Film gris: Reconsidered

Journal of Popular Film and Television

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 82-93

  Hirsch, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacklist; Crime films; Film noir; Gangster films; Ideology; Social problem films

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953875774     PISSN: 01956051     EISSN: 19306458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JPFT.34.2.82-93     Document Type: Article

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