The classic book that shaped two generations view of the movie business and introduced the is the archetypal Hollywood player Sammy Glick.
Moredcai Richler, GQ.
What Makes Sammy Run? Is still the quintessential novel about the all-American heel.
Sammy Glick remains at the top of the Hollywood sleaze heap, a hustler nonpareil .
As Budd Shulberg author of the screenplay On the Waterfront follows Sammy s relentless upward progress, he creates a virtuoso study in character that manages to be hilariously appalling yet deeply compassionate.
He s got a machete mouth and a genius for double-cross.
The classic book that shaped two generations view of the movie business and introduced the is the archetypal Hollywood player Sammy Glick
