There are more films based on Williams novels than those in
your list, most of them of French origin as Williams enjoyed
a very good reputation over there as HB/noir writer of first
value (the same cannot be said of his native America...). But
is seems you want info only regarding the films you
listed.
>1.) French film based on NOTHING IN HER
WAY(Starring
> Jeanne Moreau & Jean-Paul Belmondo.)
Yep! French title: PEAU DE BANANE (title taken from the
French translation of the novel)- issued in the USA as BANANA
PEEL- 1963 by Marcel Ophuls. Average, with comedy
traits.
> 2.) 3rd Voice(Based on ALL THE WAY)(From the
same
> director as the marvelous PLUNDER ROAD)
?? no info for this thriller
>3.) THE WRONG VENUS
aka: DON'T JUST STAND THERE- 1968 kind of comedy with Robert
Wagner - I never saw it
>4.) JOY HOUSE(Scripted by Williams from the novel
by
> Day Keene)
As said in other messages, a film by Rene Clement, top
director of other very good French noir films, and.. far from
being forgotten for them! Title: LES FELINS - 1964 (In the
USA: Joy House) Good film, on par with the novel and
excellent dialog by Williams- Clement's cinematography is a
bit colder than the book style, but it's not detrimental.
Main actors are impeccable as expected... Worth to be
seen.
>5.) THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT DIE
>
USA-1975 by Robert Arkless- script: George Chesbro- Cast:
Dorothy Malone, Aldo Ray based on the novel: The Sailcloth
Shroud- I do not remember having seen the film.
> 6.) THE PINK JUNGLE
1968 by Delbert Mann I do not remember this film.
>Also, I know that THE DIAMOND BIKINI was issued
as
> part of the Blue Murder series.
Became a French film: FANTASIA CHEZ LES PLOUCS- 1971, by
Gerard Pires title taken from the French translation of the
novel. Low value film totally missing the wittily mood of
this top novel. Better to be forgotten.
Among the other films based on Williams: a couple of
telefilms for French cable TV, an Australian sea thriller
with Nicole Kidman, one by Truffaut, one by Claude Sautet
(this French creator is unjustly forgotten as prime noir film
director, and is remembered only for his later lame
sociological dramas)...etc
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
--- Paul Sowle <
ambrosehunter@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to track down a few films
written
> by/based
> on the work of Charles Williams. Anyone have
any
> thoughts/knowledge of:
>
>
>
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