Bullitt Bullitt Bullitt is a 1968 American thriller film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni. The picture stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and Jacqueline Bisset. The screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner was based on the 1963 novel, "Mute Witness", by Robert L. Fish, writing under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike. Lalo Schifrin wrote the original jazz-inspired score, arranged for brass and percussion. Robert Duvall has a small role as a cab driver who provides information to McQueen. The film was made by McQueen's Solar Productions company, with his partner Robert E. Relyea as executive producer.
Joshua Bullitt Joshua Bullitt Joshua Fry Bullitt (February 22, 1821 – February 16, 1898) was a justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Bullitt was born to William Christian Bullitt and Mildred Ann Fry. He was named after Joshua Fry, a notable figure in American colonial history and one of Mildred's ancestors. He was the oldest of ten children, though only six lived past age 25. Among his siblings were John Christian Bullitt, Susan Peachy Bullitt (who would later marry Senator Archibald Dixon) and Thomas Walker Bullitt, father of William Marshall Bullitt. Bullitt attended Centre College, then studied law at the University