Steve McQueen was one of Hollywood's highest paid stars, and one of its most difficult. His rise to icon and the inevitable descent which followed are chronicled by those who watched it happen. Clips include: The Magnificent Seven, Love with the Proper Stranger, The Cincinnati Kid, The Reivers, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, and Bullitt. His story is told through home movies and the recollections of his first wife, Neile McQueen Toffel; children, Terri and Chad; actors, Chuck Norris, Karl Malden and Don Gordon; and the friends who knew and understood him.