Bullitt (1968)
Steve McQueen chose the British director Peter Yates for Bullitt after seeing the car chase in Yates's 1967 heist film Robbery, and the gamble paid off handsomely. Frank P. Keller's cutting of the San Francisco pursuit won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, and Lalo Schifrin's jazz score remains one of the coolest of the era. For the whole length of the chase the music falls silent, leaving only engines and screaming tyres. McQueen's Frank Bullitt, in roll-neck and tweed, set the template for the laconic screen cop, and his Highland Green Mustang became so famous that Ford has built special Bullitt editions in tribute three times. The surviving hero car spent decades hidden away in a family garage before selling at auction in 2020 for $3.74 million.
This French Grande comes in a seldom-seen style, quite different from the more familiar designs for the film. Large French posters from the late 1960s seldom come through in good order, and this one has been linen-backed for display at the full 47 x 63 inches.
- Year: 1968
- Nationality: French
- Condition: Linen-backed
- Type: Original French Grande
- Size: 47 x 63 inches
- Product Code: P2133
