Brian Donlevy, the Good Bad Guy: A Bio-Filmography

by Derek Sculthorpe

Brian Donlevy (1901-1972) was an underrated film actor with surprising range and a little-heralded gift for comedy. Often typecast as a villain, he played the definitive bad guy in such films as Destry Rides Again, Union Pacific and Beau Geste (all in 1939). He showed his versatility in the title role of Preston Sturges' political satire The Great McGinty (1940) and impressed both New York critics and the Soviet government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476666571
• ISBN13: 9781476666570
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher