A Guide to American Crime Films of the Forties and Fifties

by Larry Langman and Daniel Finn

The only comprehensive guide to the crime films of the forties and fifties, this volume focuses on the major events that shaped and molded the genre: war, alienation, drugs, and organized crime. The body of the work offers over 1,200 entries that feature concise summaries, analyses, and credits. The volume is a continuation of the author's earlier work, A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties (Greenwood, 1995). The book includes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313292655
• ISBN13: 9780313292651
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"