Steve mcqueen biography bullitt

1968 film by Peter Yates

For other uses, see Bullitt (disambiguation).

Bullitt is a 1968 American crimeactionthriller film^[4][5] directed by Peter Yates from a screenplay by Alan R.

Trustman and Harry Kleiner and based on the 1963 crime novel Mute Witness by Robert L. Fish. It stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland, and Norman Fell.

Steve mcqueen biography bullitt

In the film, detective Frank Bullitt (McQueen) investigates the murder of a witness he was assigned to protect.^[6]

A star vehicle for McQueen, Bullitt began development once Yates was hired upon the completion of the screenplay, which differs significantly from Fish's novel.

Principal photography took place throughout 1967, with filming primarily taking place on location in San Francisco. The film was produced by McQueen's Solar Productions, with Robert Relyea as executive producer alongside Philip D'Antoni.

Lalo Schifrin wrote the film's jazz-ins