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NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police procedural set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct ofManhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots...
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Kona Gold
My sixth Mike Montego police drama series novel will be published in early 2016. It takes place in Hawaii.
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Shelly Manne
Sheldon “Shelly” Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984), was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a...
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Barbara Hale
Barbara Hale (born April 18, 1922) is an American actress best known for her role as legal secretary Della Street on more than 270 episodes of the long-running Perry Mason television series. She...
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The Naked Spur
I thought it might be fun to switch the focus of these monthly blogposts, from actors to films — the sorts of movies the main character in my Mike Montego series of novels might have watched as a kid...
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Days of Wine and Roses
This is the second in a series of articles featuring movies from the 1950s and 1960s — films fictional LAPD cop Mike Montego might have watched. Days of Wine and Roses is a 1962 film directed by...
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The Longest Day
Introduction The Longest Day is a 1962 epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan’s book, The Longest Day (1959), about the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, during World War II. The film was...
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The Mike Montego Series Grows!
I’m pleased to announced the Mike Montego series is about to expand to a half dozen titles. Book Six, KONA GOLD, is nearly ready to go. If you have a soft spot for the Sixties, island culture, and...
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A new video!
In the old days, there were only a handful of authors able to count on a campaign to bring their works to the attention of potential readers. They were, of course, the “big names,” whose books were...
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Kona Gold — an interview with author Jess Waid
By Randy Morse I recently had an opportunity to quiz author Jess Waid on his latest work, Kona Gold, sixth volume in his Mike Montego series. MORSE: Kona Gold marks the first time in a series that...
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The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate (1959), by Richard Condon, is a political thriller about the son of a prominent U.S. political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for a Communist...
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Lonely Are the Brave
Lonely Are the Brave is a 1962 film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel The Brave Cowboy. The film was directed by David Miller from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo. It stars Kirk Douglas as...
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Gene Wilder
Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American comic actor in film and theater, screenwriter, film director, and author. Wilder began his...
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Clint Eastwoood
Clinton “Clint” Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure. After earning success in the Western TV series Rawhide, he rose to international fame...
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Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was a Lithuanian-American film and television actor. He starred in films such as Once Upon a Time in the West, The...
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Carol Burnett
Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer, whose career spans six decades of television. She is best known for her long-running TV variety...
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Buddy Hackett
Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker; August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American comedian and actor. His best remembered roles include Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man (1962), Benjy Benjamin in...
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Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, known for her roles in the television sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), in which she starred as Mary...
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Don Westfall #10786
Our class of 2-6-61 started with 72 and ended with 63, as I recall. Don sat to my left in the back row in the classroom; we were “framed” by Ulrich and Zolkowski. Don’s previous employment had been as...
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Gary Busey
William Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944) is an American actor. A prolific character actor, Busey has appeared in over 150 films, including Lethal Weapon (1987), Predator 2 (1990), Point Break (1991),...
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