EPISODE 51 - “Richard Conte (Star of the Month) ” - 09/02/2024

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In the great film noir classic Thieves Highway, a gripping drama that takes on the dirty underbelly of the trucking industry, the spectacular RICHARD CONTE plays Nick Garcos, a world-weary, jaded, World War II vet who returns home. After finding his family's produce business in shambles and his father crippled, he seeks revenge against the crooked rival produce dealer who caused his father's accident. In his gripping portrayal, Conte shows his strengths as an actor. With his square shoulders, cleft chin, and intense eyes, Conte gives the impression that he means business. Conte was just as comfortable playing mobsters and street hoods as he was playing charming, sympathetic leading men. He always projected manly strength, and you knew he was no one you wanted to mess with. So say hello to our Star of the Month, RICHARD CONTE.

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir (2003), by Karen Burroughs;

“Conte In the Sun,” March 3, 1946, by Thomas M Pryor, New York Times;

“A Star Comes Home,” March 3, 1950, by Louis Berg, Los Angeles Times Magazine;

“The Role I Liked Best…” May 20,1950, by Richard Conte, Saturday Evening Post;

“Richard Conte: Official Biography,” June 14, 1951, Universal Pictures;

“Conte Forms Indie Pix, TV Company,” January 21, 1960, Variety;

“Conte Has His Own Method,” February 14, 1960, by Don Albert, Los Angeles Times;

“Actor Conte, Wife Reveal Divorce,” July 12, 1962, by Harrison Carroll. LA Herald Examiner; 

“Richard Conte Getting Offers He Can’t Refuse As Ideal Mafia Type,” March 14. 1973, Variety;

“Richard Conte, Cold-Eyed Movie Gangster, Dies at 61;” April 16, 1975, by Jack Jones, Los Angeles Times;

“Richard Conte Dies In Hollywood at 65,” April 23 1975, Variety;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

Heaven With A Barbed Wire (1939), starring Jean Rogers and Glenn Ford;

Guadalcanal Diary (1943), Starring William Bendix, Lloyd Nolan, and Anthony Quinn;

The Purple Heart (1944), starring Dana Andrews and Farley Granger;

Captain Eddie (1945), starring Fred MacMurray and Lynn Bari;

A Bell For Adano (1945), starring Gene Tierney and John Hodiak;

A Walk In The Sun (1945), starring Dana Andrews. Lloyd Bridges, and John Ireland;

The Spider (1945), starring Faye Marlowe;

13 Rue Madeleine (1947), starring James Cagney;

The Other Love (1947), starring Barbara Stanwyck and David Niven;

Call Northside 777 (1948), starring James Stewart and Helen Walker;

House of Strangers (1949), starring Susan Hayward;

Thieves Highway (1949), staring Lee J. Cobb and Valentina Cortese

Big Jack (1949), starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main;

Whirlpool (1950), starring Gene Tierney and Jose Ferrer;

The Sleeping City (1950), starring Coleen Gray 

Under The Gun (1951), starring Audrey Totter;

The Blue Gardenia (1953), starring Anne Baxter;

Highway Dragnet (1954), starring Joan Bennett;

The Big Combo (1955), starring Cornel Wilde;

I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955). Starring Susan Hayward;

New York Confidential (1955), Starring Broderick Crawford;

Full of Life (1956), starring Judy Holiday;

The Brothers Rico (1957), starring Dianne Foster;

They Came To Cordova (1959), starring Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth;

Ocean's 11 (1960), starring Frank Sinatra;

Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed? (1963), starring Dean Martin;

Circus World (1964), starring John Wayne and Rita Hayworth;

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965);

Tony Rome (1967);

The Lady In Cement (1968);

Hotel (1967);

Operation Eagle Cross (1968);

The Godfather (1972);

Shoot First, Die Later (1974);

Evil Eye (1975);

Violent Rome (1975);

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