Steve McQueen dominated the box office as Hollywood’s antihero of the Sixties and Seventies. The Oscar-nominated legend was so popular that by 1974, he was the highest-paid movie star in the world.

For Steve McQueen, his first role came in his late 20s with the 1958 monster movie The Blob. McQueen was ashamed of the film later in his life, but he shouldn't have been. The Blob isn't perfect ...