Steve McQueen

Never So Few is a frustratingly uneven film that should have been better.

Six are, indeed, magnificent, but Horst Buchholz seems plucked from a lesser movie.

An interesting thing about The Honeymoon Machine is that the story has nothing to do with honeymoons.

Hell Is for Heroes tells the story of a small squad of American soldiers. It’s 1944 and the group has seen its share of action on the European lines. Now, they’re enjoying a break in a bombed-out village near the Siegfried Line.

The pilot (Steve McQueen) and co-pilot (Robert Wagner) of a bomber plane clash over the war and a woman (Shirley Anne Field) in World War II England.

A group of Allied prisoners attempts to escape from a Luftwaffe P.O.W. camp during World War II.

Given Steve McQueen’s iconic performances see him as a taciturn embodiment of cool, it’s jarring to see him shine as a motor-mouth doofus.

A young woman (Natalie Wood) discovers she’s pregnant after a one-night stand with a jazz musician (Steve McQueen).

Elmer Bernstein fans should love this. Steve McQueen fans, maybe not so much.

In 1930’s Louisiana, an up and coming poker player (Steve McQueen) seeks a game with the reining king of stud poker (Edward G. Robinson).

Nevada Smith sees Steve McQueen play a naive half-Indian who grows into a hardened killer as he searches for his parents’ murderers.

A cynical Navy engineer (Steve McQueen) finds himself changed by his experiences aboard a gunboat in 1927 China.

A thrill-seeking millionaire (Steve McQueen) pulls off an intricate bank robbery, then matches wits with the insurance investigator (Faye Dunaway) out to catch him.

Slimy politician Vaughn hand-picks well-regarded San Francisco cop McQueen to guard a mob witness. When things go south, McQueen won’t stop until he finds out why.

The Reivers is a supremely well produced coming of age story that just doesn’t work.

A driver (Steve McQueen) coming off a nearly fatal injury, competes in the 24 hour endurance race, Le Mans.

The Getaway is a slick bit of neo-noir exploitation.