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Any Resemblance to Actual Persons: The Real People Behind 400+ Fictional Movie Characters - Page 2

From Hal Erickson's book of the same title, these are fictional films with characters based on real people (but with different names).
I put the Charlie Chan movies at the end, except for the ones he mentions by name. (Charlie Chan was inspired by a Hawaiian detective named Chang Apana.)
I'm disappointed that so few people have used this list. It took me forever to make, and I'm proud of it. I guess I didn't need to include ALL the Charlie Chan movies. That was overkill. But it's still a complete and accurate list of movies discussed in the book! And it's a great book. So please, use it. Share it. And check out the book if you get the chance!
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They Live by Night (1948)
They Live by Night (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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Gun Crazy (1950)
Gun Crazy (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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Thieves Like Us (1974)
Thieves Like Us (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
44
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
45
The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
46
Sing, Baby Sing (1936)
Sing, Baby Sing (1936)
47
5 Fingers (1952)
5 Fingers (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
48
Lonely Heart Bandits (1950)
Lonely Heart Bandits (1950)
49
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
50
Young Man With a Horn (1950)
Young Man With a Horn (1950)
51
Nacho Libre (2006)
Nacho Libre (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   40%
52
All That Jazz (1979)
All That Jazz (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
53
Talk Radio (1988)
Talk Radio (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
54
All About Eve (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
55
The Great Escape (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
56
Top Banana (1954)
Top Banana (1954)
57
Lenny (1974)
Lenny (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
58
Fellow Traveller (1989)
Fellow Traveller (1989)
59
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   65%
60
Stuck (2007)
Stuck (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
61
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
62
Secret of the Incas (1954)
Secret of the Incas (1954)
63
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
64
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
65
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
66
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
67
The Ghost Writer (2010)
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
68
The Macomber Affair (1947)
The Macomber Affair (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
69
Bwana Devil (1952)
Bwana Devil (1952)
70
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
71
Hooper (1978)
Hooper (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
72
Man on a Swing (1974)
Man on a Swing (1974)
73
Lord of War (2005)
Lord of War (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   61%
74
Bombshell (1933)
Bombshell (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
75
A Star Is Born (1937)
A Star Is Born (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
76
A Star Is Born (1954)
A Star Is Born (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
77
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   59%
78
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
79
An American Tragedy (1931)
An American Tragedy (1931)
80
A Place in the Sun (1951)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
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