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The Driver 1978
The Driver is a 1978 crime film directed by Walter Hill and starring Ryan O’Neal, Bruce Dern, and Isabelle Adjani. Based upon
similarities in plot elements, it is heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville’s film Le Samouraï. The film is also notable for
its impressive car chases, its no frills style of filmmaking, and its rarely-speaking, unnamed titular character.
Plot
A professional driver (Ryan O’Neal) who steals cars to drive as getaway vehicles for big-time robberies. Hot on the Driver’s trail
is the Detective (Bruce Dern), a conceited cop who refers to the Driver as “the cowboy who’s never been caught” and is willing to
go to any length to bring him down. The Detective becomes so obsessed that he sets up a bank job in order to entice trap, and
ultimately arrest, the Driver.
