McQueen

About this book

Steve McQueen one of the first "cool" film stars remains a cultural icon the world over. His image is used to sell everything from cars to beer to a range of dolls. From the Cicinnati Kid to Frank Bullitt Tom Crown to Papillon his roles exemplified a certain school of male charm as well as grit and a hint of menace. McQueen was born in 1930 into a poor Mid-western family to a highly strung mother and truant father. In and out of reform school from a young age he was eventually made a ward of court and the resulting sense of abandonment never left him. His big break came with the TV saga "Wanted: Dead or Alive" and the now cult-classic B-movie "The Blob". Just two years later he was one of the leading lights of tinseltown. Sandford goes on to chart McQueens phenomenal Hollywood career starring in some of the worlds best-loved films in tandem with his turbulent private life: his marriages his bisexuality the drink the fast cars casual sex and violence.