The word 'cop' isn't written all over him - something more puzzling is.

In one of his most memorable roles, Steve McQueen stars as Detective Frank Bullitt, a hard-driving, tough-as-nails San Francisco cop. Bullitt has just received what sounds like a routine assignment: keep a star witness out of sight and out of danger for 48 hours, then deliver him to the courtroom on Monday morning. But before the night is out, the witness will lie dying of shotgun wounds, and Bullitt, a no-glitter, all-guts cop, won't rest until he nabs the gunmen and the elusive underworld kingpin who hired them.

Famed for it's Lalo Schifrin score and one of the greatest car chases in cinema-history, Bullit won the 1969 Oscar for Best Film Editing (Frank P. Keller).