Bullitt sees her sleeping in his bedroom but does not wake her. He takes off his shoulder holster and balances it on a banister. As he begins to wash up at his bathroom sink, he looks up into his own reflection in the mirror and contemplates himself ruefully just before the movie ends with a camera shot of his ammo clip. "Bullitt" was co-produced by McQueen's Solar Productions and Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, the film pitched to Jack L. Warner as "doing authority differently." "Bullitt" was director Yates' first American film. He was hired after McQueen saw his 1967 UK feature, "Robbery",
Bullitt the live band playing in the background is Meridian West, a jazz quartet that McQueen had seen performing at the famous Sausalito restaurant, The Trident. "Bullitt" garnered both critical acclaim and box office success. Produced on a $5.5 million budget, the film grossed over $42.3 million in the US, making it the 5th highest-grossing film of 1968. "Bullitt" was well received by critics and is considered by some to be one of the best films of 1968. At the time, Renata Adler made the film a "New York Times" Critics' Pick, calling it a "terrific movie, just right for Steve