Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. What We Are Alone is Not Enough: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; The Man Who Would Be King; The African Queen; Part II. Are They Ready To Go Home?: The Misfits; The Night of the Iguana; Let There Be Light; Part III. Trying to Account for Themselves: Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison; The Maltese Falcon; Reflections in a Golden Eye; Part IV. The Heart of the Problem: Freud; Fat City; Part V. Huston's Adieux: The Dead; An Open Book.

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A study of John Huston's filmmaking.

Reviews

'In this thoughtful study Brill accounts for Huston's critical neglect by pointing the finger squarely at 50s and 60s auteur critics …'. Sight and Sound