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The best thing about this movie


IMO is Steve Mcqueen and the awesome car chase

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Naturally. Jacqueline Bisset isn't too bad herself.


Hey there, Johnny Boy, I hope you fry!

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Eddy, the informant


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Eddy IS cool...

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The girl murdered in the motel, was played by our elementary school's teachers aide; we only knew her as "Georgina"
She's Native American, was very nice to all of us, and fit in with the progressive faculty members and their new teaching methods.

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She's billed in the imdb credits listing as Brandy Carroll. Adopting a professional name isn't at all unusual, but this is her only credit listed.

I'd guess playing a corpse isn't as easy as it might look, especially one on which the camera lingers from two different angles. She was certainly posed artfully.


Poe! You are...avenged!

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Thanks for the informative reply.
I remember being doubtful, and telling her, that I didn't see her when I had watched the movie (of course not, her scene was too gory for the TV edit in the early '70's and I think the victim was also nude) it was years and years later, when I saw the scene, IT WAS HER! and I've only seen it that one time.

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she has a page all to herself .. a little skimpy but ... Brandy Carroll


Actress:
1.Bullitt (1968) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Dorothy Renick

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Thank!
I'll check it out.
I found the film on a...well, let's just say I found it yesterday and REALLY watched it for the first time ever.
I think, my interest was lost on watching it a few times on TV in the early '70s, a massively edited version, or versions to say the least. And I think that one time seeing the actual theatrical release was on cable TV, Bravo I think, c.1994-95
It really is a masterpiece, and one could argue, that it kicked off S.F.P.D in both movies and television.
Ironside, the Dirty Harry franchise, Freebie And The Bean Streets Of San Francisco,The Laughing Policeman, McMillan & Wife, Nash Bridges etc.

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Please the typos.
For some reason the keypad just gave out and started doing what IT wanted

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I was all hyped for the car chase, but when I finally saw it, I was left feeling unimpressed. Steve was the only good thing about this film for me. I totally get the theme of a corrupt government, but it felt like there was something missing.

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It was a vehicle for him (pun intended) so the plot is not so exciting, particularly by today's crime/mystery standards.


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I saw it on release in Christmas week 1968(I was a pre-teen) and what I do remember was that the line was very long, the theater lobby was so crowded you couldn't move, the gigantic old Palace Theater it was being shown in was filled to the last seat -- and the audience went NUTS for the car chase.

It was an event, a big night at the movies rather than just a sleepy few-people-in-the-theater matinee.

And it played for months and months there. One theater. Not a multiplex.

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I agree!

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Robert Vaughan and the car chase. Honestly, beyond that I remember little about this film.

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I agree. I actually like this film a lot, but aside from the famous car chase, I never remember much about it. So, it’s like watching a new movie all over again. And enjoying it like the first time all over again.

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