{"product_id":"9781476626581","title":"Brian Donlevy, the Good Bad Guy: A Bio-Filmography","description":"Brian Donlevy (1901–1972) was an underrated film actor with surprising range and a  little-heralded gift for comedy. Often typecast as a villain, he played the definitive bad guy in such films as \u003ci\u003eDestry Rides Again, Union Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeau Geste\u003c\/i\u003e (all in 1939). He showed his versatility in the title role of Preston Sturges’ political satire \u003ci\u003eThe Great McGinty\u003c\/i\u003e (1940) and impressed both New York critics and the Soviet government as the cooly authoritative Major Caton in \u003ci\u003eWake Island\u003c\/i\u003e (1942).    Donlevy was fondly remembered as globe-trotting U.S. Special Agent Steve Mitchell in the television series \u003ci\u003eDangerous Assignment\u003c\/i\u003e (1952) and as Professor Quatermass in two acclaimed science fiction films.    This first ever biography of Donlevy covers his colorful early life as a boy soldier, his years playing comedy roles on Broadway and his long career in Hollywood.","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company, Incorporated Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179963171056,"sku":"9781476626581","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476626581_p0.jpg?v=1763609315","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476626581","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}