Life and Death in L.A.

Wally Cassell, Steve Cochran, Richard Egan, Edward Norris, Robert Webber, 'Highway 301' (1950).  It’s a wonder that anyone gets thro...

A scene from 'The Crimson Kimono,'  a 1959 thriller directed by Samuel Fuller. I 'm a little late in posting a link to the g...

I n the movies, henchmen climb to the top of the crime heap by using bombs, bullets and intimidation. Of course, being a terrifying SOB i...

Whenever I see him in interviews, Martin Scorsese never fails to amaze me with the breadth of his film knowledge. Click on thi...

Angie Dickinson, Lee Marvin and Carroll O'Connor in 'Point Blank' (1967). W hy is L.A. the location of choice for so many crime...

Living dangerously, Tony Camonte muscles in on his boss's girlfriend. "S carface" (1932) is one of the seminal American g...