--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY
<jimdohertyjr@...> wrote:
>
> One of the things that's interesting to me about
this
> movie is that Sterling Hayden, who'd already
starred
> in the "other" best caper movie ever made, THE
ASPHALT
> JUNGLE, was the lead. Yet his character in
THE
> KILLING, a strategist and planner as well as
a
> specialist in armed violence, is so different from
the
> simple country-boy "hooligan" he played in
JUNGLE.
>
> Hayden is always who my mind's eye casts as
Parker
> when I read one of Richard Stark's novels,
probably
> because of his starring roles in JUNGLE and
KILLING.
> Much as Bogart came to emblematic of the
hard-boiled
> PI after playing Spade in THE MALTESE FALCON
and
> Marlowe in THE BIG SLEEP. Anyone else find that
they
> do the same kind of mental casting when they
read
> Stark? If not, who DO you mentally cast as
Parker?
I confess that I can't put a face on the guy. If I had to
pick an actor, I suppose I would go with Lee Marvin, who
played him in Point Blank. Marvin had the right stance, the
right moves, and he was ordinary-looking enough to not draw
too much attention.
Best,
MrT
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