McQueen - King of Cool.
A man who's star began to fade because he stayed away from movies for too long. Before that time, Steve McQueen was one of Hollywood's top film stars from the mid 1960s till the mid 1970s. "Bullitt," "The Getaway," "The Sand Pebbles," "Papillon" and others, all box office successes. Women wanted to be with him and men wanted to be like him. While not really an actor as such, McQueen was blessed with a natural on-screen charisma and sex appeal. It was these attributes apart from anything else, that maintained his star status.
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- DirectorPeter YatesStarsSteve McQueenJacqueline BissetRobert VaughnA nonconformist San Francisco cop is determined to find the underworld kingpin who killed the witness under his protection.A weak plot but the music, car chase and the cast are big compensations.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsSteve McQueenAli MacGrawBen JohnsonA recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.One of the best from McQueen and Peckinpah.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsSteve McQueenDustin HoffmanVictor JoryA French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.A different change of pace.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsYul BrynnerSteve McQueenCharles BronsonSeven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.All egos together - one hell of a Western!
- DirectorIrvin S. Yeaworth Jr.Russell S. Doughten Jr.StarsSteve McQueenAneta CorsautEarl RoweAn alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.Very low budget Sci Fi but a watchable one.
- DirectorMark RydellStarsSteve McQueenSharon FarrellRuth WhiteIn turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.Different kind of movie from McQueen, interesting and with a bit of charm about the story.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenSiegfried RauchElga AndersenTwo car racing champions, an American and a German, face off on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France.A troubled production throughout. Some exciting racing highlights.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsSteve McQueenBobby DarinFess ParkerSmall squad must hold off German attack.Part of an assemble cast but this is a tough and entertaining film.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsSteve McQueenRobert WagnerShirley Anne FieldIn 1943, while stationed in Britain, arrogant Captain Buzz Rickson is in command of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, but his recklessness is endangering everyone around him.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSteve McQueenFaye DunawayPaul BurkeA debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.Very boring, not helped by a confusing climax.
- DirectorWilliam WiardStarsSteve McQueenLinda EvansRichard FarnsworthAn ex-army scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he's suspected of killing a boy.Nowhere near as good as it might have been. McQueen's charisma is still in evidence.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsSteve McQueenEli WallachKathryn HarroldBounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson is receiving death threats from a criminal he helped put away. This while his girlfriend is about to give birth, an event he isn't looking forward to.An average movie to finish on. Some highlights.
- DirectorNorman JewisonSam PeckinpahStarsSteve McQueenAnn-MargretEdward G. RobinsonAn up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.The film's appeal is limited but it's a good production.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsSteve McQueenRobert PrestonIda LupinoAce Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family, Junior Bonner is a wild young man. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPaul NewmanSteve McQueenWilliam HoldenAt the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.Not much screen time but his salary no doubt helped.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsSteve McQueenBibi AnderssonCharles DurningA scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsPaul NewmanPier AngeliEverett SloaneBoxer Rocky Graziano's biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenJames GarnerRichard AttenboroughAllied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.Nothing much I can say about this film. A highly memorable War movie.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsSteve McQueenKarl MaldenBrian KeithA half-American Indian and half-white teenager evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents' murderers.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsSteve McQueenRichard AttenboroughRichard CrennaIn 1926, a U.S. Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China.
- DirectorCharles GuggenheimJohn StixStarsSteve McQueenCrahan DentonDavid ClarkeA gang's plans for a St. Louis bank robbery are complicated when the sister of one of the thieves starts voicing her well-founded suspicions.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsSteve McQueenJackie GleasonTuesday WeldThe bond of friendship between a worldly-wise Army Master Sergeant and his naive worshiper.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsSteve McQueenBrigid BazlenJim HuttonA navy lieutenant and his civilian friend use a classified computer to help them break the bank at a Venetian casino.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsJohn Drew BarrymoreLita MilanRobert BrayFollowing the life of an orphan and the events that change his life and lead him into a life of crime.
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsNatalie WoodSteve McQueenEdie AdamsA salesclerk at Macy's department store finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand with a musician who does not even remember her.
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsLee RemickSteve McQueenDon MurrayIn Texas, a woman and her young daughter head down to another town where the girl's irresponsible, hotheaded and immature father has just been released from prison on parole.
- StarsAlfred HitchcockHarry TylerLillian O'MalleySeries of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.
- DirectorLee FrostStarsWarren OatesChristopher GeorgeJane Anne JohnstoneWhen their moonshiner father is killed by a corrupt deputy, two young girls decide to take over his business and get revenge on the men who had him killed.
- StarsSteve McQueenWright KingOlan SouleA Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.
- DirectorJon ErwinBen SmallboneStarsMel GibsonMel NovakGary SiniseSteve McQueen truly is an American Icon. One of America's most endearing and intriguing movie stars, he "is still the King of Cool" according to Esquire Magazine-50 years after the zenith of his career. The strangest thing about him, however, is barely known, despite countless biographies and articles. Steve McQueen was a believer in Jesus Christ. On the surface McQueen had everything he could want-fame, cars, homes, more money than he could spend in a lifetime. An avid fan of the actor (and owner of a replica of McQueen's car in the classic film Bullitt), Pastor Greg Laurie hits the road in his mint Mustang, traveling the country in search of the true, untold story of McQueen's redemption-filled final chapters.
- DirectorRobert KatzStarsSteve McQueenKevin SpaceyNeile Adams
- DirectorMimi FreedmanStarsSteve McQueenRobert CulpNeile AdamsThe life and times of actor Steve McQueen, on the 75th anniversary of his birth