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Former free-wheeling con artist Nick Blake (John Garfield) is discharged from a U.S. Army hospital in New York City after recuperating from injuries sustained during World War II. He's welcomed back by old crony Al Doyle, and immediately seeks to hook up with girlfriend Toni (Faye Emerson).
Nobody Lives Forever: Directed by Jean Negulesco. With John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Walter Brennan, Faye Emerson. Ex-GI Nick Blake gets involved in a scheme to fleece a rich, young widow, but finds himself falling for her, much to the displeasure of his racketeer cohorts.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Jean Negulesco
- 1946-11-01
Apr 6, 2016 · After a three-month stay, Nick Blake (John Garfield) has finally been released from the Army hospital on Governor’s Island, where he could see his hometown of NYC through the window but couldn’t quite make it there. Now that he’s out, he’s excited to be reunited with his beloved city and with his girlfriend, Toni Blackburn (Faye Emerson).
Nobody Lives for Ever (published in American editions as Nobody Lives Forever), first published in 1986, was the fifth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. [1] Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and in the United States by Putnam .
- John Gardner
- 1986
Sep 24, 2013 · Many films from the mid-forties deal with men struggling to readjust to their civilian lives after their wartime service. NOBODY LIVES FOREVER offers a twist: the hero's pre-war career was as a successful con artist. He doesn't have any trouble getting his job back, but does he still want it?
Plot. Nobody Lives Forever. Summaries. Ex-GI Nick Blake gets involved in a scheme to fleece a rich, young widow, but finds himself falling for her, much to the displeasure of his racketeer cohorts. G.I. Nick Blake, a never charged con man in his pre-military life, has just received an honorable discharge from the army on medical reasons.
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Nobody Lives Forever (1946) is a classic title for one of the first films of the dark, gritty, morally ambiguous style that would later be dubbed film noir. This one, however, moves from darkness into brilliant sunshine as the action switches from the streets of New York to California’s Malibu beaches.
