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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