Jack Bludis wrote:
>
> The Harry Morgan of the Hemingway novel is not
to
> be confused with the Harry Morgan in the
Bogart
> movie of the same title. (Screenplay by
William
> Faulkner and Jules Furthman.) Unlike the
cool,
> sharp businessman, as played by Bogart.
This
> Harry Morgan is a loser. He is screwed or
doomed,
> take your pick.
>
> I read the novel years ago, and was surprised
to
> realize that the movie was so different.
I
> suppose visual and auditory images stick with
you
> better than just a reading of a book unless
the
> visual is grossly inferior.
I have not read the novel, but I'm told that the John
Garfield movie "The Breaking Point" (1950) is a much closer
adaptation of the novel than the eponymous one. It's got that
"a man alone ain't got a chance" line, too. It was remade as
"The Gun Runners" with Audie Murphy, but I've not heard much
about that one.
Jim Beaver
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