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Road Agent (car)
Road agent is another name for highwayman. Road agent may also refer to: * Road Agent (1941 film), ''Road Agent'' (1941 film), directed by Charles Lamont * Road Agent (1952 film), ''Road Agent'' (1952 film), directed by Lesley Selander * Road Agent (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling liaison between the wrestlers and management * Road Agent, a bubble topped car created by Ed Roth {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highwayman
A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers. This type of thief usually travelled and robbed by horse as compared to a footpad who travelled and robbed on foot; mounted highwaymen were widely considered to be socially superior to footpads. Such criminals operated until the mid or late 19th century. Highwaywomen, such as Katherine Ferrers, were said to also exist, often dressing as men, especially in fiction. The first attestation of the word ''highwayman'' is from 1617. Euphemisms such as "knights of the road" and "gentlemen of the road" were sometimes used by people interested in romanticizing (with a Robin Hood–esque slant) what was often an especially violent form of stealing. In the 19th-century American West, highwaymen were sometimes known as ''road agents''. In Australia, they were known as bushrangers. Robbing The great age of highwaymen was the period from the Restoration in 1660 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714. Some of them are known to have been disban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Agent (1941 Film)
''Road Agent'' is a 1941 American western film directed by Charles Lamont starring Dick Foran, Andy Devine and Leo Carillo. It was the second in a series of Mexican road pictures. Filming started October 1941.SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD New York Times 16 Oct 1941: 25. References External links''Road Agent''at IMDb''Road Agent''at TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of Atl ... 1941 films American action films 1940s action films Universal Pictures films American black-and-white films Films directed by Charles Lamont 1940s American films {{action-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Agent (1952 Film)
''Road Agent'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Tim Holt and Richard Martin. at Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p263 Principal supporting cast members included and . Plot Cast * |
Road Agent (professional Wrestling)
Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses. In the past, professional wrestlers used such terms in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the nature of the business. Into the 21st century, widespread discussion on the Internet has popularized these terms. Many of the terms refer to the financial aspects of professional wrestling in addition to in-ring terms. A B C D E F G H I J K L M mic work, mic skills, microphone work The ability to generate reaction from the audience using words, and generally by speak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
