Steve McQueen was the epitome of cool within the Sixties and Seventies, a star who established his repute in movies like Bullitt and The Nice Escape. But in 1972, McQueen was arrested for drunk driving and reckless habits in Anchorage, Alaska, amid his divorce from his first spouse, Neile Adams. Do you bear in mind when the information hit that he was arrested and seeing his mugshot? It was a jarring picture for followers accustomed to seeing him as the final word film hero.
The arrest occurred whereas McQueen was in Anchorage, the place he had rented an Oldsmobile Toronado. Locals recall him tearing via downtown streets, spinning circles, and displaying off the type of daredevil strikes that in all probability solely belonged in films. When officers stopped him, they requested him to stroll a straight line for a sobriety take a look at. As an alternative of passing, McQueen reportedly somersaulted down the painted strip, nearly as if he was nonetheless performing for an viewers. A mugshot was taken that night time, and it now sits within the Alaska State Trooper Museum as a curious piece of Hollywood historical past.