The snappy banter in Howard Hawks's comedies has inspired filmmakers up through the Coen brothers and Quentin Tarantino. On the other end of the spectrum, his bleak, unflinching vision of the American West is still the standard.
Hawks stands as one of American film's most versatile and consistently delightful filmmakers.
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