Silent Mystery and Detective Movies
| Author | : Ken Wlaschin |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 293 |
| Release | : 2009-05-01 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9780786443505 |
| ISBN 13 | : 0786443502 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
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Having financial difficulties? Afflicted with chronic stage fright? Suffering from a bad memory? Perhaps your difficulties are due to a lack of mental disciplin
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Addressing areas such as genre, film history and style, action and spectacle, stars and bodies, action auteurs and the film industry, the reader covers both Hol
