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On Burt Lancaster’s ‘The Midnight Man’ and a Hard-knock Life

On Burt Lancaster’s ‘The Midnight Man’ and a Hard-knock Life

Burt Lancaster's second film, The Midnight Man (1974), reflects a weary outlook of disillusion and regret within the trappings of gumshoe noir.

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