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Reviewed on February 15, 2003
Although film producer Sam Spiegel's name is not as well remembered as those of David O. Selznick or Sam Goldwyn, he won 35 Oscars (e.g., The African Queen, On the Waterfront) and created two of the great movie spectacles of all time (The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia). The author, a production assistant on Spiegel's last film, attempts to unravel the mysteries around this "extraordinary survivor." Always a wheel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More