Crime Wave: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Crime Movies
by Howard Hughes
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Crime movies inhabit dark and desperate worlds, yet they account for many of Hollywood's most triumphant successes. In full acknowledgement of this achievement, "Crime Wave" offers an authoritative and informative, stimulating and entertaining guide to the crime movie phenomenon, from its early days to the present, charting its history and celebrating the people who have given it a special and enduring place in cinema goers' affections. Chapters focus on landmark Hollywood films - from show more 1931's "The Public Enemy", through "The Maltese Falcon", "Point Blank." show lessTags
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Howard Hughes is the author of Once Upon a Time in the Italian West, Crime Wave, Stagecoach to Tombstone and Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood and is a contributing writer to Cinema Retro.
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- Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 791.436556 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Special aspects of films; film adaptations, film genres {class specific films in 791.437} Films dealing with humanity Social themes Social problems and services
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- PN1995.9 .D4 .H84 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
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