The Hollywood Star That Left the Silver Screen to Become a Real-Life Spy in WWI
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, our next story is about the man who played Captain McCluskey in “The Godfather,’’ the crooked cop who breaks Michael Corleone’s jaw—later receiving a bullet through the throat and forehead as comeuppance. Here to tell another Hollywood Goes to War story is Roger McGrath.McGrath is the author of Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes: Violence on the Frontier. A U.S. Marine and former history professor at UCLA, Dr. McGrath has appeared on numerous History Channel documentaries and is a regular contributor here at Our American Stories.
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