I just wanted to mention for those unaware of the fact that
one of Goodis's classic novels, 'The Burglar" (reprinted some
time ago) was made into a film noir in 1956, directed by Paul
Wendkos & starring Dan Duryea & Jayne Mansfield. I
haven't seen it in a VERY long while (I hadn't even heard of
Goodis when I saw it, so must've been damn close to 20 yrs or
more) but I loved it. Duryea is one of my favourite noir
actors of all time - equally adept at oily villains &
doomed stumblebums. Apparently it was remade in France in
1972 as "The Burglars" with Jean Paul Belmondo & Dyan
Cannon, according to Maltin's Movie Guide (1998), although
Leonard doesn't think too highly of it (& I find him to
be generally a fairly reliable guide except for the odd
exception ,which is usually the sort of film that is often
only liked by people like me.) Post script to George Tuttle
page : there is a link there that once led you to a page
where Mr Tuttle had written an overview of noir fiction,
complete with very useful lists of classic novels. That web
page appears to have "gone to Allah" unless it's just
temporarily down. I'm pretty sure I've downloaded the page to
my hard drive (just have to locate the booger).If anyone is
interested, contact me off-list & I'll see if I can
locate it & send it to you.
Rene
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