Dan Duryea or George Sanders
So, who is the slimiest: Dan Duryea or George Sanders? Dan was fantastic in Scarlet Street, The Woman in the Window, TLFT, and many others. However, I think Sanders was a little smoother.
shareI think that Sanders was the slimier of the two. Duryea, even when he was slapping women around, possessed a certain "charm" to him, for lack of a better word. Sanders, on the other hand, was harder to "warm up to" when he was a villain. Duryea would wise-crack, whereas Sanders would insult, in a sarcastic way.
shareThanks for your input. I like your thoughts about Sanders insulting in a sarcastic way.
shareGeorge Sanders was never a slapper, he was always too charming in a snake kinda of way. These two men were from different sides of the track.
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I could see Duryea going for a gun, Sanders going for a crocked lawyer.
"It's the system, Lara. People will be different after the Revolution."
Yes, Duryea was a working-class American version of George Sanders, while Sanders was a posh English version of Dan Duryea. One other difference (that you alluded to) -- I can't picture Sanders shooting someone intentionally, but have no trouble seeing Duryea do the deed. Sanders is more prone to deceive, defraud or blackmail someone than to kill them.
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