Patter, Part 1: Gangsters, Film Noir, Hardboiled Detectives, and Tough Guys

In Part 1 (of 2) of this season on "Patter", Tori and Dávid discuss the way that gangsters, hardboiled detectives, and tough guys talk in the movies of the 30s, 40s, and 50s, and how it changed over time. Topics and films mentioned: Little Caesar , 1931, directed by Mervyn LeRoy Scarface , 1932, directed by Howard Hawks The Maltese Falcon , 1941, directed by John Huston The Big Sleep , 1946, directed by Howard Hawks Pickup on South Street , 1953, directed by Samuel Fuller The Public Enemy , 1931, directed by William A. Wellman Frank Sinatra & The Rat Pack The Hays Code (The Motion Picture Production Code) - Original Text Martin Scorsese Double Indemnity , 1944, directed by Billy Wilder ⁠Leslie Nielsen⁠ & ⁠The Naked Gun⁠ , 1988 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid , 1982, directed by Carl Reiner The Cheap Detective , 1978, directed by Robert Moore Murder by Death , 1976, directed by Robert Moore Philip Marlowe Film Noir & Hardboiled 48 Hrs. , 1982, directed by Walter Hill Die Hard , 1988, directed by John McTiernan Lethal Weapon , 1987, directed by Richard Donner Dirty Harry , 1971, directed by Don Siegel WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) Arnold Schwarzenegger , (Quote is from Commando ) Raymond Chandler & Dashiell Hammett Columbo , TV Series, 1971-1978 Chinatown , 1974, directed by Roman Polanski Murder, My Sweet , 1944, directed by Edward Dmytryk Detour , 1945, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer