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Word: drunkenness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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After meeting Samuels in a bar, three soldiers go to his room and one of them, in a drunken rage, kills the 'Jew boy." Thus far, the story is nothing more than another Philo Vance tale, but original elements begin to appear when Robert Young, like any enterprising detective, looks for a motive. After a few false starts the sleuth realizes that Montgomery--Robert Ryan--harbors a mania against the people who stayed home during the war, especially Jews. While the remainder of the plot is not especially original in itself, the story benefits from excellent acting and a couple...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 10/2/1947 | See Source »

Your Honor! In Brunswick, Ga., for the second time in two months, conscientious cops arrested the mayor for drunken driving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 22, 1947 | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

Crossfire. An effective melodrama about some drunken soldiers and a murdered Jew, with a notable performance by Robert Ryan (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Sep. 22, 1947 | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

Crossfire. An effective melodrama about some drunken soldiers and a murdered Jew, with a notable performance by Robert Ryan (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Sep. 8, 1947 | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

Crossfire. A terrifying melodrama about some drunken soldiers and a murdered Jew, with a notable performance by Robert Ryan (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Aug. 25, 1947 | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

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