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Name: Bullitt
Director: Peter Yates
Genre: action, crime, thriller
Released: 1968
Duration: 1 h 53 min
Rating: 7.4

Bullitt has an iRankMovies score of 81.5/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Bullitt (1968)

The word 'cop' isn't written all over him—something more puzzling is.

Release:1968

Runtime:1h 53m

Country:United States

Director:Peter Yates

Language:English

Genre

ActionCrimeThriller

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Keywords

HotelAirportBased On Novel Or BookPoliceChaseSan Francisco CaliforniadetectiveWitness Protection

iRank82

Bullitt rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 81K votes

Rotten Tomatoes98%

Metacritic81%

TMDb7.145/10· 1K votes

With 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 81/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Bullitt

Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.

Cast of Bullitt

Steve McQueen
as Lt. Frank Bullitt
Robert Vaughn
as Walter Chalmers
Jacqueline Bisset
as Cathy
Don Gordon
as Lt. Delgetti
Robert Duvall
as Cabbie Weissberg
Simon Oakland
as Captain Sam Bennett
Norman Fell
as Captain Baker
Georg Stanford Brown
as Dr. Willard
Justin Tarr
as Eddy
Carl Reindel
as Detective Stanton
Felice Orlandi
as Albert E. Renick
Vic Tayback
as Pete Ross

Bullitt facts

Budget: $5.5M
Box office: $42.3M

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Yates' crime-thriller pioneered iconic car chase sequences that defined action cinema legacy
•Blunt, bold detective protagonist delivers charismatic performance with underplayed dramatic intensity
•Perfect critical reception demonstrates timeless appreciation for innovative action filmmaking

What the audience disliked

•Blunt pacing and sparse dialogue may feel deliberately slow to contemporary action-oriented audiences
•Burglary and crime plot remains relatively straightforward without substantial narrative complexity