Shamus (film) Shamus (film) Shamus is a 1973 American comedy thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik, and starring Burt Reynolds and Dyan Cannon. New York private detective Shamus McCoy is called to the house of Hume, an eccentric diamond dealer, and is given the task of recovering some stolen diamonds. His investigation is thwarted at every turn and it is only when he is beaten by a gang of thugs to warn him off the job that he realizes that he's onto something really big. Using his friend Springy as well as Alexis Montaigne, the sister of a nightclub owner, McCoy digs
Guido (slang) rosaries worn as necklaces, working class clothing such as plain T-shirts, muscle shirts or "guinea Ts", leather jackets, sweat or tracksuits, scally caps, unbuttoned dress shirts, tank tops featuring martial arts logos, designer brand T-shirts such as Armani, Affliction, or Ed Hardy (especially from 2010-15), and often typical Italian "tamarro" or "truzzo" club dress. Slicked-back hair and pompadours, blowouts, tapers, poofs, quiffs, fades and heavily pomaded or gelled hair are also common stereotypes. Guido (slang) Guido is a North American slang term, often derogatory, for a working-class urban Italian American. The guido stereotype is multi-faceted. Originally, it was used as