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Category Archives: Lee Marvin
The Don Siegel Rule
I had to give it a name, so I called it the Don Siegel Rule. I was watching Charley Varrick recently, the 1973 heist film directed by Siegel, starring Walter Matthau as an ex-crop duster and stunt pilot turned bank who, … Continue reading
Posted in Angie Dickinson, Crime film, Don Siegel, Heist films, Lee Marvin
Tagged Charles Bronson, Charley Varrick (1973), Dirty Harry (1971), Don Siegel, Donald Pleasence, Hell is For Heroes (1964), Invasion of the Body Snatches (1956), Janet Suzman, Joe Don Baker, John Vernon, Lalo Schifrin, Lee Remick, Michael Caine, Point Blank (1967), Robert Siodmak, Telefon (1977), The Black Windmill (1974), The Killers (1946), The Killers (1964), Walter Hill
Crime Factory issue 13 is out
A heads up that issue 13 of Crime Factory is out (with cover design by the one and only Eric Beetner, who also did the cover for my novel, Ghost Money) In this issue I talk to Dwayne Epstein, author … Continue reading
Posted in 70s American crime films, Angela Savage, Crime Factory, Crime Factory Publications, Lee Marvin, Ozsploitation
Tagged Black Pulp, Crime Factory 13, Crime Factory Publications, Dwayne Epstein, Gary Phillips, Ghost Money, Lee Marvin, Lee Marvin: Point Blank, Prime Cut, Roger Ward, Ruth Dugdall, Tommy Hancock
Warren Oates, Gloria Grahame & other subjects for fiction anthologies
The recent release of Crime Factory’s LEE, an anthology of crime fiction inspired by the life of iconic actor Lee Marvin, has got me thinking about who else would be a good subject for similar treatment. There’s already been a … Continue reading
Posted in 60s American crime films, 70s American crime films, Film Noir, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin, Stanley Baker, Sterling Hayden
Tagged 92 in the Shade (1975), Asphalt Jungle (1950), Badlands (1973), Bit Heat (1953), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1969), Cockfighter (1975), Dillinger (1973), Hell Drivers (1957) The Criminal (1960), Hell is a City (1966), In a Lonely Place (1950), innocent Bystanders, Johnny Guitar (1954), LEE, Lee Marvin, Major Dundee (1965), Naked Alibi (1954), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), Race with the Devil (1975), Sam Peckinpah, Stanley Baker, Stanley Kubrick, Sterling Hayden, Stripes (1981), The Godfather (1972), The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Killing (1956), The Wild Bunch (1969), Two Lane Black Top, Warren Oates
LEE, an anthology inspired by Lee Marvin, now available as e-book
Just a quick heads up to let you all know that Crime Factory Publication’s latest publication, LEE, an anthology of short fiction inspired by iconic US actor Lee Marvin is now available as an e-book for Kindle. You can purchase … Continue reading
Orders open for LEE, a fiction anthology inspired by Lee Marvin
A heads up that you can now order LEE, Crime Factory’s anthology inspired by iconic American actor Lee Marvin, from our the site. There’s been a bit of buzz around the traps about LEE and at the risk of sounding … Continue reading
