Word: stripey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Most such movies about the FBI fall into a tiresome pattern. The criminals are incredible dabs at their work and the Federal agents are clean-cut, pin-stripey, night-school types of horrifying efficiency, who nevertheless have gentle eyes and a remote, dentist-like way of soothing frazzled women. From such pictures one would never guess that FBI men are policemen after all, just doing a dirty job well. For that they certainly deserve respect, but hardly all the candy hearts and artificial flowers...
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