Howard Hawks
- ISBN-10
- 0814332765
- ISBN-13
- 9780814332764
- Series
- Howard Hawks
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 210
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Author
- Robin Wood
Description
A significant and contemporary study of director Howard Hawks by influential film critic Robin Wood, reprinted with a new introduction.
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