| 21. | The film's narrative centers on a hardboiled detective story set in a Californian suburb.
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| 22. | McKellar worked as a producer and sound engineer at Hardboiled Productions ( 1996-2010 ).
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| 23. | The story is largely based on his own experiences, and is written in hardboiled style.
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| 24. | This archetype of British detective contrasts with the more " hardboiled " counterpart in American crime fiction.
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| 25. | The dialogue was clipped, understated and sparse, influenced by the hardboiled school of crime fiction.
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| 26. | Her series is styled a Medieval Noir with a hardboiled protagonist set in the Middle Ages.
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| 27. | And Eddie is one hardboiled egg who never shows the slightest misgiving about his greed-mongering ambitions.
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| 28. | Dashiell Hammett and his novel " The Glass Key " have influenced many other hardboiled writers.
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| 29. | The book is to a large extent a send-up of the hardboiled school of crime writing.
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| 30. | The rapid, staccato dialogue between Webb & Burr is typical of hardboiled fiction and is often humorous.
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