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28/06/2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Film Star

Alexander Walker discovers why Humphrey Bogart is a classic movie hero.

From tough gangster to romantic loner, Alexander Walker discovers why Humphrey Bogart is a classic movie hero. From November 1988.

"Humphrey Bogart belonged to the era - on screen anyhow - when a guy could still call a lady a broad and not be thought sexist, and when the lady in question could give back as good as she got - and sometimes better - without being thought feminist." 

Alexander Walker recalls the screen career of the legendary actor Humphrey Bogart, star of The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca and The Big Sleep. 

Whether a snarling gangster, a trench-coated crusader, a romantic loner or even a grizzled old soak, Bogart created more classic roles than maybe any other star and, as one of the great movie heroes, he's never gone out of fashion - or affection. 

Alexander Walker reviewed films for the London Evening Standard for over 43 years, He died in 2003. 

Produced by Wendy Clay. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.

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