Tough Without a Gun

Kanfer delivers the definitive biography of one of the great movie icons of the 20th century, and a wide-reaching appraisal of the actor's singular legacy. Through it all, Kanfer paints a background of the social and cultural context in which Bogart became, for all time, the one and only Bogie.

Stefan Kanfer’s books include Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball; Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Mishugas of the Yiddish Theater in America; and Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando. He was a writer and editor at Time for more than twenty years and was its first bylined film critic, a post he held between 1967 and 1972. He is also the primary interviewer in the Academy Award–nominated documentary The Line King and editor of an anthology of Groucho Marx’s comedy, The Essential Groucho. He is a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library and recipient of numerous writing awards. He lives in New York and on Cape Cod.

Introduction	p. ix
The End Depends on the Beginning	p. 3
Let Me Know When You Want to Be Killed	p. 35
Incorrodible as a Zinc Bar	p. 61
Bogart Can Be Tough Without a Gun	p. 88
May You Never Die Till I Kill You	p. 113
Cut the Gab and Bring Me an Order of Fried Rabbit	p. 142
There's Nothing You Can Do About It. Nothing!	p. 169
Storm-Tossed by Fate	p. 198
Breathless	p. 228
The Greatest Gift	p. 248
The Credits	p. 257
Acknowledgments	p. 263
Bibliography	p. 265
Index	p. 271
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