The Harper (Lew Archer) movies, with Paul Newman. I usually
hear "see
the first, skip the second".
The Mitchum Philip Marlowe.
The Glass Key. Note: Although am a big Hammett fan, this is
the one
novel of his I did not like. As I read it over 25 years ago,
I plan to
retry it in the near future. I have heard that the Alan
Ladd(?) version
is topnotch.
The Spiral Staircase (Dorothy McGuire) This is #1 in my list
of must see
movies; I have never been able to find the video. Suncoast
movies told
me that it was recently released and withdrawn. Is my desire
to see this
out of place?
Phantom Lady and the other 1940's Cornell Woolrich . I loved
Phantom
Lady and some of the novels; is the movie as bad as some say
it is? They
were recently reissued in video (or for the 1st time).
Incidentally,
isn't it incredible that his The Bride Wore Black was never
filmed in
the 1940s and 1950s when film noir was booming? I liked the
French
version, even with the resolution change, except for the
nudity - there
goes my Puritanism again!
The Mike Shayne movies - are these available? Are any
worthwhile?
Thanks for any feedback.
Enrique
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