"How do you go about writing a detective story?"
"Well, you forget detection and concentrate on crime. Crime's the thing. And then you imagine you're going to steal something or murder somebody."
"Oh, is that how you do it? It's interesting."
Dial M for Murder (1954)
director. Alfred Hitchcock.
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He pointed on down the road. “Follow this road to that big hill over there. That’s it. Taking a walk?”
“Yessir.” I managed to look sheepish. “We’re playing army and I’m supposed to report to headquarters there.”
THE OUTSIDERS, 1983
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Farley Granger as Arthur “Bowie” Bowers
They Live by Night (1948) dir. Nicholas Ray
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Thief (1981) dir. Michael Mann
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An Australian wrote that Gardner’s swearing was “like a sailor and a truck driver were having a competition.” Even after she threw a glass of champagne at him, his only thought was “the only thing I could think was how bloody gorgeous the woman was”.
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Renée Adorée in Daydreams (1922)
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Natalie Wood, 1960s
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