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Dead Run (2005 Film)
Dead Run may refer to: * Dead run, running downwind when sailing * Dead Run (novel) ''Dead Run'' is the third book by mother and daughter authors P. J. Tracy. It follows on from their first and second books, ''Monkeewrench'' and '' Live Bait'' and has the same principal characters. Reception Kirkus Reviews wrote of it: "A ru ..., a 2005 novel by P. J. Tracy * ''Dead Run'' (film), a 1967 American-German-French-Italian film * "Dead Run" (The Twilight Zone), an episode from the 1985 television series ''The Twilight Zone'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Run
A point of sail is a sailing craft's direction of travel under sail in relation to the true wind direction over the surface. The principal points of sail roughly correspond to 45° segments of a circle, starting with 0° directly into the wind. For many sailing craft 45° on either side of the wind is a ''no-go'' zone, where a sail is unable to mobilize power from the wind. Sailing on a course as close to the wind as possible—approximately 45°—is termed ''beating'', a point of sail when the sails are ''close-hauled''. At 90° off the wind, a craft is on a ''beam reach''. The point of sail between beating and a beam reach is called a ''close reach''. At 135° off the wind, a craft is on a ''broad reach''. At 180° off the wind (sailing in the same direction as the wind), a craft is ''running downwind''. A given point of sail (beating, close reach, beam reach, broad reach, and running downwind) is defined in reference to the true wind—the wind felt by a stationary observe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Run (novel)
''Dead Run'' is the third book by mother and daughter authors P. J. Tracy. It follows on from their first and second books, ''Monkeewrench'' and '' Live Bait'' and has the same principal characters. Reception Kirkus Reviews wrote of it: "A ruthlessly efficient straight-arrow tale that’s a welcome change of pace for the Monkeewrench gang, even though both their peculiar talents and their even more peculiar personalities are seriously underemployed." Publishers Weekly wrote: "The jokes, cold-blooded murders and the past secrets sometimes work at cross-purposes, but the courage and indomitable spirit of the plucky trio will win readers over as they speed through the final pages of the race-against-the-clock ending." Entertainment Weekly ''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Run (film)
''Dead Run'' (french: Deux billets pour Mexico, it, Segreti che scottano, german: Geheimnisse in goldenen Nylons) is a 1967 American-German-French-Italian co-production crime film written and directed by Christian-Jaque. It is based on the novel ''Dead Run'' by Robert Sheckley.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. . The movie was shot in Berlin, Vienna, Paris, and Lucerne Kanton Luzern. Cast * Peter Lawford as Stephen Daine * Princess Ira von Fürstenberg as Suzanne Belmont * Georges Géret as Carlos *Maria Grazia Buccella as Anna * Werner Peters as Bardieff * Wolfgang Preiss as Inspector Noland * Horst Frank as Manganne *Siegfried Wischnewski as Klaus * Eva Pflug as Lili Manchingen *Herbert Fux as Herbert * Luciano Pigozzi as van Joost See also *List of American films of 1967 This is a list of American films released in 1967. '' In the Heat of the Night'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. A-D E-H I-P R-Z Documentaries O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
