{"product_id":"brian-donlevy-the-good-bad-guy-a-bio-filmography-9781476666570","title":"Brian Donlevy, the Good Bad Guy: A Bio-Filmography","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Derek Sculthorpe\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Entertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Brian Donlevy (1901-1972) was an underrated film actor with surprising range and a little-heralded gift for comedy. Often typecast as a villain, he played the definitive bad guy in such films as \u003ci\u003eDestry Rides Again, Union Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeau Geste\u003c\/i\u003e (all in 1939). He showed his versatility in the title role of Preston Sturges' political satire \u003ci\u003eThe Great McGinty\u003c\/i\u003e (1940) and impressed both New York critics and the Soviet government as the cooly authoritative Major Caton in \u003ci\u003eWake Island\u003c\/i\u003e (1942).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Donlevy was fondly remembered as globe-trotting U.S. Special Agent Steve Mitchell in the television series \u003ci\u003eDangerous Assignment\u003c\/i\u003e (1952) and as Professor Quatermass in two acclaimed science fiction films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This first ever biography of Donlevy covers his colorful early life as a boy soldier, his years playing comedy roles on Broadway and his long career in Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46475830689943,"sku":"9781476666570","price":2827.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476666570.jpg?v=1766276865","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/brian-donlevy-the-good-bad-guy-a-bio-filmography-9781476666570","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}