Masters of the Shoot-'Em-Up

Conversations with Directors, Actors and Writers of Vintage Action Movies and Television Shows

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by Tadhg Taylor

Type

Interviews

Subject

Genre > Action

Keywords

action films, interviews, director, actors

Publishing date

2015

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 240 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-9406-4

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Book Presentation:
This collection of interviews features American, British and Australian writers, directors and actors recounting their notable work in the action genre and the fun of blowing things up. Action movies and television series from 1950s to the mid–1980s are covered, with the main focus on the 1960s and 1970s—the era of Bullitt, Mannix and The Professionals. Twenty-five interviewees discuss their career highlights, including writers Richard Harris (The Saint) and Leigh Chapman (The Octagon), directors Stewart Raffill (High Risk), Michael Preese (T.J. Hooker) and Robert M. Lewis (Kung-Fu), and actors Tony Russel (Peter Gunn) and Peter Mark Richman (Combat!).

About the Author:
Tadhg Taylor is an Australian writer, filmmaker and secondhand bookseller.

Press Reviews:
"Kanew’s recollections of studio interference and dueling egos are told with candor"—Bookgasm.

See the publisher website: McFarland & Co