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High Sierra (film)

Index High Sierra (film)

High Sierra is a 1941 heist film and early film noir written by W.R. Burnett and John Huston from the novel by Burnett. [1]

58 relations: Adolph Deutsch, Alan Curtis (American actor), Arthur Kennedy, B movie, Barton MacLane, Bosley Crowther, California, Claire Trevor, Colorado Territory (film), Cornel Wilde, Donald MacBride, Dragnet (policing), Eddie Acuff, Elisabeth Risdon, Film noir, George Meeker, George Raft, Gun moll, Heist film, Henry Hull, Henry Travers, Humphrey Bogart, I Died a Thousand Times, Ida Lupino, Isabel Jewell, Jack Palance, Jerome Cowan, Joan Leslie, Joel McCrea, John Eldredge (actor), John Huston, Joshua Tree (1993 film), Little Caesar (film), Lone Pine, California, Mark Hellinger, Marksman, Minna Gombell, Mount Whitney, Paul Harvey (actor), Raoul Walsh, Rotten Tomatoes, Scarface (1932 film), Shelley Winters, Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Spencer Charters, Stuart Heisler, Stunt performer, Taxi dancer, The New York Times, The Screen Guild Theater, ..., The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), Time (magazine), Tony Gaudio, Virginia Mayo, W. R. Burnett, Warner Bros., Whitney Portal, California, Willie Best. Expand index (8 more) »

Adolph Deutsch

Adolph Deutsch (20 October 1897 – 1 January 1980) was a composer, conductor and arranger.

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Alan Curtis (American actor)

Alan Curtis (July 24, 1909 – February 2, 1953) was an American film actor who appeared in over 50 films.

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Arthur Kennedy

John Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914January 5, 1990) was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage", especially in the original casts of Arthur Miller plays on Broadway.

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B movie

A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial movie, but not an arthouse film.

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Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane (December 25, 1902 – January 1, 1969) was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter.

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Bosley Crowther

Bosley Crowther (July 13, 1905 – March 7, 1981) was an American journalist and author who was film critic for The New York Times for 27 years.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor (born Claire Wemlinger; March 8, 1910 – April 8, 2000) was an American actress.

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Colorado Territory (film)

Colorado Territory is a 1949 American Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, and Dorothy Malone.

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Cornel Wilde

Cornel Wilde (October 13, 1912 – October 16, 1989) was a Hungarian-American actor and film director.

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Donald MacBride

Donald Hugh MacBride (June 23, 1893 – June 21, 1957) was an American character actor on stage, in films, and on television who launched his career as a teenage singer (making several recordings in 1907) in vaudeville and went on to be an actor on Broadway, where he appeared in Room Service.

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Dragnet (policing)

A dragnet is any system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects; including road barricades and traffic stops, widespread DNA tests, and general increased police alertness.

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Eddie Acuff

Eddie Acuff (June 3, 1903 – December 17, 1956) was an American actor.

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Elisabeth Risdon

Elisabeth Risdon (born Elizabeth Evans, 26 April 1887 – 20 December 1958) was an English film actress.

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Film noir

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those which emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations.

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George Meeker

George Meeker (March 5, 1904 – August 19, 1984) was an American character movie and Broadway actor who became more of a legend off-camera than on.

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George Raft

George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Gun moll

A gun moll (aka gangster moll) is the female companion of a male professional criminal.

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Heist film

The heist film is a subgenre of crime film.

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Henry Hull

Henry Watterson Hull (October 3, 1890 – March 8, 1977) was an American character actor who is best remembered for playing the lead role in Universal Pictures's Werewolf of London (1935).

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Henry Travers

Travers John Heagerty (5 March 1874 – 18 October 1965), known by the stage name Henry Travers, was an English film and stage character actor.

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Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899January 14, 1957) was an American screen and stage actor.

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I Died a Thousand Times

I Died a Thousand Times is a 1955 Warnercolor film noir crime film directed by Stuart Heisler.

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Ida Lupino

Ida Lupino (4 February 1918Recorded in Births Mar 1918 Camberwell Vol. 1d, p. 1019 (Free BMD). Transcribed as "Lupine" in the official births index – 3 August 1995) was an English-American actress and singer, who became a pioneering director and producer—the only woman working within the 1950s Hollywood studio system to do so.

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Isabel Jewell

Isabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 – April 5, 1972) was an American actress most active in the 1930s and early 1940s.

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Jack Palance

Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk (Володимир Палагню́к); February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor and singer.

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Jerome Cowan

Jerome Palmer Cowan (October 6, 1897 – January 24, 1972) was an American stage, film, and television actor.

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Joan Leslie

Joan Leslie (born Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel; January 26, 1925 – October 12, 2015) was an American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian who, during the Hollywood Golden Age, appeared in such films as High Sierra, Sergeant York, and Yankee Doodle Dandy.

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Joel McCrea

Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned almost five decades and appearances in more than 90 films.

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John Eldredge (actor)

John Eldredge (August 30, 1904 – September 23, 1961) was an American actor from San Francisco.

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John Huston

John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American-Irish film director, screenwriter and actor.

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Joshua Tree (1993 film)

Joshua Tree, also released as and Army of One, among other names, is a 1993 action film directed by Vic Armstrong, written by Steven Pressfield and starring Dolph Lundgren, Kristian Alfonso, and George Segal.

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Little Caesar (film)

Little Caesar is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film distributed by Warner Brothers, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Glenda Farrell, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The film tells the story of a hoodlum who ascends the ranks of organized crime until he reaches its upper echelons.

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Lone Pine, California

Lone Pine is a census designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States.

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Mark Hellinger

Mark Hellinger (March 21, 1903 - December 21, 1947) was an American journalist, theatre columnist and film producer.

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Marksman

A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision shooting, using accurate precision scoped projectile weapons (in modern days most commonly a designated marksman rifle or a sniper rifle) to shoot at high-value targets at longer-than-usual ranges.

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Minna Gombell

Minna Marie Gombell (May 28, 1892 – April 14, 1973) was an American stage and film actress.

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Mount Whitney

Mount Whitney is the tallest mountain in California, as well as the highest summit in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada—with an elevation of.

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Paul Harvey (actor)

Paul Harvey (September 10, 1882 – December 5, 1955) was an American actor who appeared in at least 177 films.

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Raoul Walsh

Raoul A. Walsh (March 11, 1887December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the brother of the silent screen actor George Walsh.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Scarface (1932 film)

Scarface (also known as Scarface: The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film starring Paul Muni as Antonio "Tony" Camonte.

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Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress whose career spanned five decades.

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Sierra Nevada (U.S.)

The Sierra Nevada (snowy saw range) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.

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Spencer Charters

Spencer Charters (March 25, 1875 – January 25, 1943) was an American film actor.

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Stuart Heisler

Stuart Heisler (December 5, 1896 – August 21, 1979) was an American film and television director.

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Stunt performer

A stunt performer, often referred to as a stuntman, stuntwoman, or daredevil, is a trained professional who performs stunts, often as a career.

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Taxi dancer

A taxi dancer is a paid dance partner in a partner dance.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Screen Guild Theater

The Screen Guild Theater is a radio anthology series broadcast from 1939 until 1952 during the Golden Age of Radio.

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The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Tony Gaudio

Tony Gaudio, A.S.C. (20 November 1883 – 10 August 1951) was an Italian American cinematographer and is sometimes cited as the first to have created a montage sequence for a film.

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Virginia Mayo

Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones; November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American actress and dancer.

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W. R. Burnett

William Riley "W.

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Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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Whitney Portal, California

Whitney Portal (formerly, Hunter Flat and Hunters Camp) is the end of the Whitney Portal road in Inyo County, California, west of Lone Pine at an elevation of.

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Willie Best

William "Willie" Best (May 27, 1916 – February 27, 1962), sometimes known as Sleep n' Eat, was an American television and film actor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sierra_(film)

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