History of crime fiction quite complicated, forcing him to embark on an odyssey through the urban landscape. He is involved with organized crime and other lowlifes on the "mean streets" of, preferably, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, or Chicago. A hard-boiled private eye has an ambivalent attitude towards the police. It is his ambition to save America and rid it of its mean elements all by himself. As Raymond Chandler's protagonist Philip Marlowe—immortalized by actor Humphrey Bogart in the movie adaptation (1946) of the novel "The Big Sleep" (1939)—admits to his client, General Sternwood, he finds it rather tiresome, as an individualist, to
Crime of Passion (1957 film) a strong feminist message and an even stronger Stanwyck performance." Critic Glenn Erickson liked the film's "noir" screenplay and wrote, ""Crime of Passion" is a fascinating film that goes head-on with the classic conception of the "femme fatale" character. Screenwriter Jo Eisinger wrote the delirious 1946 "Gilda," "noir's" most romantically perverse epic, but here she dissects the murderous female from a 50s perspective. It's hard-edged, direct in its theme and both dated and progressive at the same time. Barbara Stanwyck and Sterling Hayden make an exceptional screen couple." Crime of Passion (1957 film) Crime of Passion is a 1957 American