Bill,
> SHOOT IF YOU MUST is a '40s title by Powell
that's
> pretty
> good, though not very hardboiled. Fast and
funny,
> though.
> Like a lot of Powell.
This wouldn't be the name that a certain Busby Berkeley
song-and-dance man-turned-movie-tough-guy used to write
books, would it?
Not a serious question, of course, but it's an interesting
coincidence, particularly since Dick Powell was the best
Marlowe in the movies, and there's been an ongoing discussion
of Chandler's influence.
JIM DOHERTY
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