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Interference · 31st July 2007, 05:39 PM

Len Deighton, the "Harry Palmer" books - it was Michael Caine who gave the character the name and only long after the books had been written without one. Evidently, the makers of the film felt a tag was necessary.

On the other hand, The Man With No Name appears in three Leoni/Eastwood films and is called something different in each one. The name is given to him by the other characters as as description (Blondie, Bounty Killer etc).

The Virginian, in both the long-running TV series and the original book, was never named or mentioned by name, on TV they devised the timely interruption if ever anyone seemed to be about to call him something.

H.G. Wells used dashes to hide the name of his main protagonist in Time Machine and, I think The Invisible Man, possibly others, too.

31st July 2007, 05:39 PM	#13 (permalink)
Interference Poor, poor trees Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 513	Re: A Nameless Character Len Deighton, the "Harry Palmer" books - it was Michael Caine who gave the character the name and only long after the books had been written without one. Evidently, the makers of the film felt a tag was necessary. On the other hand, The Man With No Name appears in three Leoni/Eastwood films and is called something different in each one. The name is given to him by the other characters as as description (Blondie, Bounty Killer etc). The Virginian, in both the long-running TV series and the original book, was never named or mentioned by name, on TV they devised the timely interruption if ever anyone seemed to be about to call him something. H.G. Wells used dashes to hide the name of his main protagonist in Time Machine and, I think The Invisible Man, possibly others, too.