Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Release Date: 11/19/1997
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 114 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Robert L. Pike's
crime novel
Mute Witness makes the transition to the big screen in this film from director
Peter Yates. In one of his most famous roles,
Steve McQueen stars as tough-guy police detective
Frank Bullitt. The story begins with
Bullitt assigned to a seemingly routine detail, protecting mafia informant
Johnny Ross (
Pat Renella), who is scheduled to testify against his Mob cronies before a Senate subcommittee in San Francisco. But when a pair of hitmen ambush their secret location, fatally wounding
Ross, things don't add up for
Bullitt, so he decides to investigate the case on his own. Unfortunately for him, ambitious senator
Walter Chalmers (
Robert Vaughn), the head of the aforementioned subcommittee, wants to shut his investigation down, hindering
Bullitt's plan to not only bring the killers to justice but discover who leaked the location of the hideout.
~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
;)
