
Crime Wave
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It also explores each film's sources and influences, its impact on the crime genre and current fashion, including spin-offs, copies and sequels. It examines the films' themes, style and box office fortunes. Detailed cast list information is provided for each of the main featured films. Written with passion, for those who love this cinema, "Crime Wave" is the perfect partner in crime.
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- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Criminal Record: An Introduction to Crime Movies
- Crime Wave Top Tens
- 1. 'I ain't so tough' - The Public Enemy (1931)
- 2. 'Just rushing towards death' - High Sierra (1941)
- 3. 'The shortest farewells are best' - The Maltese Falcon (1941)'
- 4. 'Made it Ma! Top of the world!' - White Heat (1949)
- 5. 'If you want fresh air, don't look for it in this town' - The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
- 6. 'The liar's kiss that says I love you' - Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
- 7. 'First is first and second is nobody' - The Big Combo (1955)
- 8. 'Somebody's got to pay' - Point Blank (1967)
- 9. 'We ain't heading nowhere, we're just running from' - Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- 10. 'We have all the time in the world' - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- 11. 'I'm visiting relatives...a death in the family' - Get Carter (1971)'
- 12. 'We're all on the hustle' - Shaft (1971)'
- 13. 'Do I feel lucky?' - Dirty Harry (1971)
- 14. 'I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse' - The Godfather (1972)
- 15. 'Forget it, Jake, it's...' - Chinatown (1974)
- 16. 'Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer' - The Godfather Part II (1974)
- 17. 'Fat Moe's bone-yard boys' - Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
- 18. 'There's no more heroes left in the world' - Lethal Weapon (1987)
- 19. 'I always wanted to be a gangster' - Good Fellas (1990)
- 20. 'Mon amour...l'aventure commence' - Pulp Fiction (1994)
- 21. 'Off the record, on the QT and very hush-hush' - L.A.Confidential (1997)
- 22. 'You're either in or you're out' - Ocena's Eleven (2001)
- Crimography: the Crime Wave Filmography
- Bibliography and Sources
- Index
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