Dick wrote:
>
> It's been a while since I read "Fast One," but it
seemed to be a novel
> to me at the time.
It was originally published as a series of short stories in
BLACK MASK magazine & then published in book form as a
novel.
> However, David Wilt in his book "Hardboiled
in
> Hollywood" (Popular Press), says it's a series of
short stories, some
of
> which were used in a movie titled "Gambling Ship."
Apparently Cary
Grant
> played a guy named Ace, who is vaguely similar to
the novel's
antihero,
> Kells. Wonder if that's what gave Chandler the idea
he'd be the
perfect
> Marlowe.
If it was, it wasn't because Grant was being
uncharacteristicly hardboiled. He plays a pretty standard
Grant character, in his con man/gambler, loveable
ne'er-do-well mode. Hustler with a heart of gold, it just
needs the right woman to discover it.
Rene
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