Mickey Spillane on Screen: A Complete Study of the Television and Film Adaptations - Softcover

Collins, Max Allan; Traylor, James L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786465786 ISBN 13: 9780786465781

Verlag: McFarland, 2012

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In the mid-20th century, Mickey Spillane was the sensation of not just mystery fiction but publishing itself. The level of sex and violence in his Mike Hammer thrillers (starting with I, the Jury in 1947) broke down long-held taboos and engendered a near hysterical critical backlash. Nonetheless, Spillane's influence has been felt--reflections of Hammer are visible in nearly every subsequent tough guy of fiction and film, including James Bond, Dirty Harry, Shaft, Billy Jack, and Jack Bauer. Spillane's fiction came to the screen in a series of films that include Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and The Girl Hunters (1963) with the author himself playing his private eye. These films, and television series starring Darren McGavin and Stacy Keach respectively, are examined in a lively, knowledgeable fashion by Spillane experts. Included are cast and crew listings, brief biographical entries on key persons, and a lengthy interview with Spillane.

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Max Allan Collins is the 2017 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, a Lifetime Achievement Award winner from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the author of many books, including "Road to Perdition," which became the Oscar winning film, and the Quarry novels, the basis for the hit TV series.

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• Verlag: McFarland
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0786465786
• ISBN 13: 9780786465781
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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