McQueen’s Breakout Lead Performance

Steve McQueen's first attention-grabbing feature performance was as a cool gunslinger in John Sturges' The Magnificent Seven ('60), and his first real breakout effort, of course, was as "cooler king" Virgil Hilts in Sturges' The Great Escape ('63).

March 9, 2023 by Jeff Wells 10 Comments

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