He came into his own in a series of RKO B-pictures, such as Out of the Past (1947), which perfected his brand of tough fatalism. He learned to roll with the punches, wore a raincoat (the same one in 40 pictures) that said bad weather ahead, and was non-aspirational in the characters he played - chumps mostly, who fell hard for bad women.
Chris Petit
The Guardian
2001
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