Speeding Bullitt: The Life and Films of Steve McQueen

Veering from Speeding Bullitt's chronological exploration of McQueen's life and films, Episode 30 puts the Bullitt Mustang in reverse, and takes a deeper look at 1958's Never Love a Stranger and Steve's time spent at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. John Blyth Barrymore discusses his father's turbulent life and acting career, followed by Pamela Kareman, Executive Director of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, talking about the school's rich history.

What if Steve McQueen starred in Breakfast at Tiffany's, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, or Rambo: First Blood? Steve McQueen expert Marshall Terrill and I discuss the films Steve McQueen missed out on, movies he passed on, and projects that never got made.

Writer and host of the Six-Gun Justice podcast, Paul Bishop, provides insight into McQueen's 1966 Western, Nevada Smith, after which Peter Bernstein, son of Academy Award-winning composer and conductor Elmer Bernstein, joins me to talk about his father's life and music.

Writer and filmmaker Dana Schoel discusses his book, Young Steve McQueen: His Incredible Life Before Stardom, and the process of trying to get his work onto the screen.

Marshall Terrill discusses his new book, Steve McQueen In His Own Words, 40 years after McQueen's passing.

Tune in to this Halloween bonus episode of Speeding Bullitt with The Blob-centric conversations with Steve Vertlieb, cinema archivist, journalist, film historian, and film music educator; as well as Mr. Lobo, horror host of the nationally syndicated American television series Cinema Insomnia, as well as the host of Blobfest.

On this episode of Speeding Bullitt, Alan L. Gansberg, author of Little Caesar: A Biography of Edward G. Robinson, and someone who has dedicated almost his entire life to film and film education, working in both entertainment and academia, discusses the life, career, and legacy of the great Edward G. Robinson.

Writer and Steve McQueen expert Marshall Terrill explores Steve McQueen's experience filming the classic 1965 poker movie The Cincinnati Kid. Dr. Robert Joseph, PhD joins me during the second half of the show to discuss the history of filmmaking in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Steve McQueen expert Marshall Terrill shares stories from Steve's time filming Baby, the Rain Must Fall, including anecdotes about Steve McQueen expensing drugs to the studio, his connection to JFK, and "The King of Cool's" rivalry with "The King of Rock and Roll," Elvis Presley.

Matt Stone, author of McQueen's Machines and McQueen's Motorcycles: Racing and Riding with the King of Cool, joins me to discuss some of McQueen's most popular machines, as well as to tell me about his newest book, Bullitt: The Cars and People Behind Steve McQueen.