Steve McQueen Le Mans

This vintage film poster was created to promote the Steve McQueen documentary, The Man & Le Mans. The poster captures the ‘King of Cool’, Steve McQueen in the closing scene of the 1971 motorsport film, Le Mans. It depicts the actor, as Michael Delaney, giving his iconic two-finger salute to his rival Erich Stahler after beating him into third place.

The Man & Le Mans documentary focuses on film star Steve McQueen’s efforts to pursue his dream of creating a film about his passion: race-car driving. At the time McQueen was of the highest paid and most successful film stars in the world. With films such as Nevada Smith, The Thomas Crown Affair and Bullitt, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Love with a Proper Stranger – McQueen was box office gold.