Ripped from the headlines! : the shocking true stories behind the movies' most memorable crimes
(2020)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
364.1/SCHECHTER,H
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Little A, [2020]
©2020
©2020
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xix, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781542041805, 1542041805 :, 1542041821, 9781542041829, 1542041805, 9781542041805
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
In this collection of essays, true-crime historian Schechter reveals the real-life stories behind classic movies
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