The Great Spy Pictures: Volume 2 - Paperback

Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to The Great Spy Pictures: Volume 2 by James Robert Parish and Michael R. Pitts.This comprehensive resource is a stand-alone follow-up to the authors' The Great Spy Pictures: Volume 1. This new book includes well over 300 entries from worldwide cinema, ranging from the silent era onward. Among the titles discussed are The Great Love (1918), Hotel Imperial (1927), I Spy (1934), The Saint in London (1939), First Comes Courage (1943), Malaya (1949), Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950), Stopover Tokyo (1957), Circle of Deception (1961), The Train (1965), Live and Let Die (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Smiley's People (1982), The Little Drummer Girl (1984), The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), and A View to Kill (1985). Each entry includes in depth cast/characters and technical credits, a discussion of the film, and review quotes. This book also provides a list of genre radio and TV series, and an extensive bibliography of spy novels over the decades.This engaging reference guide is a treasure trove for movie enthusiasts, film historians, and lovers of spy tales. It is also an excellent sourcebook to many of the genre entries now available for viewing on television, the Internet, and DVDs.