And, if I'm not mistaken, Steve McQueen's first movie no????
No... he had been in a few before this... most notably (IMO) in "Somebody Up There Likes Me" (Paul Newman starred as Rocky Graziano); McQueen had a small part of a gang member.
"The Blob" may have been his first STARRING role, though. I have it on DVD and watched it about two months ago... it's still campy and fun even if it's God-awful.
