When Robert Mitchum passed away in 1997, part of Hollywood died with him. 'Mitch' - as he was called by friend and enemy alike - harkened back to the era of the studio system, a time when the likes of Howard Hughes and Sam Goldwyn ran a Tinseltown populated by stars as big as Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. He was a star of a sort you simply don't see t…
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