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Word: shellene (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1965-1965
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...best about it is probably Lee Marvin. Dressed in snaky black, with a silver schnozz tied on where his nose used to be before "it was bit off in a fight," Marvin soberly parodies several hundred western badmen of yore, then surpasses himself as the dime-novel hero, Kid Shellen. A "good" killer, the Kid arrives in town unable to live up or even stand up to his legend. His eyes are bloodshot from poring over whisky labels. On ceremonial occasions he wears a corset. When he is primed with rotgut, his fast draw is apt to pull his pants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Wags Out West | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

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