John Frankenheimer

More conventional than its predecessor, but it's still unconventional by the cop thriller standard set by a wash of anonymous, lesser films.

Yes, the driving scenes dazzle, but Frankenheimer also embeds his 1966 Cinerama epic with some interesting commentary about risk-taking professions in general and the Formula One driver in particular.

Set the standard for cinematic paranoid thrillers and stands as the quintessential John Frankenheimer film.