Went through my library, came up with a few more late
entries:
Hanson (Night Dogs, Kent Anderson) Vietnam vet as cop on the
nasty streets of Portland
Stan Carlisle (Nightmare Alley, William Lindsay Gresham)
ambitious cut-throat carny becomes hoaxster
spiritualist
Harold Odom (Portrait of a Young Man Drowning, Charles Perry)
Brooklyn boy falls inexorably into life of crime.
Dix (The Asphalt Jungle, W. R. Burnett) later turned into
classic flick starring Sterling Hayden.
Alicia (Adios Muchachos, Daniel Chavarria) cuban noir
Johnny Hayden (The girl with the long green heart, Lawrence
Block) Hustler con man, ala the Grifters.
Rico Cesare Bandello (Little Caeser, W. R. Burnett)
Brad
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