This division sells FRAM filters, Autolite spark plugs and Bendix friction materials to retailers like AutoZone and Wal-Mart.

FORBES: Bleeding arm, but no bleeding heart

After graduating design school in 1979, I got my first real job (in aviation of course), as an illustrator with Bendix Avionics.

FORBES: Flying Blind No Longer

Some first-rate screen heavies further enhance the drama, notably the Maltese actor Joseph Calleia as the gambling boss Nick Varna and the mooselike William Bendix as his sadistic muscle, Jeff.

WSJ: Dark Crimes: Film Noir Thrillers

But the real appeal for today's moviegoers may be the trauma suffered by Johnny's beefy pal Buzz (Bendix, again in top form), an enlisted man brain damaged in the war.

WSJ: Black and White and Noir | Dark Crimes: Film Noir Thrillers | By David Mermelstein