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25/07/2008

Matthew Sweet talks to British director Peter Yates about his classic British crime movie Robbery, which contains one of the best car chases ever committed to celluloid.

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Matthew Sweet talks to British director Peter Yates about his classic British crime movie Robbery, which contains one of the best car chases ever committed to celluloid. When Steve McQueen saw it, he was so impressed that he hired Yates to direct his next movie Bullitt, whose car chase has passed into legend.

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Fri 25 Jul 2008 16:30
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