDITS:
TM & © Warner Bros. (1968)
Cast: Steve McQueen, John Aprea, Bill Hickman
Director: Peter Yates
Producers: Philip D'Antoni, Robert E. Relyea
Screenwriters: Alan Trustman, Harry Kleiner, Robert L. Fish
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This is how it feels following your friend somewhere when only he knows the address
lol!!
been there done that
or its last call at the pub
That's hall of fame right there! :o)
I blew out the torsion bar bushing unit chasing on Vt; back roads.
No jump cutting, no pointless over dramatic music, and most of all NO CGI. This is and always will be awesome.
No jump cutting? Have a look at 0:52, where the editing is really sloppy (he clearly hits the white car!)
Yup no CGI!!! I love that part the most.
I think CGI is a useful tool in modern movies to touch up scenes in small ways, but it can be overused in a movie trying to look hyperrealistic and end up looking cheesy or goofy in the end.
@Jason King You're a cliche
@@cf7571 that was because the Charger actually hit and completely destroyed the camera equipment capturing it
The lack of music is phenomenal. Just the roaring engines and honking horns. It feels so…real.
I don't care how many times they pass the same green VW bug, it's still one of the best car chases on film!
I wonder where that Beetle is now? is its history known?
And the Firebird driving by them
NAH!!! 7 ups blows this away.
@@jimmycricket7946 Meh.
Kind of like the white Rambler American in the movie The Seven Ups chase scene.
God, the sound of those V8 engines is just pure ear candy!!!
The day of the auction, they fired it up going onto the auction block. It still sounds just as menacing.
Exactly!
If only someone were to do something similar today. I can tell that these sounds were recorded in either harsh conditions or just bad microphones. It was the late 60's after all. I don't think most sound production was high fidelity until somewhere in the 70's.
yep.. and the classic lines of the cars is a sultry stimulus as well..
I agree. Today's v8 engines don't sound all that great. They have a cracky sound. Except the Dodge Demon👿👌💪👍❤
No cheesy back tracks, no pointless punchlines..only motors running and tires screeching...a proper car chase!
No COMPUTER(boo, I'm old school) work. Just a well filmed real car chase. A true classic.
Back when a car was a CAR!!
Question, how many times are they going to pass the same Volkswagen Beetle. 🤣
Before computers made cars ghey.
Franckpc86 Well said 👍👍.
There’s not a single car in this scene that I wouldn’t mind having
yeh cause its all mustange chargers and old bel airs
I'd like the charger with the unlimited hubcaps
Plenty of those volkeswagon beatles around then .
The new mustang bullit
You mean you would mind isn't it? Sorry its because I'm currently learning English and I struggle with the structure of your sentence
0:53 I love how the charger just crashes here and the editors thought "nope it didn't ", but didn't completely edit the crash out.
They actually kept it in, it's a recent edit done about fifteen/twenty years ago maybe when DVD was replacing VHS. If you can find an old VHS version, or an old TV broadcast of this movie, you can see the edit is completely different.
The car was disappeared after crash too😂
ghost car..
It’s because when the Charger hit the car, it actually completely destroyed the camera equipment capturing it. You can see it in a Behind the scenes clip.
Well, except they left in the sound of the crash. So it's not clear what they were trying to do here, really.
Oh look... a realistic car chase!! No explosions or over exaggerated crashes. Just 2 cars higtailing it through the city. Awesome!!
Neddiddley Oh that's fine. Can chalk that up to driver error. I mainly ment they weren't causing big firery crashes in traffic.
they had to keep fitting new suspension on that mustang over and over again. the charger went through the whole filming with just one set :)
Rade Ue Masq sodorkr
It's a pretty boring for a car chase, hilarious that you got excited by it LOL
And no stupid music.
Wow, San Francisco looked so pretty in the 60’s.
It was. Even better were the Chinese new year's parade with the dragon. In 63 we went to one and it was amazing with firecrackers going off all over the place. Now it's a controlled event, but back then when that dragon came down the street at night, out of no where, it made your heart jump!
Oh, also the giants games at Candlestick. Mays, Marichal, Cepeda, G. Perry, McCovey. No fancy scoreboard or loudspeaker music. In between innings there were two bands in different parts of the stadium wandering around. The Mariachi's a Mexican band and the 49ers.
yep, before liberals
What does it look like now? Anyone knows?
Now it's a land fill
I was a 13 year-old kid when I saw Bullitt the movie. The car chase scene was epic then and still is, in my opinion, the best car chase movie scene ever. I just remember being in the theater, and leaning left and right as Steve raced through the San Francisco streets. I think we paid around $1.35 to get in the movie. Steve McQueen was my childhood hero, and the coolest guy ever!
Ya..Him and Burt Reynolds were the car chase kings back in the day. They loved car chases back in the 60's-80's.
@@tommyzeus2802 Those days were the definition of freedom! It was an awesome time!
@@tommy--k freedom? This was the 60s are you living in a rock? Especially racial tensions for a black man.
It was the movie, the rest didn't make any sense.
@@lorenzomagazzeni5425 What?
Late 60’s early 70s car chase scenes more realistic than today’s fake cgi
Also the fact that there’s no music adds to the tension and realism of it
yes they really are i wonder if the movie the last of us will be realistic as well i havent seen the HBO SERIES YET BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
The sound of the engines is all the music you need for this iconic scene. Still the coolest looking Mustang.
You can repeatedly hear McQueen "double clutching !!!" Boy oh boy, what en era !!!
if I ever have enough money I'd build one just like it.☺
@@jetman7946 It isn't even the actual sound of the Mustang.🤷♂️ The sound of that V8 double clutching comes from a Ford GT-40. They actually shot half the movie without sound, all these sounds of the cars and part of the dialogue were added in post-production.
@@deerlord2363 ...Rumor has it, McQueen didn't want any musical score during the chase. Wanted the audiences to hear and feel the power !!! And I sold my 70 SS 396 back in the day for fifteen hundred bucks !!! Mercy !!!
I believe the understeer and overshoot on that turn was genuine, and McQueen stuck his head out for the reverse burnout to show the audience that he was driving... makes it look that much more real. Although I think he only drove parts of it. The double de-clutching was edited in from a Le Mans Ford race car, I think. It sounds badass!
50 years old and as fresh as if it were filmed this morning. The classic of all classic car chases, never duplicated for raw adrenaline and power. McQueen was a great actor and driver.
his only car chase better than this one was the flick where he was driving the satellite, that was a bare knuckle adventure right there. The best car chases were with Mcqueen though.
Actually, this was duplicated...by Ford Motor Company. They took this video and turned it into a commercial for a small Ford sporty car. Basically, they digitally " dropped " Steve McQueen into the driver's seat of a car sold in Europe, the Ford Puma, and digitally replaced the Mustang we see here with the Ford Puma. I wouldn't be surprised if the video would be on KZhead somewhere.
Now its all explosions, overly loud music and excessive talking.
so much cleaner back then no cell antennas on every single building
So true. This is my favorite car chase from a movie. Second favorite is the one from "To live and Die in L.A." it's intense.
"Life is racing! Everything before and after is just waiting...Steve McQueen
"What's behind you is not important." ---- Enzo Ferrari
Steve backing up the car like that is the most badass thing ive seen
It was actually an accidental overrun on Steve’s behalf but the Director said Keep filming and keep chasing. A brilliant seat of the pants decision.
IKRRRRR
And it exposed the crudity of the Mustang rear suspension - axle tramp.
and it revealed that Bullitt was a "one wheel wonder".....
The rear tires are hopping off the asphalt when backing up. I wonder if a traction bar would solve that.
Producer: steve you need a stunt man to drive the mustang Steve McQueen: what's a stunt driver
Steve McCracken yeah, you can tell by the location of the mirrors
@Steve McCracken == I've always thought all stunts with the car driven by McQueen were by McQueen himself... Am I wrong ? --(gilberto lehrer from brazil)
@@waljerjackson Mirrors? What do you mean? I've always thought McQueen never made use of stunt drivers.... Am I wrong? == (gilberto lehrer from brazil)
gil lehrer when the rear view mirror is down showing his chin, it’s him, when it’s up, showing his hair or nothing it’s a stunt driver
...tough to tell a guy who drove a Porsche at Sebring and nearly beat the winning 5 liter Ferrari driven by Mario Andretti that he needs help behind the wheel..
The best car chase in the film industry. Real drivers, driving real cars, at real speeds. RIP to Bill Hickman and Steve McQueen
I think Smokey and the Bandit was a better chase but both are great.
"The Seven Ups" ain't bad either ..Bill Hickman driving in that One too .. Check it out !!
The French Connection car chase wasn’t bad either
@@brianmorley7165 I forgot about that one, where Popeye 'borrows' a civilian's car to chase the train. Who was the stunt driver?
@@quiteright623 Indeed. Can't forget "The Seven Ups". This or that one.. as long as there's cubic inches and solid steel construction, this is the real deal. No kidding around...
Back in the day....... actors drove , do theire own stunts, and looked damn good!!!!!!!'
I wanna be a actor in the 60s and test my driving skills.
Bill Hickman is the man driving the Charger is the stunt driver in this French Connection and the 7 ups!
man the sounds of those V8 engine are music to ears, plus the double clutching from McQueen are the best..
The sounds of those big American V8s sure are intoxicating.
LDSRaichuguy along with the rear tires squealing and getting smoked.
LDSRaichugay "The sound of those big American V8s sure are intoxicating." * "The sound is" or "the sounds are," but not "the sound are."
Back when gas were actually burning pure leaded premium
I smile like a kid on Christmas morning but then overwhelming sadness comes as I realize that I live in a world dominated by Priuses, Versas, and other nauseating hybrids.
@@selerim Yea, and regular was 89 octane.
I watched this movie at a Drive-In when it came out, when I owned a '68 Mustang coupe, maroon with gold C stripe. Felt pretty cool at the time...
Felt cool? dude you are still cool! I'm jealous!
You lived the dream. Getting old is its own reward.
felt cool? Dude, that car would still be badass as hell today
I have turned into as nice shade of Highlander green just knowing that you had a 68 Mustang.
You lived the best times of America...
This chase always makes me laugh. How many times do they pass the same VW Beetle and how many wheel trims does the Dodge Challenger loose 🤣🤣🤣
Good spot!
I think that mustang had a 10 speed transmission.
Continuity lacking vis a vis all them wheel covers flyin' off two the three 440 Chargers Two 390 Mustangs, one scrapped the other used for promotional
@@jw2218 😅
The charger also lost all of its hub caps but still had four.
All those beautiful classic cars, the sound of those engines (with no music) and real drivers actually driving through the City (CGI can suck it) and how the City looked back then. My my my how times have truly changed 😢
Please! It looks almost the same except for those big 60s cars
The sound of those engines were added in post-production. That mustang V8 sound actually comes from a Ford GT-40.🤷♂️
That dark green Beetle seems to be one step ahead of them all the time!!!
that's the new drinking game.
GMP slow and steady wins the race.
I counted that Green Slugbug 6 times but did not really pay attention or start counting until halfway through the video.
And the white Lemans? is one step behind , it's turning the same corner each time they pass it.
That white firebird too
Fun fact. Half the film's budget was spent on replacement dodge hubcaps.
LOL Yeah, I counted more than four hubcaps falling off during. The Charger also crashed into the Parked Car on street. Still a great car chase scene.
John Howe I heard that crash killed a cameraman.
forrestgumball He actually set the camera up and then ran off just as the car approached.
When this was being filmed, a news article said the Charger lost its brakes during the shooting.
actually it looked better without them. just as most to all of the old muscle cars do.
This has to be one of the best car chase scenes ever I love this car chase scene
Here is an example of what truly makes American movies the best ever. This is all talent. No computers, special effects or any of the millennial crap you see in today's presentations. Electric cars can never duplicate this.
Born in 1992, and this is still my favorite car chase scene. This or French Connection. I always marveled at all the setup required. Sure, they pass the same VW bug a few times, but that's a testament to the authenticity, "warts and all," as they say. I never cared for any of the CGI fests of my era. I could just play video games that looked like them.
This scene alone is objectively better than all of the fast and furious movies combined
@ecky1965 asswipe
FF1 evading cops after first race and Ferrari vs Supra are the two scenes excluded from this statement lol ;)
Then you’ve clearly not watched Cars by pixar
@@dirrrrrrr ?
Whoa whoa slow down now the f&f 2 and 3 was alright
The sound of the 390 from the Mustang is insane.
OzSeattle The 390 GT sounds nice
Yeah except the Mustang engine audio is overdubbed- a GT40's engine audio is what you're hearing in the film- hence the double-clutching which would've been unnecessary on the Mustang. The Charger's 440 engine audio made it into the film. These facts I was not aware of until recently.
@@Alan-tr5uj So you're hearing a Ford 427. It's of the same engine family as a 390, but is much stronger.
@@charlesvan13 The 390 was no slouch though. :-) My first car was a 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 2-door fastback with the 390 and three-on-the-tree, and it was wicked fast. However, I often wondered if something had been done with the engine to make it that fast, because after I sold it a few years later, I (of course) wanted it back (because my father had talked me into buying a 1974 Vega, which outright sucked), so every time a 2-door Galaxie appeared in the paper for sale with the 390, I went and looked at them, and none of them were nearly that fast. Possibly because they were usually automatics, or possibly because of other factors, such as gear ratios, etc. I really miss that car. 10 mpg city and 15 hwy., but gas was cheap.
0:53 Epic scene !!! Wondering what happened to that white parked car and camera . I was watching this movie in Poland I think in 1971 in a movie theatre . I was then 10 years old . What was the impression on me no need to say . Now enjoying watching this incredible movie time to time from the DVD on a 85 inch SONY . And YES , the cars from late 60' and 70' were the most beautiful in history .
55 years later and it's still the best car chase ever filmed.
Haha I can see by trees it's speeded up badly , so in fact it's a poor editing
Your mom is the result of poor editing @@fordmondeo979
Best chase scene in movie history. No need for music at all
My dad showed me this movie as a little kid and fell in love with that mustang and its one wheel peel :)
You haven't seen a lot of movies, have you? LOL
You enjoy being a troll don't you? Keep on drinking coke, Ciao. L
caesar, what? The engine sounds and sqeeling tires is all that is needed. The scene in the movie is raw and violent and thats what makes it the best car chase scene ever to me.
HI Cityscape17 - my comment was directed at caesar. You are right, this movie is considered to have the first and best filmed car chase. The Academy Awards (Oscars) thought so and most classic muscle car lovers and race car drivers believe so. The Bullitt chase was a breakthrough in realism, choreography, and set the gold standard for years to come. Ciao, L
This 1960's movie will never die because this is no doubt the best car chase in movie history. And the Classic 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback and the 1968 Dogde Charger will never get old.
Just 2 days ago spotted a perfect 1968 Bullitt Mustang replica in Melbourne, Australia with licence place JJZ 108 (one digit off this one in the movie). It looked and sounded exactly like this, I even thought McQueen's ghost was driving it.
Had a 67 mustang 390 coupe and a 70 roadrunner 383 at different times in the 70s. Mopar product was a fast and efficient straightline car but could never hold a candle to the Ford in handling or braking, which wasn't fantastic in the Mustang either compared to today's models. Those guys were dead when they started.
They passed that green Volkswagen four times. The Dodge lost the same hubcap three times.
Hands down the most badass movie and car chase scene of all time nothing will ever compare ever.
Lots and lots of green Volkswagen beetles in Frisco.
you do know that's just the same scene at different angles
@ Chris Defender; AND! White Pontiac Le Mans' to! LOL!
You know how many times you got punched in the arm while seeing those VW Beetles in the movie
lol yep it’s there at least 4 times they pass it
Brand new ones also
Some say that green VW still driving around at nights.
Just like a hooker all over the city....a green vw in hiding on every street corner!!! lol lol lol
CAR GUY lol on a full moon you can hear the power of the VW.
Lol
And some say his name was Herbie.
@@kevinblack5749 70 MPH on city streets and they could not out do that gree VW Bug.
Still one of my favorites of all time. Steve McQueen knows his way around a classic Ford Mustang 🐎❤️
No CGI. It doesn't get any better than this.
STEVE Mc QUEEN + MUSTANG + DODGE CHARGER......greatest car chase ever...nothing comes close !!
Popie Doyle french connection
Ronin (Robert De Niro)
I was chased by cops in there 440 Dodge Coronet, trying to catch me in my "66" Chevelle SS 396 - 4 speed, they had no chance, lol Back in "78"
You obviously haven’t seen dirty Mary crazy Larry. 100x better than bullitt
Bullit, where 8 hubcaps fall off of 4 wheels.
Really,? we up to 8 now ! Wow that number goes up every year lol
Nitpicking.....If we look close enough we can complain about several things. Who cares? Not me. Greatest chase in moviemaking.
5
Same scene, different perspectives.
I didn't realize that Dodge had the technology back in the 60's to give the Charger self repairing and respraying fenders/front and rear wings especially after it hit another car after 53 seconds and then lost some paint after scraping off the wall at 2:25 seconds whilst losing yet another hubcap. Either that or this car must have been Chritine's cousin!!!
The 1st greatest car chase scene EVER! Remember that. McQueen was the man.
Without a doubt THE best car chase scene ever filmed!
I usually hate car chases but that was awesome!!
Hands down, in my opinion, the best car chase in cinematic history.
Steve Shaha on so many levels yes. No music makes it more real. The fact they are classic muscle cars makes it gritty and the fact it's Steve McQueen makes it the greatest of all time.
TheAaronmcmahon11 Amen to that.
I guess that's why they say you're entitled to your own opinion, because this "car chase scene" is quite boring by any standards, there's been conversation scenes in cinematic history more exciting LOL
Hey Blindmouse. pay attention, McQueen does all the driving himself. by the way, whats a good chase to you? Bourne or SpeedRacer?
Don't forget Gone in 60 seconds
0:53 did he just crash and then fix the car simultaneously
no
Yeah he did crash onto that car
What is really awful is that American cars cannot turn round a bend. In 1968, 6.4 litre V8 with 4 four gears unable to turn ! How much power is lost in those crap engines, they could not reach 100 mph. How badly designed were they. Comments above rated that as a good car chase. They crash a heavy slow car and pretend it never happened!
@@garvintimmann ooooh so edgy.
@@garvintimmann badly designed compared to what? Ferarri? I have another movie for you to watch...
When I have a bad day, I put this scene on and it completely makes my day. It's one of the reasons I'm into cars today!
One of the greatest car chase scenes in film history.
I love the sound the Charger makes when it takes off at the beginning
Bill Hickman drove that Charger like a BOSS!!!
I was 18 when this first came out in the theaters. I was going to a trade school at the time. I watched this again and again and again and again. The chase scene was the only part that was I was interested in. Classic scene! I never get tired of watching it.
Whole movie is great, actually...
Not only was he the king of cool, his acting was at another level, he was a stunt man, a race car driver, a lover of life, a style icon - those crystal blue eyes were as intense as he was. A true legend!
I counted four passes of the green beetle
Yeah they had cameras set up at 4 different locations and showed them in sequence to make the chase seem longer than it actually was. You can see it first from inside the car then outside the car coming to you then outside the car going away that's why the green beetle is in four different shots.
@Duke Of Prunes Oh hell no, that was 68, Bernie was like 50 then LOL
I guess that green VW could really get around.
Only 5 ? Man Chargers are amazing. They have that extra power and the extra ubcap
It's the same one.
what made this scene so great there was no background music , you can actually hear the tires squealing and the engine being roared , like your in the car at the time , I have no idea why HOLLYWOOD doesn't take notice to this
Gotta say, the Need For Speed movie also does this. It may not be the best movie overall (acting, dialogue, storyline), but imo they did the car scenes really good. Also no cgi in there, and most of the time no music when there's driving. So for being a car movie, I really enjoy that one a lot more than most F&F-like movies.
hollywood is run by soyboys who hate masculinity and drive toy electric cars
@@leejee88 hollywood is run by pedophiles and rapists
There was one movie I watched that compared to this, it was like a 5 min car chase and there was a chick driving and she kept flashing other cars to get outta the way
Did anyone noticed that they keep passing the same green Volkswagen Beetle like 3 or 4 times. 😂 That’s how you can tell that this chase scene is realistic. Too bad that they didn’t have CGI back then, they could’ve added different cars in instead of using the same ones over and over.
The best car chases imo are the ones who don’t need music, don’t need commentary. Just the sound of the engine and the tires squealing is perfect. No CGI either
That "Stang" has to be the most iconic vehicle ever to grace the big screen in a car chase ... always wanted one just like it when I was a kid ... one of my favourite actors of all time .. no BS or pretence ... best car chase of all time
The peel out from the Charger at the beginning is one of the best things I've ever heard
Not to mention Bill Hickman (the Charger's driver) buckling up right before peeling out like a boss is a good prelude to the whole chase. It's like he was saying: "Okay, game on!"
So much for discretion ⬆️
That is the best part of the chase scene, going from normal driving to blast off !
@@peteg8187 Yes, the Blast Off! Great way to describe it. Very appropriate for the '60's era as well.
Living in San Francisco the first three months of 1977, two friends of mine and I walked the chase scenes in the city, purposely to say we were there if you can understand the thinking patterns of young men in their late twenties. The skid marks could still be seen on the pavement after all those years. This chase scene brings back so many memories from before our walk along the streets of San Francisco. Steve McQueen was my hero back in those days, I even had to have a car like his, wish I would have kept it, as I said earlier, the memories I have included that car.
Seeing this movie back in 68 in a drive in you still got that sensation of speed and the up and down motions of the San Francisco hills something that the CG graphics cannot give.
The fun doesn't start until around 0:07. You know some serious crap is about to go down around 0:01 when the guy puts his seatbelt on.
you can see his face in the mirror, which makes it feel much more authentic, the guy loved to drive
wheelmanstan did u know that Steve only drove for 10% of this car chase
He drove as much as they would let him. Insurance. Couldn't risk the star getting hurt and putting the project behind schedule. If you can see his face, he's driving. Otherwise, not.
He does everything on purpose, 0:58 in this scene he made sure to get his face right to be filmed and to see that he did the majority of the persecution. According to the dvd with director's cut.
nibbify I would not have believed this but that sounds about right
Brendan Sullivan A lot of movies do that. For close up shots, you see the actor, for far away shots, it's a stunt driver, for insurance purposes.
The part at 0:56 was a mistake by steve mcqueen when he missed the corner, the reverse burnout and subsequent takeoff were not in the script but the director left it in the cut.
Jason Moyle Tremendous. Thanks for the info.
Jason Moyle I’ve heard talk that Steve McQueen purportedly did that so the audience would see he was the one driving the Mustang
And it worked very well.
Ya he drove most of the car chase scenes and he made a mistake here, and the director left it,,but Steve could really drive..he drove race cars so he was the real deal...
Always one of my favorite parts Just the way he backed it up and just started burning rubber looks awesome
I love how they featured the seatbelt clicking. I wonder if that was a subtle effort to encourage their usage
Nothing cooler than Mcqueen buning the tires off in that 1968 fastback stang
Back when you could drive through San Francisco without worrying about running over a homeless person O_o
Wait, people worry about driving over a homeless person? 🤔😄
or a homeless person shooting you.
@@BigEightiesNewWave buy a gun and stop complaining.
xD
You people are more despicable than the homeless you hate so much.
I love these old chase scenes. All just classic muscle and stunt drivers
Sean Morris DYK that Steve McQueen actually did most of the driving in this scene himself? That's pretty badass if you can drive like that imo.
Yoshi_IX 90 seconds which is alot
Steve was a pro racer in real life
And all real cars and people, no cgi
@@ronoku9445 well McQueen did the close-up driving his main stuntman did most of the heavy driving you can tell because if you can see McQueen in the rearview mirror he's the one driving if you can't see anybody in the rear view mirrors the Stunt driver
The best car chase in the history of Hollywood
I could never live let alone drive in a city like that. What I like 'bout McQueen is that he performed most of his own stunts. Very ol'school.... very cool!
3 perfect minutes that doesnt need no dialogue
Eddie Suarez - or music
It has Dialouge the engines reviving
No girls No music No ads
That dark green VW Beatle gets about. In almost every scene.
Yeah, I was wondering if the guy in the Beetle realized what was going on....... :-))
Or the white firebird!
Sam B White Firebird, too
F-bodies will eat them both
4 times and the blue Caddy about 3 times.
It’s where the most famous cinematic car chases in history began: Steve McQueen as the SFPD detective Bullit in the Shelby Ford Mustang and the Mafia hit men, whose transport I preferred the Dodge Charger:
I AM SURE STEVE HAD FUN FILMING THIS AS MUCH AS WE LIKE TO WATCH IT
There's nothing that says "Bad Ass" more than Steve McQueen in a Mustang.
james dean in a porsche?
@@mitchaelhollingsworth1698 we never got to see him drive it like we got to see steve
Watch "On Any Sunday" with Steve desert racing a Husqvarna with about a thousand other riders.
Yes there is! Bill Hickman in a Charger!
@@teddyjakeddy975 My favorite movie
I'm from the UK. Many years ago i visited the US. I spent a few days in San Francisco. Walking down those hills reminded me of this movie. That's some skilled driving. My favourite cars are the old 60s and 70s American muscle cars. The look and the sound of them old beasts is awesome.
I'm a biased American but I agree the look and sound of American muscle cars back then were amazing. Thank you Chris for your kind words about old American cars.
I just love all the massive oversteer of these muscle car classics!!! Makes me laugh!
Made them so much fun to hustle on dark back country roads at night all those years ago. We had to watch the beers did not spill.
The fact there is ANY dislikes on this video amazes me... why?! It's the best car chase ever . A childhood favourite of mine
Darn those pesky Prius owners.
I Remember Watching this Scene as a Kid! My Heart Still Races Watching it 40 Plus Years Later!😉💪🏎
y fondest wish for you is to see it someday on a big screen in a theater. Talk about an adrenaline rush.
Could watch this everyday!
Mr Steve Mcqueen (RIP) had a screen presence that only a few actors have/had. The ability to communicate through a glance here and there; a pause used to accentuate an already dramatic scene; he was an exemplary actor, a master of his craft. Mr Mcqueen, thank you for allowing us, your audience, to enjoy your artistic excellence. We salute you.
When Bill Hickman locks that seatbelt, you know it's on!
One of the best car chases on film. Certainly the best up to that time. Yes they undercranked lots of it, the Charger loses multiple wheel covers and they pass the same cars multiple times but this chase did a great job of putting the viewer in the action. It changed movie and TV car chases from that point on
"...Charger loses multiple wheel covers..." Yep.
I'm sure when it was filmed it just looked like any other street in America. But now specific classics stand out. They passed the same white 67/68 Firebird about 4 times. I'm not complaining, def my favorite muscle car, but it was noticeable. Just nice to see a chase without 50 cuts between unnecessary shifting, feet on pedals, skidding tires ... they just drove em like they stole em.
Most episodes of Rockford Files have a grey Vega in them... took Burt Reynolds in Smokey to demonstrate positraction...
I don't understand, how can anyone dislike this scene? Nine dislikes? Why? It's one of the best, if that, THE best Car Chase Scene ever filmed! No CGI, the cars are REAL Manual Transmission Cars (not the cars with the "paddle shifting" Bullsh!t), and legendary Stunt Drivers including Steve McQueen himself.
John Howe ... That's Millenials for ya' !!!
John Howe double clutching on the downshift! Listen to that attention to detail
I don't understand why this chase is still being regarded as the best ever? Yeah, Steve McCqueen is cool and yes, the cars are cool. But the filming and editing is rather low budget to a point where it becomes almost ridiculous by today's standards. Like, for example, shooting the same scene from different angles hoping that no one would notice :-)
The chase is so famous because it was the fastest and bravest chase ever filmed back in 1968, and there were very little of film makers that ever attempted to make another chase like this. Also ,the chase is still impressive in comparision to other movie chases for some people because it features real, well executed sports driving while other filmmakers heavily rely on editing and actually slow driving, with a few low speed easy tricks such as handbrake turns (if any). As a rally fan and a person who took part in a few rallies as a competitor, I find this chase much more interesting than most of other chases ever filmed. I think only the 1970ties Vanishing Point and The Burglars (with Belmondo) hold the same level. Other chases are either slower, unrealistic or overedited (or, amazingly, altogether same time).
Piotr Malewski : Good answer, yes. I agree. But still, by modern standards, it's not that amazing, in my opinion. Not the best chase ever, but still great for it's time :-)
No matter how fast the cars are or how good of a driver these men are, that green beetle keeps getting in front of them.
It didn't ruin the plot or the movie, but the editor must have been sleeping when he reviewed the dailies.
what is the green beetle?
@@jamesyelton11 It’s the small, green automobile made by Volkswagen. It’s an iconic car. Where have you been for the last 50 years?
@@ericzeigler8669 And in good condition they fetch large sums of money as classic vehicles today.
VW missed a marketing opportunity. Just imagine: "The Bullitt Beetle!"
Steve ...real actor ...real race car driver 😎🎭🚘
Except he was not the driver during this Chase sequence. Only for the close-ups. Two stunt men shared the duties for the chase scenes.
@@clarkmacgowan5114 yes I'm aware of this ...thank goodness for stuntmen/women ...underdogs 🐕🐈 ...don't drink 🍸 & drive 🚗 tip your bartender 😉🛶
I was 14 years old when this came out and I saw it with my cousin. The manager let us in even though we were too young for a R rated film. The scene where the guy was shot with a 12 gauge shotgun shocked me and I still see it in my dreams. The car chase was totally new than. There had never been a movie that showed this much realism and it simply blew away how movies would be filmed in the future. Watching this today is as fresh as the day it came out.
I was 16-17 and saw it in the theater! SF was my favorite city. 20 years later when I moved to the Bay Area I thought of it every time I was driving up and down the hills of Frisko!
Lalo Schifrin's "Changing Gears", used in this sequence, remains one of the coolest jazz tracks for cinema of all time.
"Rolling around at the speed of sound..."
R Linders I'm so happy someone made that reference
ChandlerTV100 I'm pretty sure that the City Escape level was based off this film.
With all those gear changes that Mustang sounds like it has a Fuller 13-speed roadranger transmission in it.
I was never a Mustang fan, Till Steve McQueen proved me wrong!!! That burnout still gets me..
Did everyone catch that '68 GTO at 0:45?? That was the NEW GTO at the time!
Not only that one but there are a ton of muscle cars in the background throughout the entire chase man the good ol days
Every car was new at some point.
Yep.. and the Lemans, Firebirds, etc.... I wonder how many cars the movie company hired to film all these scenes around the SF Bay Area. There is one shot of them going past the Capri Diner that was in South San Jose..!!
TELL IT THE JUDGE
Remember son...it's not about the car...it's about the person who's driving it.
Is that why Hickman had to constantly slow down to let the little mustang catch up during the filming?
bailey9r yup that 440 was clearly pulling away on the straights too
@@bailey9r yes
Initial D on a nutshell
So this scene would be cool even if he was driving old Toyota Corolla?
50 years later this scene is still perfect. Other than the Beetle.
I like the pure sound and the overall realistic feel. I less like that they're passing the same green beetle about three times (first at 01:31).
More than 50 years later, this is still the car chase that set the standard for every other chase. Whenever another movie has a car chase, it's always described as "the best car chase since Bullitt". Only there's no comparison.
AMEN TO THAT BROTHER !!!!
Just went to Mecums Auction Thursday. Had to see Steve’s car up close and personal. Gave me goosebumps Got to meet Sean, the owner Super nice guy Sold yesterday for $3.4 million plus fees
I believe Sean made the opening bid on that car. It was what his dad paid for it--$2,500!!!!!!!
I believe Sean will miss this car more than any money he got for it...Only one Bullitt Car.
saw the SM Mustang or the stunt car equlivent? at the Americana Theater's 1968 Austin TX. film premiere on Burnet Road.
There were actually several identical cars. Movie producers take no chances and car chases take a toll.
@@AStanton1966 $3,500. just watched the Auction before coming here.
Man, you must be crazy not to love these old movies, without special effects and CGI that are made these days
The green VW must be the fastest car, it keeps getting ahead of them coming down the hill. Maybe it's the car that made the tire marks ahead of the Charger in some of the scenes.
Related to Herbie I think
Man, I wanted to see the part slightly earlier in this same scene, is when the hit men try to tail McQueen - only to find him tailing THEM in their rear view mirror. That double-take suprise. So iconic.
Yes! Omg had 2 do that 1 time after volunteering at a free clinic none the less 🤔 well safe 2 say picked up the kid and we made it home safe..in a Jeep...wonder if I were n that fastback how much more fun!😏😄🌹💖🙏🙏💋
And it is shot through the rear view mirror. So cool.
I still cringe when the charger hits something.
I love seeing these old cars smash.
I do too 😂😂
Yeah me too
At least they didn't yell out a cheesy line like today's movies would. Example: "That's gonna leave a mark." or "I hope they have insurance." or "I hope that will buff out." or "I just bought this car!"............
Totally agree.
The car chase that gave birth to several generations of car enthusiasts.
Car chases like these made me fall in love with action movies. Nostalgia right here