Iconic car chase. Steve McQueen himself did most of the driving but not all of it. He shared the driving with Bud Ekins, one of Hollywood's best stunt drivers after smashing the Mustang up.
Steve McQueen in Bullet as a detective and The Towering Inferno as a firefighter..just amazing. Oh and Le Mans, that is an amazing film. He really gives you an idea in his films about the pressures of the job.
Both cars could have been equipped with power steering but almost certainly weren’t. The two (maybe even three) Chargers were virtually stock except for slightly worse tyres to slow them down and help them to slide. The two Mustang GT390s were uprated with stronger wheels, better tyres and completely rebuilt racing suspension, everything was nitrided. The Chargers were still faster and better handling. Filming was done across a month of Sundays - back when most people were then at church. On the jumps stuntman Bill Hickman would keep on the power so the nose heavy Charger hit harder, McQueen lifted off and landed on four wheels. They still managed to smash out the centre of a Mustang’s flywheel on one landing. If you see McQueen in the seat or the rear view mirror then he’s driving, otherwise it’s a stuntman.
Best car chase ever i did not know that steve pulled his own stunts nice bit of info there, shame he went so young one of my most favorite actors ever. thanks ben, love to all.
At first, this American, couldn’t understand a word you said- I got better as the video progressed. Love the accent- don’t ever change! Steven is one of my favorite actors as a kid- he was the king of cool! The less he said in a movie the better- his face and eyes can do all the acting needed. Which made him seem so smart. In real life: I don’t think we’d be friends. …but he was great in movies! I use to joke that in this chase scene, each car loses about half a dozen hubcaps- but that’s a joke! I keep track of the hubcaps every time I watch- and it’s never more than four for each🤣
I think he was using a left turn hand signal, not pointing at BULLITT. McQueen made sure that when he was driving that he could be seen in the rear view mirror. Other than that it was the stuntman.
I don't know for me which was fun to watch in this chase scene. The outside camera view of the chase or the view inside of these 2 gentlemen in action driving the cars. I have to watch it twice. 😎👌❤
the easiest way to tell if he's driving or NOT aside from the close-ups is look in the rearview mirror, if you can see him in it, then he's driving it,but if you don't see him in it then it's the stunt driver doing it
The exhaust sounds were actually recorded of cars on a race track and dubbed to the movie . Same sounds were used for French Connection car chase . Also Bud Ekin did some of the driving . Steve didn't do all the driving
This scene most likely paved the way for all of those cult classic car chase movies from the ‘70’s like Vanishing Point, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, and Gone in 60 Seconds. Fun fact, Steve McQueen’s Mustang needed some performance upgrades to boost the power for those shots out on the open highway. Because the Charger was the faster and more powerful of the two cars. And somewhat heavier too so it could gain more momentum once it got to speed.
I think Ford used clips from Bullit to advertise the best and Original Puma, way back in the late 80s/ early 90s. If I'm wrong, hopefully someone will correct me x And I'd also love to see your take on the Blues Brothers car chase please xx
This is actually a great movie beyond this iconic car chase! It was one of the first movies to include very realistic violence, and even swearing jn a movie. It was quite accurate for 1968! Intresting fact, someone did count how many hubcaps everybody lost, and I think I read something like 58 hubcaps.
Ben, have you ever heel and toed or double declutched on a chase? Did the police ever teach those techniques? Both cars had live rear axles, cross-ply tyres, leaf spring suspension and drum brakes (I think - it's possible that the GT350 was given a front disc upgrade) - if you don't know what that means, basically this is God level powers of control.
McQueen's 68 Mustang sold for $3.4 million US in 2022. Although, there had to be more than one Mustang, and Charger, used during filming. So how they decided which one of them was "The car" is beyond me. Aside from it being one of the Mustangs that wasn't completely destroyed.
Two of each car, green Mustangs, blue Charger (repainted - look at the missing door handle when the shotgun fires,) black Charger and possibly a third yellow one repainted.
It was McQueen's regular stunt man Bud Eakins - after both cars crashed into the parked cars on the hard right turn, the producers/insurance company had a shit fit and kicked McQueen out of the driver's seat. (It was partially hidden by a jump cut but you can still hear the impact and crunch of metal - and if you still can't think where it is, McQueen immediately slammed the Mustang into reverse, dumped the clutch and lit up the rear tyres, causing clouds of tyre smoke and wheel chattering)
On a semi related note, the same thing happened on the wire jump scene in The Great Escape - Bud Eakins got to jump the modified Triumph 6T over the wire... although McQueen was one of the German soldiers running up the hill
@@smokerjim that crash you see in the film was deliberate, the jump cut was because the Charger hit the car with the camera on it so hard it briefly switched off the camera. The spin out and reverse was real though.
When I read, I'm paraphrasing, "the best car chase ever" I thought for sure this was going to be about OJ 😂. But watching Steve McQueen's car chase from Bullitt, in the 68 Mustang, will do nicely.
I must agree with Pesmold some of the driving was by stunt drivers, it's in the original film credits. Another good muscle car chase is the original Vanishing Point,
The insurance companies wouldnt underwrite some of the scenes in the chase so McQueen drove most of it, but a stuntman was used for the most dangerous bits
@@davehopkin9502 Easiest way to tell is looking at the rear view mirror in the car and if it's angled to where you can't see the drivers face then it isn't McQueen driving
I’m a huge movie fan. I love Art House, Foreign, Horror, Western, Silent, Action, whatever you got, unless it’s bad... but if it’s really bad, well, now you have my attention... Please check out the trailer for Mr. No Legs (1978). 15% of this movie is one long police intercept. The titular character has no legs. He’s a killer working for the mob. He gets into swimming pool fights. His wheelchair doubles as a machine gun. Mr. No Legs is trouble, but hey, don’t worry - I had an odd sense that you were worried - don’t worry because the police are on the case! Mr. No Legs, he won’t get far on foot... Thanks for making videos eh.
It's definitely a great car chase but what I usually pickup on which was the same with that chase no blues and twos used at all, which would have made other drivers aware, and that is same with quite a few movies in USA and here. Apart from that the cars and engines they have beautiful to hear
I'm assuming there would be a sh@t ton of paperwork and an inquiry and probably loose your job maybe face charges if you did a car chase like that, especially when they crash into a petrol station and people get killed. But yea it makes a great movie car chase. Pure Hollywood for sure.
Steve McQueen had the mustang totally rebuilt, as it handled like crap. He wanted the Charger as he thought it was the better car. Next film review Blues brothers mall chase please.
Wasn’t crap it’s just the Chargers were better and faster. The Mustangs got massive upgrades though, strengthening and far better race suspension. Chargers were stock aside from worse tyres.
@@CycolacFan the mustang got a totally new suspension, steering box all built by for racing. As the original steering was vague, but that was with all American fords of the era.
The fun bit of the chase is count how many times you spot the little green VW Beetle. 😊
And 'Mansell Drive".
Four times at least! The short lived series Alcatraz had a chase that was a homage to this one. Even included the Beetle! 😂
And the white Camaro as well which seems to have a double lol
Don't forget the Charger loosing 6 hubcaps lol
Iconic car chase. Steve McQueen himself did most of the driving but not all of it. He shared the driving with Bud Ekins, one of Hollywood's best stunt drivers after smashing the Mustang up.
I thought that was bill hickman?
@@HarrisMiller-qw6xh Bill Hickman was driving the car they were pursuing (the black Dodge Charger).
@@TeslaNick2 I saw him driving in another movie with Roy Schiender
@@HarrisMiller-qw6xhThe Seven-Ups (1973)
Nice presentation. I agree: the best car chase ever filmed.
Steve McQueen in Bullet as a detective and The Towering Inferno as a firefighter..just amazing. Oh and Le Mans, that is an amazing film. He really gives you an idea in his films about the pressures of the job.
Both cars could have been equipped with power steering but almost certainly weren’t. The two (maybe even three) Chargers were virtually stock except for slightly worse tyres to slow them down and help them to slide. The two Mustang GT390s were uprated with stronger wheels, better tyres and completely rebuilt racing suspension, everything was nitrided. The Chargers were still faster and better handling. Filming was done across a month of Sundays - back when most people were then at church.
On the jumps stuntman Bill Hickman would keep on the power so the nose heavy Charger hit harder, McQueen lifted off and landed on four wheels. They still managed to smash out the centre of a Mustang’s flywheel on one landing.
If you see McQueen in the seat or the rear view mirror then he’s driving, otherwise it’s a stuntman.
Best car chase ever i did not know that steve pulled his own stunts nice bit of info there, shame he went so young one of my most favorite actors ever. thanks ben, love to all.
“platoaad on’t road” most yorkshire thing ever 🤣
At first, this American, couldn’t understand a word you said- I got better as the video progressed.
Love the accent- don’t ever change!
Steven is one of my favorite actors as a kid- he was the king of cool!
The less he said in a movie the better- his face and eyes can do all the acting needed.
Which made him seem so smart.
In real life: I don’t think we’d be friends.
…but he was great in movies!
I use to joke that in this chase scene, each car loses about half a dozen hubcaps- but that’s a joke!
I keep track of the hubcaps every time I watch- and it’s never more than four for each🤣
The Blues Brothers has the best ever car chase!
The director, Peter Yates, also made the film Robbery which had an excellent car chase through South London, cops and robbers both in Mk2 Jags.
My absolute favourite car chase ever. Thanks for doing it justice. The Mustang engine noise is actually dubbed over by Ford GT40 noises.
I think he was using a left turn hand signal, not pointing at BULLITT. McQueen made sure that when he was driving that he could be seen in the rear view mirror. Other than that it was the stuntman.
Ben you are a awesome mate, don't stop making content. Love from Australia
Great breakdown of a great movie clip thanks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I don't know for me which was fun to watch in this chase scene. The outside camera view of the chase or the view inside of these 2 gentlemen in action driving the cars. I have to watch it twice. 😎👌❤
the easiest way to tell if he's driving or NOT aside from the close-ups is look in the rearview mirror, if you can see him in it, then he's driving it,but if you don't see him in it then it's the stunt driver doing it
The exhaust sounds were actually recorded of cars on a race track and dubbed to the movie . Same sounds were used for French Connection car chase . Also Bud Ekin did some of the driving . Steve didn't do all the driving
Great video 👍 the car chase from The French Connection would make a great reaction as well.
I personally tip my hat to the camera car driver 😊
This scene most likely paved the way for all of those cult classic car chase movies from the ‘70’s like Vanishing Point, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, and Gone in 60 Seconds.
Fun fact, Steve McQueen’s Mustang needed some performance upgrades to boost the power for those shots out on the open highway. Because the Charger was the faster and more powerful of the two cars. And somewhat heavier too so it could gain more momentum once it got to speed.
I think Ford used clips from Bullit to advertise the best and Original Puma, way back in the late 80s/ early 90s. If I'm wrong, hopefully someone will correct me x And I'd also love to see your take on the Blues Brothers car chase please xx
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Great video as usual Ben
in THAT SCENE McQueen just missed the corner, which was REAL this was why he had to back up
This is actually a great movie beyond this iconic car chase! It was one of the first movies to include very realistic violence, and even swearing jn a movie. It was quite accurate for 1968!
Intresting fact, someone did count how many hubcaps everybody lost, and I think I read something like 58 hubcaps.
And Steve McQueen didn’t end up face down in the ditch 😂
Harsh 😂
Ben, have you ever heel and toed or double declutched on a chase? Did the police ever teach those techniques?
Both cars had live rear axles, cross-ply tyres, leaf spring suspension and drum brakes (I think - it's possible that the GT350 was given a front disc upgrade) - if you don't know what that means, basically this is God level powers of control.
At 12:12 Notice Under The Mustangs Drivers Door The Supports Welded To The Chassis To Take The Side Camera
McQueen's 68 Mustang sold for $3.4 million US in 2022.
Although, there had to be more than one Mustang, and Charger, used during filming.
So how they decided which one of them was "The car" is beyond me.
Aside from it being one of the Mustangs that wasn't completely destroyed.
Two of each car, green Mustangs, blue Charger (repainted - look at the missing door handle when the shotgun fires,) black Charger and possibly a third yellow one repainted.
Actually Steve didn't do the whole car chase, it ended up with a stunt driver. This was made clear by the producers of the film.
It was McQueen's regular stunt man Bud Eakins - after both cars crashed into the parked cars on the hard right turn, the producers/insurance company had a shit fit and kicked McQueen out of the driver's seat.
(It was partially hidden by a jump cut but you can still hear the impact and crunch of metal - and if you still can't think where it is, McQueen immediately slammed the Mustang into reverse, dumped the clutch and lit up the rear tyres, causing clouds of tyre smoke and wheel chattering)
On a semi related note, the same thing happened on the wire jump scene in The Great Escape - Bud Eakins got to jump the modified Triumph 6T over the wire... although McQueen was one of the German soldiers running up the hill
@@smokerjim that crash you see in the film was deliberate, the jump cut was because the Charger hit the car with the camera on it so hard it briefly switched off the camera. The spin out and reverse was real though.
When I read, I'm paraphrasing, "the best car chase ever" I thought for sure this was going to be about OJ 😂.
But watching Steve McQueen's car chase from Bullitt, in the 68 Mustang, will do nicely.
Ben you should watch the car chase from the film Robbery, filmed in Britain by Peter Yates who went on to direct Bullitt 👍
Probably Only Four Forward Gears But Its Always Changing Up
Good video Ben, what do you think of the last car chase in The Blues Brothers where they have to get from the hotel into Chicago ?
I must agree with Pesmold some of the driving was by stunt drivers, it's in the original film credits. Another good muscle car chase is the original Vanishing Point,
The insurance companies wouldnt underwrite some of the scenes in the chase so McQueen drove most of it, but a stuntman was used for the most dangerous bits
@@davehopkin9502 Easiest way to tell is looking at the rear view mirror in the car and if it's angled to where you can't see the drivers face then it isn't McQueen driving
I’m a huge movie fan. I love Art House, Foreign, Horror, Western, Silent, Action, whatever you got, unless it’s bad... but if it’s really bad, well, now you have my attention...
Please check out the trailer for Mr. No Legs (1978). 15% of this movie is one long police intercept. The titular character has no legs. He’s a killer working for the mob. He gets into swimming pool fights. His wheelchair doubles as a machine gun. Mr. No Legs is trouble, but hey, don’t worry - I had an odd sense that you were worried - don’t worry because the police are on the case! Mr. No Legs, he won’t get far on foot...
Thanks for making videos eh.
Charger has about fifty hubcaps.
Would love to see you react to the car chase in The French Connection!
Alright, Ben, bring it on.
It's definitely a great car chase but what I usually pickup on which was the same with that chase no blues and twos used at all, which would have made other drivers aware, and that is same with quite a few movies in USA and here. Apart from that the cars and engines they have beautiful to hear
Keep it up Ben 👍🏻
Nice !
the charger was driven by BillHickman an actor and also a stunt driver
The charger was fitted with narrower than stock tyres so it wouldn't handle all that well.
I'm assuming there would be a sh@t ton of paperwork and an inquiry and probably loose your job maybe face charges if you did a car chase like that, especially when they crash into a petrol station and people get killed. But yea it makes a great movie car chase. Pure Hollywood for sure.
Love a Dodge Charger and the old Mustangs
Steve McQueen had the mustang totally rebuilt, as it handled like crap. He wanted the Charger as he thought it was the better car.
Next film review Blues brothers mall chase please.
Wasn’t crap it’s just the Chargers were better and faster. The Mustangs got massive upgrades though, strengthening and far better race suspension. Chargers were stock aside from worse tyres.
@@CycolacFan the mustang got a totally new suspension, steering box all built by for racing. As the original steering was vague, but that was with all American fords of the era.
@@1946FordDeluxe they nitrided virtually everything too and did a lot of race track testing. Which was also useful for recording the sound effects.
Good vid..nice that you hit the breaks way more than the vid -___- all praise the youtube algorithm. Ffs
React to gone in 60 seconds. The Original. Half the movie is a car chase.
Could You Not Do Videos On British Cop Car Chases Like The Sweeney The Professions
you should review the many many vids of shitbags driving stolen cars around liverpool/manchester
Good old fashion car, needed skill to drive
Thanks for your honest opinion on the driving scenes from bullet PC Pearson 🚔 respect 🙏 🫡