Masters of the Shoot-'Em-Up: Conversations with Directors, Actors and Writers Vintage Action Movies Television Shows

This collection of interviews features American, British and Australian writers, directors and actors recounting their notable work in the action genre and the fun of blowing things up. Action movies and television series from 1950s to the mid-1980s are covered, with the main focus on the 1960s and 1970s--the era of and . Twenty-five interviewees discuss their career highlights, including writers Richard Harris ( ) and Leigh Chapman ( ), directors Stewart Raffill ( ), Michael Preese ( ) and Robert M. Lewis ( ), and actors Tony Russel ( ) and Peter Mark Richman ( ).