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Author:

Schechter, Harold, author.

Title:

Ripped from the headlines! : the shocking true stories behind the movies' most memorable crimes / Harold Schechter.

Edition:

First edition

Publisher:

Little A,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xix, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Motion picture authorship--History.
Motion pictures--History.
True crime stories--History.
True crime stories.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index.

Contents:

Young savages. 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.

Summary:

In this collection of essays, true-crime historian Schechter reveals the real-life stories behind classic movies.

ISBN:

1542041805
9781542041805
9781542041829
1542041821

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1120094215

Locations:

WBPB115 -- Albert City Public Library (Albert City)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

FMPC224 -- Guttenberg Public Library (Guttenberg)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)