A tough guy with lazy style and soulful eyes, Mitchum was one of the few Hollywood stars whose real life was more interesting than his screen persona. A hobo during the Depression, he fell into acting by happenstance. After early success he was famously busted for smoking marijuana in the 1950s, and remained an unrepentant misbehaver until his death in 1997. Exhaustively researched and written with considerable panache, Robert Mitchum makes for a fabulous read about a fascinating life.