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Old Posted Feb 25, 2017, 12:09 AM
John Maddox Roberts John Maddox Roberts is offline
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Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug View Post
There is a 3 minute scene from this masterpiece 63 minute noir movie.

https://youtu.be/Z8NrPwoNlz4

I watched it. My only question is....are these people serious?
You have to understand that this movie was based on a novel by the peerless Charles Willeford who was, shall we say, an unconventional writer. He was in the tradition of Jim Thompson, only better educated. He wrote some truly hilarious crime novels without writing a single thing that was conventionally funny. He has puzzled critics for decades. Roger Corman produced another Willeford novel adaptation, "Cockfighter." It was directed by Monte Hellman. It was Corman's sworn policy never to put his own money into a film and he never lost a dime while he adhered to that. He broke his rule and bankrolled "Cockfighter." Sure enough, it was a flop, though it became a much-admired cult movie.
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