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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.

Publication Info. New York : Little A, [2020]
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  364.15 SCHECHTER    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  364.15 SCHECHTER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.15 SCHECHTER    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  364.15 SCHECHTER, HAROLD    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  364.15 SCHECHTER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  791.4375 SCHECHTER    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  364.15 SCHECHTER    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.15 SCHECHTER    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  364.15 SCH    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  364.15 SCH    Check Shelf

Edition First edition
Description xix, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index.
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.
Summary In this collection of essays, true-crime historian Schechter reveals the real-life stories behind classic movies.
Subject Motion picture authorship -- History.
Motion pictures -- History.
True crime stories -- History.
Motion picture authorship. (OCoLC)fst01027122
Motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01027285
True crime stories. (OCoLC)fst01742042
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
True crime stories. (OCoLC)fst01919985
True crime stories.
ISBN 9781542041829
1542041821
9781542041805
1542041805
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