Ep #39 - Marshall Terrill's 60s Pick - Bullitt
Bullitt (1968)
Cinema60 welcomes author Marshall Terrill to talk all things Steve McQueen. He should know; he’s written several books on the guy, including the definitive biography Steve McQueen: The Life and Legend of a Hollywood Icon. His most recent is a dynamic coffee table book, Steve McQueen: In His Own Words, full of rare photographs and quotes from the man himself–so many, in fact, that it’s as close to McQueen’s autobiography as we’ll ever get.
In this episode, Bart, Jenna and Marshall discuss Bullitt (1968) and its impact on both Steve McQueen as a movie star and the decade at large. Marshall shares his wealth of knowledge about the wild behind-the-scenes goings on, including some rather surprising connections between McQueen and both the Zodiac Killer and the Manson Family. Bart and Jenna just try to hold on as Marshall sends us soaring off Potrero Hill into the ultra-cool, ultra-masculine world of Steve.
The following film is discussed:
• Bullitt (1968)
Directed by Peter Yates
Starring Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland, Norman Fell, Georg Stanford Brown, Vic Tayback
Also mentioned:
• Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Directed by Robert Wise
Starring Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Steve McQueen
• Never So Few (1959)
Directed by John Sturges
Starring Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Steve McQueen
• The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Directed by John Sturges
Starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson
• The Great Escape (1963)
Directed by John Sturges
Starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
• Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Starring Steve McQueen, Lee Remick, Don Murray
• The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Directed by Norman Jewison
Starring Steve McQueen, Ann-Margret, Edward G. Robinson
• Nevada Smith (1966)
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Starring Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Suzanne Pleshette
• The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Directed by Robert Wise
Starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Candice Bergen
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Directed by Norman Jewison
Starring Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke
• Dirty Harry (1971)
Directed by Don Siegel
Starring Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino
• Papillon (1973)
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Starring Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory
• The Towering Inferno (1974)
Directed by John Guillermin
Starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden
• An Enemy of the People (1978)
Directed by George Schaefer
Starring Steve McQueen, Bibi Andersson, Charles Durning
• Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie
• “Wanted: Dead or Alive” (1958–1961)
