I found this to be a very entertaining book about the life of film, stage, and television actor Dan Duryea. I first remember him in his roles as a tough guy in what they now call film noir. I remember in Ball of fire, Pride of the Yankees, a western titled Winchester 73, just to name a few. He was never the leading man. In the first two movies Gary Cooper was the star and in the Western Jimmy Stewart was the star. He was always in the back ground most of the time playing a villain, but whatever the role still to this day the movie is one I can still watch. He was married to the same woman from 1931 until her passing in 1967. Both he and his wife took an active role in raising their two boys going to PTA meetings and he would even coached little league when either one of his boys played. When he could the entire family would go to film on location, and he would do everything possible to make sure he was home at night for dinner. Definitely not like the characters that he was portraying on the big screen. I found this to be a very interesting book for me with information about the films he was in and then later the T.V. shows. Overall a good book.