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contents To Charles at Eighty vii Robert Nathan Preface ix John Charles Bennett 1. Sowing the Wind 1 2. Duty, Honour, Country 11 Excerpt: The Return 3. Shakespearean Actor 19 4. Keith Chesterton: My Most Unforgettable Character 23 Interlude: Magic in Montmartre (1925) 5. Sensation 33 Excerpt: Blackmail (the play) 6. Alfred Hitchcock and My Early Talkies 45 Excerpt: The Secret of the Loch 7. Alfred Hitchcock: A Strange and Bewildering Character 63 Interlude: A Study of the Bennett-Hitchcock Partnership—John Charles Bennett 8. Cause for Alarm 83 Interlude: Mr. Shakespeare Comes to Hollywood 9. The British Film Colony and Errol Flynn 99 Interlude: The Spy at Split Rock 10. War in His Pocket 115 Interlude: Hitler Is Dead 11. A Secret Agent 131 Interlude: A Suave Villain 12. Unto the Breach 153 Interlude: The Problem of the Purloined Portable 13. A Foreign Correspondent 167 14. Unconquered 177 15. No Escape 185 Excerpt: Bewitched 16. Curtain Call 203 17. Where Danger Lives 209 John Charles Bennett 18. The Avenger 223 John Charles Bennett Excerpt: Blow, Bugle, Blow A Tribute 241 The Works of Charles Bennett 243 Charles Bennett’s Awards and Distinctions 253 Notes 257 Suggestions for Further Research 261 Index 267 Illustrations follow page 128 ...

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