Another one of my favorites and I just saw it again this afternoon on TCM.

Filmed in my home town of San Francisco I enjoy the famous car chase scenes which includes a lot of locations I remember as a boy growing up in that city.

But another chase scene in that movie that is seldom mentioned is the foot chase across the taxiways and tarmac of San Francisco International Airport around and under taxiing B707s and B737s.

I'll bet I have seen Bullit almost a dozen times.  But the next time it is one the schedule I'll watch it yet again.

Noel

Do you know, I don't think I've seen Bullit.

Last night I watched the whole of Dune 2. Boy is that a long movie. I'd only watched half before.

True, with editing it could have been trimmed down to a couple of hours but I really enjoyed it. 

I just watched Bullet last week. One of my favorites too. Steve McQueen is my favorite tough guy simply because he is the most believable. Most of Clint Eastwood characters were a little over the top though not all. I mean one man outdrawing four, come on. John Wayne had no flexibility as an actor. No matter his character he was always John Wayne. 
One of my favorite flying movies is McQueen in the little known flick “The War Lover” especially the first part when his crew prepares for a raid and his crew is mounted up while he stands in front of his plane taking in the morning air watching for the green go flair from the tower.

2 hours ago, martin-w said:

Do you know, I don't think I've seen Bullit.

Really? You've missed out Martin. Great film.

51 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

Really? You've missed out Martin. Great film.

 

Yes but which version? It's been spelt differently 3 times in this thread. 😁

13 minutes ago, martin-w said:

 

Yes but which version? It's been spelt differently 3 times in this thread. 😁

name of film is bullitt i think i got the 2 t's and 2 L's 🙂

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062765/

Edited March 9, 20251 yr by pete_auau

32 minutes ago, martin-w said:

 

Yes but which version? It's been spelt differently 3 times in this thread. 😁

Lol. Good point.😀

Have Bullitt on Blue Ray. Awesome movie! It made Dark Highland green my favorite color 😉

Edited March 9, 20251 yr by Ed_S_Pilot

3 hours ago, Patco Lch said:

One of my favorite flying movies is McQueen in the little known flick “The War Lover”

I like that one too.  Especially the end where after the crew bail's out he flies into the white cliffs of Dover.

McQueen is also the coolest guy in The Great Escape.  As long as he has his baseball nothing much bothers him.

Noel

1 hour ago, birdguy said:

McQueen is also the coolest guy in The Great Escape.  As long as he has his baseball nothing much bothers him.

 

That was a great movie. 

And just how cool was Steve McQueen in that movie. He had very little dialog because his face and action said it all. But I agree, the airport on foot chase scene was a beauty, funny too that apparently cops could just walk up and down the aisle of a boarding 707 looking for their man as a normal course of their duty. Great Movie!!

His military stint as a Marine would make a great movie too.

https://coffeeordie.com/steve-mcqueen-marine

Noel

4 hours ago, pete_auau said:

name of film is bullitt i think i got the 2 t's and 2 L's 🙂

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062765/

Oops 😂

2 hours ago, birdguy said:

I like that one too.  Especially the end where after the crew bail's out he flies into the white cliffs of Dover.

McQueen is also the coolest guy in The Great Escape.  As long as he has his baseball nothing much bothers him.

Noel

https://www.pbase.com/easystreet/notes_on_the_filming
here is an interesting read on the making of The War Lover. There was a fatality filming the bail out scene when one of the jumpers drown. Tells of the search for some operating B17 s and how they would repaint them to look like different forts.