Actor Steve McQueen (1930)

The Towering Inferno (1974) is an American disaster movie helmed by director John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen. Architect Doug Roberts makes his return to San Francisco for the grand opening of The Glass Tower, a mixed-use skyscraper he designed for developer James Duncan. Standing at a staggering 1,688 feet (515 m) tall and spanning 138 floors, the tower holds the title of world’s tallest building. Unfortunately, during testing, a fire breaks out on the 81st floor due to an electrical short-circuit in the main utility room. While investigating the cause ...

Based on the eponymous novel by Jim Thompson, The Getaway (1972) is an American action thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah. Despite serving four years of his ten-year sentence for armed robbery, Carter ‘Doc’ McCoy is denied parole from a Texas prison. Desperate to gain his freedom, he urges his wife Carol to seek assistance from Jack Beynon – a corrupt businessman and member of the parole board in San Antonio. Thanks to Beynon’s intervention, Doc is released under the condition that he orchestrate a bank heist with two accomplices: Rudy Butler ...

The film, Le Mans (1971), directed by Lee H. Katzin and starring Steve McQueen, revolves around a fictional 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race. Top-notch driver Michael Delaney comes across Lisa, the widow of his former rival Piero Belgetti, purchasing flowers before the big race. He takes a trip to the location where Belgetti tragically passed away in a car accident the previous year. As he recalls the moment when Belgetti lost control of his Ferrari, causing both their cars to crash, Lisa – like many others – blames Delaney for the tragedy. At the race, she is visibly upset ...

The American heist film, The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), stars Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Directed and produced by Norman Jewison, it received two Academy Award nominations and won for Best Original Song. The protagonist, Thomas Crown, is a wealthy thrill-seeker who meticulously plans a nearly perfect crime out of boredom. He orchestrates a five-person heist of $2,660,527.62 from a Boston bank with the help of a getaway driver who hides the money in a quiet cemetery trash can. Crown remains elusive throughout the ...

The heist flick, The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959), helmed by Charles Guggenheim and featuring Steve McQueen, tells the tale of aging criminal mastermind John Egan. In an attempt to secure a comfortable retirement in Mexico, Egan targets St. Louis’ Southwest Bank and enlists his trusted partner Willy’s help. Together, they enlist ex-convict Gino, who is desperate for cash to fund his upcoming trial defense, and seek out a skilled getaway driver. To their dismay, Gino turns to his sister Ann’s former beau George Fowler, a former college football ...