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Papillon **** (1973, Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory) – Classic Movie Review 2967

Director Franklin J Schaffner’s 1973 prison drama stars a suitably gaunt-looking Steve McQueen as Henri ‘Papillon’ Charrière – the symbolic Butterfly of the story – in this long and expensive version of the best-selling novel by real-life […]

Oct, 08

The Thomas Crown Affair ***** (1968, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Biff McGuire, Yaphet Kotto) – Classic Movie Review 2,229

Director Norman Jewison’s entrancing, cucumber-cool 1968 thriller The Thomas Crown Affair is a highly polished, entertaining fake gem that perfectly captures the glitzy escapist, colour supplement aspect of the late Sixties zeitgeist. Those fashionable beautiful […]

Mar, 02

The Cincinnati Kid ***** (1965, Steve McQueen, Ann-Margret, Edward G Robinson, Karl Malden, Joan Blondell, Tuesday Weld) – Classic Movie Review 2,227

Director Norman Jewison’s classic 1965 gambling suspense thriller film The Cincinnati Kid stars Steve McQueen and Edward G Robinson as poker game opponents in a gripping, haunting battle royale with a bunch of iconic Sixties […]

Mar, 01

The Blob *** (1958, Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe) – Classic Movie Review 2103

Director Irvin S Yeaworth Jnr’s 1958 B-movie horror flick stars Steve McQueen in his first leading role, billed as Steven McQueen. In this irresistible low-budget schlock, a gelatinous alien goo arrives on Earth via a meteorite and begins […]

Jan, 23

The Magnificent Seven ***** (1960, Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Horst Buchholz, Brad Dexter) – Classic Movie Review 1362

Producer-director John Sturges’s memorable 1960 Western is deservedly greatly admired and much loved. It stars Yul Brynner in one of his best and most famous roles as the honourable and steadfast gunfighter Chris Adams, who recruits […]

Jun, 25

The Getaway ***** (1972, Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Sally Struthers, Jack Dodson, Slim Pickens, Dub Taylor, Bo Hopkins, Richard Bright) – Classic Movie Review 1355

Director Sam Peckinpah’s 1972 action crime thriller The Getaway is one of this great director’s greatest movies, and most successful. Peckinpah and screenwriter Walter Hill turn esteemed pulp-fiction writer Jim Thompson’s novel into a sweaty-palmed, […]

Jun, 25

The Towering Inferno ***** (1974, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Wagner, Faye Dunaway) – Classic Movie Review 1207

A blaze breaks out in the Glass Tower, a state-of-the-art San Francisco high-rise building during the glitzy opening ceremony attended by a host of city celebrities, in director John Guillermin‘s terrifyingly nail-biting 1974 skyscraper-on-fire movie The […]

May, 12

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