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Sins of the Fathers:
On the Road to Perdition

By Joseph McBride, Contributor
October / November 2002

October 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

The legendary B-movie writer-director Samuel Fuller once told me about a script he had written called The Bag Man. The title character is a bag man for the mob, a functionary whose job is to deliver packages but never to look inside them. One day he makes the fatal mistake of looking inside. He takes the money and runs. Explaining the real novelty of his story, Fuller said … [Read more...] about Sins of the Fathers:
On the Road to Perdition

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