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... film noir , particularly the spate of movies based on Jim Thompson's novels which began with AFTER DARK , MY SWEET ... film lite " movies by Lucas , Spielberg et fils . Film lite offers fables decked out in their parents ' clothes , pats ...
... film noir , particularly the spate of movies based on Jim Thompson's novels which began with AFTER DARK , MY SWEET ... film lite " movies by Lucas , Spielberg et fils . Film lite offers fables decked out in their parents ' clothes , pats ...
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... film , THE KILLING . By the Sixties the paperback original was largely a thing of the the past , and so , it seemed , sadly , was Jim Thompson ; in the last years of his life he began and abandoned over a dozen novels , working up ...
... film , THE KILLING . By the Sixties the paperback original was largely a thing of the the past , and so , it seemed , sadly , was Jim Thompson ; in the last years of his life he began and abandoned over a dozen novels , working up ...
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... film work . The following year sees the opening of THE UNFAITHFUL with a script by Goodis and of DARK PASSAGE , both huge successes , along with publication of BEHOLD THIS WOMAN and NIGHTFALL . Goodis ' career as screenwriter by this ...
... film work . The following year sees the opening of THE UNFAITHFUL with a script by Goodis and of DARK PASSAGE , both huge successes , along with publication of BEHOLD THIS WOMAN and NIGHTFALL . Goodis ' career as screenwriter by this ...
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