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Article: ROBERT MITCHUM 1917-1997 TOUGH-GUY STAR CARED MORE THAN HE EVER SHOWED.(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- July 3, 1997
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Byline: MAL VINCENT, ENTERTAINMENT WRITER
HE WAS AN ornery, tough old cuss who would suffer no nonsense - and who thought the movie industry, with all its glitzy trappings, was mildly ridiculous.
Robert Mitchum, who died Tuesday, took delight in the fact that no one could catch him ``acting.'' He seemingly walked through 110 films with a sleepy-eyed attitude that suggested his tough-guy characters were always in charge.
One of the greatest, most varied, actors in movie history, he was a star on his own terms.
``My movies make money, or they don't make money. It's that simple,'' he once told me - refusing to discuss the intricacies of ...
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