Synopsis Robert Mitchum's world-weary attitude and lethargic charm captivated American audiences for over 50 years. This biography provides a complex portrait of a rebellious man whose real life was more exciting then the movies he starred in, pointing out that he lived as a hobo until he accidentally fell into an acting career, and highlighting his vices, which helped him achieve Hollywood notoriety.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2001-03-01 | | Edition Description: | Illustrated |
| Size | | Length: | 590 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.8 in | | Weight: | 26.4 oz |
Publisher's Note "You want my life story? I told everything I know to the Los Angeles Police Department." The life and high times of that cool and enigmatic film icon, Robert Mitchum.
Industry Reviews "This is a well-researched, highly-entertaining and revealing biography...." Publishers Weekly (11/20/2000)
"[An] exhaustively researched, engagingly flippant biography....[ROBERT MITCHUM: BABY, I DON'T CARE] begins as a love letter, yet ultimately becomes a work of considerable complexity, ambivalence and depth." Book - Don McLeese
"[An] exhaustively documented and entertaining biography....[Mitchum] once described himself...as the Poet with an Axe, and Server's examination of this relationship gets us about as close to this fascination actor as we are ever likely to be." Times Literary Supplement - John Mole (11/30/2001)
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