The French Connection
A grimy, propulsive police chase through wintry New York, all stakeouts and sudden violence, ending on a note of unresolved unease.
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Bullitt
A cool, methodical crime procedural punctuated by a legendary car chase, with a brooding detective navigating a morally murky world.
About 1968 film directed by Peter Yates
Genres action, crime, crime thriller
Directed by Peter Yates
Written by Harry Kleiner, Alan Trustman
Starring Robert Duvall, Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn, Norman Fell, Don Gordon, Vic Tayback, Georg Stanford Brown
Music Lalo Schifrin
Runtime 113 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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