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This week, The Gangsters All Here makes a bid for legitimacy with a film-noir gem titled The Big Combo. It stars Cornel Wilde as Police Lt. Leonard Diamond, who is on a one-man quest to bring down Mr. Brown (ultra-slick Richard Conte), a racketeer who appears to control everything and everyone in town except for Lt. Diamond. The worthy supporting cast includes Helen Walker (in her final film role), Jean Wallace, and Brian Donlevy (who seems to play a slobbering syncophant in about every other one of these types of movies).
And my dear online blogger-friend Salome at BNoirDetour would never forgive me if I didn’t mention two other memorable supporting actors: Lee Van Cleef and Earl Holliman as Mr. Brown’s henchmen Fante and Mingo. When I first watched this movie, I regarded this less-than-dynamic duo as simply the movie’s answer to Of Mice and Men‘s…
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October 19, 2015 at 12:48 PM
Hey. I couldn’t find another way to contact you. I wanted to let you know about my next blogathon. I’ve just announced it, and I know this subject won’t stump you. The link is below
https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/announcing-the-remembering-barbara-stanwyck-blogathon/
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October 19, 2015 at 3:12 PM
Thank you for the invite. I follow your blog, so no worries about me missing out, but I appreciate the welcome.
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October 19, 2015 at 3:14 PM
You’re welcome. Look forward to your post
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