Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

May 16, 2015

1h 42m

★ 7.2

The true story of a life changing passion

Overview

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans interweaves stunning newly discovered footage and voice recordings with original interviews. It is the true story of how a cinema legend would risk almost everything in pursuit of his dream.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Le Mans LTD

The Man

Noah Films

FilmRise

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans Trailers

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Steve McQueen

Self

Chad McQueen

Self

Neile Adams

Self

Alan Trustman

Self (archive footage)

James Garner

Self (voice)

Hal Hamilton

Self (archive footage)

John Frankenheimer

Self

Derek Bell

Self

David Piper

Self (archive footage)

John Sturges

Self

Les Sheldon

Self

Louise Edlind

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