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Violent Saturday

by W. L. Heath

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A noir classic filmed by 20th Century Fox in 1955 starring Victor Mature, Sylvia Sydney, Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin.

When three strangers got off the train that hot summer afternoon, the town of Morgan looked to them like any sleepy little town, but inside it seethed.

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"Building up an atmosphere as threatening as a summer electrical storm, this novel about a bank holdup tears loose with the shock of a lightning stroke." Providence Journal

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"Violence — Blood-smeared and naked." Houston Post

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"A hard and realistic novel with the punch of a sledge hammer." Hartford Courant
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ISBN:
9780916870935
Cover Art by:
Kirwan
Publisher:
Black Lizard Books
Copyright:
1955
Publication Date:
1985
Binding:
Mass Market
Pages:
139
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Product details 139 pages Creative Arts Book Company - English 9780916870935 Reviews:
"Review" by , "Building up an atmosphere as threatening as a summer electrical storm, this novel about a bank holdup tears loose with the shock of a lightning stroke."
"Review" by , "Violence — Blood-smeared and naked."
"Review" by , "A hard and realistic novel with the punch of a sledge hammer."
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