Book Description
The classic study of the most menacing and original genre of American cinema.
A backlist best seller and the definitive take on one of today's reigning screen influences, film noir, this is an essential guide to the extraordinary genre that launched the careers of such luminaries as Burt Lancaster, Billy Wilder, Joan Crawford, Orson Welles, and Stanley Kubrick.
About the author
Foster Hirsch is the author of fifteen books on film and theater.
