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[5] [6] However, the use of a red flag to signal no quarter does not appear to have been universal among combatants. Black flags have been used to signify that quarter would be given if surrender was prompt; the best-known example is the Jolly Roger used by pirates to intimidate a target crew into surrender. By promising quarter, pirates ...
Duel is a 1971 American road action-thriller [1] [2] television film directed by Steven Spielberg.It centers on a traveling salesman David Mann (Dennis Weaver) driving his car through rural California to meet a client.
"No Quarter" (song), a song by Led Zeppelin No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded, an album by Page and Plant named after the above song "No Quarter", a song by Scottish pirate folk metal band Alestorm from their album Black Sails at Midnight; No Quarter, a 1932 book by Alec Waugh "No Quarter", an episode of the TV series Revolution
"The Duel" was first serialized in Aleksey Suvorin's newspaper Novoye Vremya from October–November 1891, after which Suvorin edited the novella and published it as a separate edition. The book enjoyed nine re-issues during the 1890s. Chekhov included "The Duel" in Volume 6 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks in 1899–1901. [1] [2]
In a compendium about the Museum of Modern Art's film and media collection, curator Steven Higgins describes the film's place in history: "Not since Oscar Micheaux had an African-American filmmaker taken such complete control of the creative process, turning out a work so deeply connected to his own personal and cultural reality that he was not ...
Duel at Diablo is a 1966 American Western film starring James Garner in his first Western after leaving the long-running TV series Maverick, as well as Sidney Poitier in his first ever Western. Based on Marvin H. Albert 's 1957 novel Apache Rising , the film was co-written by Albert and Michael M. Grilikhes; it was directed by Ralph Nelson ...
The film also marks a highly publicized reunion for Damon and Affleck, who rose to stardom as the Oscar-winning co-writers and co-stars of their beloved 1997 Boston-set drama Good Will Hunting ...
"No Quarter" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin that appears on their 1973 album Houses of the Holy. It was written by John Paul Jones , Jimmy Page , and Robert Plant . The song became a centerpiece at all Led Zeppelin concerts thereafter, until their final tour.