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Showing posts with label detective story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label detective story. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

More Than a Gunsel: Elisha Cook Jr. Played Wobbly Tough Guys, Inept Would-Be Heroes and Dyed in the Wool Victims Often Displaying Raw Emotion and Unexpected Vulnerabilities

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Humphrey Bogart, Elisha Cook Jr., "The Maltese Falcon" (1941). Just a cheap gunman hanging around hotel lobbies. When he died in 1...
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Monday, June 26, 2023

How ‘Dragnet’ Launched a New Era in Crime Television

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Ann Robinson, Jack Webb, Ben Alexander in the feature film "Dragnet” (1954) By Paul Parcellin Some might quibble over whether or not “...
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