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Schechter, Harold.
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Crime in motion pictures -- History.
Motion pictures -- History.
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Schechter, Harold.
Crime in motion pictures -- History.
Motion pictures -- History.
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Ripped from the headlines! : the shocking true stories behind the movies' most memorable crimes / Harold Schechter.
by
Schechter, Harold.
Little A, 2020.
Call #:
791
.436
S314r
Subjects
Crime in motion pictures -- History.
Motion pictures -- History.
ISBN:
9781542041805 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xix, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographic references (pages [329]-337) and index.
Contents:
Alpha dog -- Anatomy of a murder -- Arsenic and old lace -- Badlands -- Blood & orchids -- Body snatcher -- Butterfield 8 -- Chicago and Roxie Hart -- Child 44 -- Dirty Harry -- Eaten alive! -- Elephant -- Five star final -- Frenzy -- Fugitive -- Fury -- High Sierra -- Hills have eyes -- Hitch-hiker -- Honeymoon killers -- Looking for Mr. Goodbar -- M -- Monsieur Verdoux -- Murder on the Orient Express -- Night of the hunter -- Phenix City story -- Place in the sun -- Psycho -- Rope -- Scream -- Shadow of a doubt -- Strangers -- Targets -- 10 to midnight -- To die for -- While the city sleeps -- Woman's vengeance -- You only live once -- Young savages.
Summary:
Harold Schechter, a true crime historian, reveals the real-life stories behind classic movies.
Genre:
True crime.
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