To: nickcarraway
I prefer The Big Sleep as far as early noirs go, but this is such a great flick.
As for hardboiled fiction, Red Harvest is THE book.
4 posted on
02/17/2005 7:14:43 PM PST by
Darkwolf377
("Drowning someone...I wouldn't have a part in that."--Teddy K)
To: Darkwolf377
As for hardboiled fiction, Red Harvest is THE book. Sure is- and nobody does Chinatown better than Hammett's Continental Op. Not a bad writer for an old commie.
Kiss Me Deadly for noir films, though.
7 posted on
02/17/2005 7:24:17 PM PST by
fat city
(Julius Rosenberg's soviet code name was "Liberal")
To: Darkwolf377
As for hardboiled fiction, Red Harvest is THE book. Sure is- and nobody does Chinatown better than Hammett's Continental Op. Not a bad writer for an old commie.
Kiss Me Deadly for noir films, though.
8 posted on
02/17/2005 7:24:50 PM PST by
fat city
(Julius Rosenberg's soviet code name was "Liberal")
To: Darkwolf377
Red Harvest was pretty good. I don't believe they've ever made a movie directly based on the book, although many adaptations. All the Continental Op stuff was pretty good.
To: Darkwolf377; fat city
I think The Glass Key is right up there too.
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