Ned mentioned "Red Harvest" and "Yojimbo," as well as all
those others.
Of course, "The Magnificent Seven" is "Seven Samurai," but
that's
probably more of an homage ... Westerns always seem to
translate well
cross-culturally.
To my mind, the movie "While You Were Sleeping" is a direct
steal of "I
Married A Dead Man," yet disguised as a romantic comedy. (It
certainly
faired better than the "official" remake, "Mrs.
Winterbourne.")
I've also heard somewhere that "I Married A Dead Man" was
informed by
the movie "Detour." It is intriguing that Woolrich's book,
(his last
"great" work,) was written after that amazing pic ...
Dave
--
"Fate, or some mysterious force, can put the finger on you or me for no good reason at all."
-- Tom Neal, "Detour"
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