Gangsters and G-men on screen : crime cinema then and now / / Gene D. Phillips
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| Autore: |
Phillips Gene D.
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| Titolo: |
Gangsters and G-men on screen : crime cinema then and now / / Gene D. Phillips
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (205 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.43/6556 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gangster films - History and criticism |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION. In Search of the Gangster Genre; CHAPTER ONE. THE RISE OF THE GANGSTER FILM; CHAPTER TWO. LITTLE CAESAR AND THE PUBLIC ENEMY; CHAPTER THREE. THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE AND NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH; CHAPTER FOUR. DEAD END AND THIS GUN FOR HIRE; CHAPTER FIVE. CRISS CROSS AND WHITE HEAT; CHAPTER SIX. JOHN HUSTON'S KEY LARGO AND THE ASPHALT JUNGLE; CHAPTER SEVEN. THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI AND THE GREAT GATSBY; CHAPTER EIGHT. FRITZ LANG'S YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE AND THE BIG HEAT; CHAPTER NINE. THE GODFATHER: PART II |
| CHAPTER TEN. BONNIE AND CLYDE AND THE UNTOUCHABLESCHAPTER ELEVEN. THE GRIFTERS AND THE DEPARTED; CHAPTER TWELVE. DILLINGER AND PUBLIC ENEMIES; AFTERWORD. GANGSTER SQUAD AND OTHER FILMS: Time Marches On and So Does the Gangster Genre; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <span><span>In this book, noted film and literature scholar Gene D. Phillips looks at the crime film genre. In addition to the usual suspects like </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Little Caesar</span><span>, and </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">The Godfather Part II</span><span>, which he examines with a fresh perspective, Phillips also calls attention to some of the less heralded but no less worthy films and filmmakers that represent the genre.</span></span> |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gangsters and G-men on screen |
| ISBN: | 1-4422-3076-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787822803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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