Humphrey Bogart didn’t hide his feelings about some of his disappointing films, so it means a lot that he described one as a ...

Critic and cultural historian Stefan Kanfer’s contribution to this weighty shelf is “Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart.” As the subtitle suggests ...

HUMPHREY BOGART was Hollywood’s original tough guy ... “Somehow they just blew it off — and the whole gun thing, shooting at people.” Meanwhile, despite his turbulent home life and ...

No maybes. Yes or no.” Raymond Chandler said he could “be tough without a gun.” More than a half-century after his death, Humphrey Bogart remains an enduring symbol. The American Film ...

Who does Humphrey Bogart think he is? Not the fast-punching tough guy with a rough chin. (“When it came to fighting,” said James Cagney, Bogart “was about as tough as Shirley Temple.” ...

An exploration of Bogie's enduring mystique is the implied reason for "Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart," but author Stefan Kanfer labors to little ...