High Sierra.

Mad Dog Earle knows all about Boss Blonger in this 1941 novel.

Lou makes a brief appearance as Denver's Big Guy in this crime novel by the author of Little Caesar, W.R. Burnett. The book was adapted for the screen in 1941 and starred Humphrey Bogart.

Humphrey Bogart stars as Roy "Mad Dog" Earle in this 1941 classic. Pardoned after a lengthy stint in prison, Roy looks forward to savoring his newfound freedom. No such luck! It seems his release was brokered by a crime lord who wants to recruit him for a heist. Plus, Roy and his partners in the caper, who were all handpicked for him, are angling for one woman's affections: a dancer played by the ravishing Ida Lupino.

Given the storyline, there is talk of fixers and their trade. On page 182, Earle says to Ida, I mean Marie:

Take my pal, Barmy. He was the smartest there was. Used to be rolling in dough. But he got old and they caught up with him. Like we all get caught up with some day. He worked with Blonger, the Big Guy, in the old days, and he used to make sometimes as high as two hundred G's a winter in Florida. In the summer he worked Denver, where the fix was perfect.

Bogart, I mean Earle, dies in a shootout on a mountain highway.

Ida Lupino got top bill over Bogart in the 1941 movie. Screenplay by author Burnett and John Huston. They cut the book's reference to Lou. Too bad.

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