Noshing With Burt Kearns, Author, "Lawrence Tierney, Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy"

This week, Ira spoke with Burt Kearns, journalist, television and film producer, and author of the new book, "Lawrence Tierney, Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy " (published by University of Kentucky Press). In this noir episode of Ira’s Everything Bagel, Burt talks about why he decided to write a biography of Tierney; the breakout role of Dillinger; how Tierney drank and brawled away his career in the first five years (but he always kept going); his incredible comeback much later in life; why some of the best work he did was on television in the 80’s; why young filmmakers wanted to work with “The Legend”; and why he remains a fascinating part of Hollywood history.