Movies

January, 1969

Dramaturgy runs the gamut from Slambang to Pow in Bullitt, a monosyllabic action thriller that features Steve McQueen as Harper. Correction: Paul Newman was Harper. McQueen is Bullitt, a San Francisco police lieutenant who pounds a somewhat similar piece of California turf. Guarding the state's star witness from killers with a contract from--you guessed it--"the organization" is Bullitt's assignment, which turns out to be a hairy chase complicated by mistaken identities, sudden death a...