Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson

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Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson is the intense, risk-taking American bomber pilot he portrays in the 1962 World War II film "The War Lover."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalCharacterRole
filmCharacter
aircraftTypeInStory B-17FlyingFortress NERFINISHED
appearsIn The War Lover NERFINISHED
appearsInFilm The War Lover NERFINISHED
associatedWithGenre aviationWarFilm
basedOn characterFromTheWarLoverNovel
characterArcTheme obsessionWithCombat
selfDestructiveCourage
characterMotivation pursuitOfCombatThrill
characterName Captain Buzz Rickson NERFINISHED
characterRelationshipType rivalryWithFellowPilot
conflictDepicted AlliedBombingCampaignOverEurope NERFINISHED
coStarsWith Robert Wagner NERFINISHED
Shirley Anne Field NERFINISHED
eraDepicted early1940s
fictionalUniverse TheWarLoverUniverse NERFINISHED
filmCountryOfOrigin United Kingdom NERFINISHED
filmDirector Philip Leacock NERFINISHED
filmGenre WorldWarIIFilm NERFINISHED
warFilm
filmLanguage English
filmReleaseYear 1962
includedIn SteveMcQueenFilmography NERFINISHED
medium liveActionFilm
militaryBranchInStory United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction tragicAntihero
nationalityInStory American
notableAspectOfPerformance antiheroPersona GENERATED
broodingIntensity GENERATED
notableFor daringFlyingStyle
recklessBravery
occupationInStory bomberPilot
personalityTrait intense
risk-taking
portrayalEra 1960sCinema
portrayedBy Steve McQueen NERFINISHED
productionFormat blackAndWhiteFilm
rankInStory Captain
settingPeriod World War II
sourceWorkAuthor John Hersey NERFINISHED
sourceWorkPublicationYear 1959
sourceWorkTitle The War Lover NERFINISHED
sourceWorkType novel
targetAudience adultAudience

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The War Lover leadActorRole Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson