BULLITT

The director called for speeds of about 75–80 mph, but the cars (including the ones containing the cameras) reached speeds of over 110 mph. Filming of the chase scene took three weeks, resulting in 9 minutes and 42 seconds of footage. They were denied permission to film on the Golden Gate Bridge. The Mustang's interior mirror goes up and down depending who is driving it – Steve McQueen (up, visible) or Bud Ekins (down, not visible). This film is edited entirely by cuts except in two instances. The first occurs when the jazz club scene dissolves to a shot of Steve McQueen lying in bed. The second occurs after the Dodge crashes into the gas station and burns, when the shot of the two dead villains dissolves to a scene at the police station. Steve McQueen based his character on San Francisco Homicide Inspector Dave Toschi, made famous for his work on the Zodiac killings. McQueen had a copy made of Toschi's custom fast-draw shoulder holster. Bullitt's reverse burnout during the chase scene actually wasn't in the script--Steve McQueen had mistakenly missed the turn. The footage was still kept, though