“Cat Ballou” Oscar-winner Lee Marvin’s official biographer Dwayne Epstein traces the classic Hollywood star’s proclivities for violence on and offscreen in a revealing, comprehensive interview. Seen here promoting his final film, Chuck Norris’s “The Delta Force,” Marvin is a bit more rugged but remains a down-to-earth cowboy in the Tucson, Arizona, cacti-littered desert landscape that he called home for a cover story featured in the April 27, 1986 issue of Parade Magazine. Image Credit: Advance Publications / Courtesy of Dwayne Epstein
Lee Marvin graced the silver screen for an astonishing 36 years, highlighted by a surprise Best Actor Oscar for his zany role as the fastest, most inebriated gunfighter in the Old West in Cat Ballou. Marvin routinely stole scenes from his co-stars, folks like John Wayne, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, and Jane Fonda, to name but…
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