A Coincidental Date
McQueen was born on March 24, and that date is tied to The Great Escape. Many events in the film had been fictionalized, but March 24 was the real date when 76 Allied prisoners broke free from the POW war camp called Stalag Luft III.
A Coincidental Date
Dangerous Games
Steve got plenty of female attention, which actually got him in trouble. He’d been seeing Mamie Van Doren in the 1960s, and she was dating Howard Hughes simultaneously. McQueen threatened the man because Hughes was possessive of Doren.
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Dangerous Games
