Created by Richard Landau (1914–93) and Geoffrey Homes Pseudonym of Daniel Mainwaring (1902-77) In Roadblock (1951), a nifty little noir full of robbery, murder, sexual obsession and a bunch of other neat stuff, JOE PETERS (Charles McGraw), a Los Angeles-based insurance investigaor who sounds like he gargles with old car parts, becomes involved with Diane … Continue reading Joe Peters (Roadblock)
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John Rogue (Rogue’s Gallery/Film)
Created by Steve Fisher & A.C. Lyles CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN RELATIONS -- sign on Rogue's office door Roger Smith starred in Rogue's Gallery, a 1968 snoozer of a flick, as JOHN ROGUE, a struggling Los Angeles private eye who's hired by a therapist to keep an eye on a suicidal patient, Valerie York, who just happens … Continue reading John Rogue (Rogue’s Gallery/Film)