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Thompson's father, known as "Big Jim" Thompson, was a teacher for a decade in Burwell, Nebraska before his son's birth; his wife and Jim's mother, Birdie Myers, was a former student. He moved the family to Anadarko , Oklahoma Territory, and was elected sheriff of Caddo County .
The Kill-Off is an American crime novel by Jim Thompson first published in 1957, and reprinted by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard in 1999. The novel is a bleak tale of murder in a small, dying resort town being torn apart by gossip, racism, incest (actual or alleged), alcoholism and financial difficulties. It was adapted into a film in 1990. [1] [2]
Duncan admitted in court to having been married 10 times. She had been arrested for operating a brothel in San Francisco, and passing bad checks. She had made her son, Frank, the center of her life. She also had a daughter, Patricia, who died at age 15. Under oath, Duncan admitted that she had four children in total, but loved Frank the most. [6]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 38% approval rating based on 8 reviews, with an average ranking of 3.9/10. [4]Emanuel Levy of Variety wrote "In the hands of filmmaker Michael Oblowitz, novelist Jim Thompson's story This World, Then the Fireworks gets an elegantly stylish, highly erotic, intentionally over-the-top rendition". [5]
The Killer Inside Me is a 2010 American crime drama and an adaptation of the 1952 novel by Jim Thompson. [2] The film is directed by Michael Winterbottom and stars Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson. [3] It is the second film adaptation of Thompson's novel, the first being 1976's The Killer Inside Me, directed by Burt Kennedy.
Carter "Doc" McCoy, an expert criminal who was recently released from prison on a pardon, plans to commit a bank robbery with three accomplices.One is his wife Carol, a former librarian who was charmed by Doc's ruthlessness and immorality and thus became his partner-in-crime; she is waiting with their getaway car.
A Hell of a Woman is a 1954 novel by Jim Thompson. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has been adapted for the screen by Alain Corneau and Georges Pérec as Série noire , released in 1979. Plot
Bad Boy is a 1953 autobiography by Jim Thompson, an American crime novelist. [1] It covers his life during his youth in Texas and Oklahoma. Thompson's autobiography continues in the release of his book Roughneck (1954).