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A Cast of Killers

"In 1967, King Vidor, the esteemed director of such classic films as 'Duel in the Sun' and 'War and Peace' took on his toughest assignment ever: to solve the mystery behind the scandalous 1922 murder of flamboyant director William Desmond Taylor. Despite an intensive investigation, no killer was ever found, although the cast of suspects was impressive indeed. Was it the beautiful drug-addicted actress? An up-an-coming young starlet? The starlet's mother? Could it have been the homosexual houseboy? Or a secretary bearing an uncanny resemblance to Taylor's elusive brother? What Vidor discovered was so explosive, he never revealed the identity of the killer. Now, this mesmerizing account reconstructs the full shocking truth of the murder that was too scandalous even for Hollywood ..."--Cover.

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  • ""The sensational true story of Hollywood's most scandalous murder--covered up for sixty years and solved at last by the great film director King Vidor"--Jacket subtitle."
  • "Reconstructs the murder of silent-film director William Desmond Taylor. Over sixty years later, in 1967, the case was solved by King Vidor."
  • ""In 1967, King Vidor, the esteemed director of such classic films as 'Duel in the Sun' and 'War and Peace' took on his toughest assignment ever: to solve the mystery behind the scandalous 1922 murder of flamboyant director William Desmond Taylor. Despite an intensive investigation, no killer was ever found, although the cast of suspects was impressive indeed. Was it the beautiful drug-addicted actress? An up-an-coming young starlet? The starlet's mother? Could it have been the homosexual houseboy? Or a secretary bearing an uncanny resemblance to Taylor's elusive brother? What Vidor discovered was so explosive, he never revealed the identity of the killer. Now, this mesmerizing account reconstructs the full shocking truth of the murder that was too scandalous even for Hollywood ..."--Cover."@en

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  • "History"@en
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  • "Case studies"

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  • "A Cast of killers"
  • "Un Elenco de asesinos"
  • "Meurtre d'un cinéaste : roman"
  • "A Cast of Killers"@en
  • "A Cast of Killers"
  • "Meurtre d'un cinéaste"
  • "A CAST OF KILLERS"
  • "A cast of killers : the true story of the William Desmond Taylor murder"@en
  • "Un reparto de asesinos"@es
  • "Un elenco de asesinos"@es
  • "Un elenco de asesinos"
  • "A cast of killers"@en
  • "A cast of killers"
  • "Un Reparto de asesinos"
  • "CAST OF KILLERS"@en
  • "Skarpe skud i Hollywood"@da
  • "Meurtre d'un cinéaste : [la vérité sur l'affaire qui secoua Hollywood] : roman"

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