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The Good Guys & the Bad Guys: William Smith: An Iconic Action Star……The Baddest “Bad” Guy !

Chris Nersinger
11 min readJun 22, 2024
Above- Art design for Kino Lorber’s Home Entertainment release Seven. This is the film that helped kick off Andy Sedaris’ “girls with guns” and other attributes film franchise. Photo by Robot Geeks Cult Cinema

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This song says it all. From Any Which Way You Can-The Good Guys And The Bad Guys — John Durrill (youtube.com)

Above- And here we go a cinematic moment -Clint Eastwood vs William Smith. Two tough guys-playing what else… two tough guys… Photo by Video Buster

For over 70 years this one guy has entertained us and having us say “I’m glad it’s him (Clint Eastwood, Rod Taylor, Chuck Norris, William Shatner, Yul Brynner) and not me up on the screen.” I just would not want to tangle with William Smith !!!!

Any Which Way You Can trailer-Any Which WayYou Can — Theatrical Trailer (youtube.com)

The all-time action star in my opinion and my favorite all time actor… What follows are excerpts of articles and essays I have written regarding William Smith and his amazing career. William, who stands well over 6 feet is a gentle giant. He not only has endured a long active…

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Chris Nersinger
Chris Nersinger

Written by Chris Nersinger

Was born the year that DR. NO (1962) premiered. His first movie, age 3 -MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS (1958). A writer of all things Pop Culture. Movies, Music, TV. ...

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