The movie contract has long since expired, and Ideal doesn't make his doll anymore.Īrmes' latest caper is a new magazine he's funded, dedicated to investigative journalism, with Jack Anderson as its publisher. The Federal Aviation Administration has no record of his airman's certificate. While Armes says he is 39 years old, a court paper shows he is really 49. There are, however, reasons to question some of what he claims. Over the years, Armes has repeated his boasts to Newsweek, People and to other journalists. According to Armes, Universal has him under contract so William Friedkin can make a film about him. Might destroy some of his strategic advantage.Īrmes claims to have pulled off hundreds of capers, and says he drives a hot sports car that can emit a smoke screen, has a rifle range in his basement, gets all "the latest machine guns," pilots jet helicopters, has 2,600 agents on retainer around the globe and speaks 33 dialects of Chinese, not to mention German and Italian. He doesn't want to get too specific, he says. The hook also contains a weapon, or a number of weapons, Armes says, as does his left hook. Armes, who considers himself the world's greatest private investigator, is eating a fried egg on toast with a fork that's clamped in the vise grip of his right steel hook.
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