How about JOURNEY INTO FEAR? I know Ambler's novel was good,
but that movie: Welles as the Colonel, and Cotton on that
ship with all of those Nazis. Great film!
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: JIM DOHERTY
To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:49 PM
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re:Books to Films
William,
Re your comment below:
"Started a new section in my website dedicated
to
crime books that became crime film. Thompson,
Goodis
and McBain are the first three authors and the
section
will be updated often. Any favorites? Lemme
know."
Sticking strictly to that rarest of rare birds,
movie
adaptations that were superior to their
source
material.
THE 39 STEPS (1935)
THE DESPERATE HOURS (1956)
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
BULLITT (1968)
CASINO ROYALE (2006)
and, if you count non-fiction true crime books
that
were later dramatized on film
THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
Hope that helps.
JIM DOHERTY
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