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I remember seeing an interview with him where he was asked what changes he might make, if he could remake it.Made more then 50 years ago this film still stands the test of time as one of the greatest police thrillers ever. It started all the car chase stuff in subsequent films, and even in that without the later special effects it still holds its ground. It is essentially an all American film with the King of Cool Steve McQueen, and yet it had a British director Peter Yates with his own particular style. He cut his teeth on episodes of TV series like 'The Saint' and 'Danger Man.'
Always a film worth watching again.
There are some clips on You Tube of the TV version with the 'laughter track' on - it's atrocious.It started as film, a good one. Then it spun onto TV, not normally a formula for success you might think. But in this case, it not only worked, it actually surpassed the film .....