Makes Steve McQueen s Bullitt look like a cartoon said Top Gear s Jeremy Clarkson Banned in 1976, terrifying yet exhilarating and absolutely compulsive this now legendary film with its surprise ending through beautiful 70s Paris has been shrouded in myths since its first release. Was seminal French director Claude Lelouch really arrested when it was first shown? Was it a Formula 1 driver in the iconic Ferrari 275 GTB at the wheel?, If it s real, how did he do it ? Lelouch s electrifying 9-minute drive has to be seen to be believed. No car chase on film has, or ever will, come close. The reality of no special effects, edits or blocking off streets is terrifying.