Erick
wrote:
> >
> >
> Kevin and all:
>
> The one that came first to mind was The Thin
Man.
>
> Hammett's least favorite of his own books, by his
own admission, but
> brought
> faithfully to the screen -- if memory serves -- by
another of my favorite
> detective fiction writers (in this case scripter),
Jonathan Latimer.
>
> Erick
>
>
>
Apologies to
all:
Latimer did
not script The Thin Man. Albert Hacker and Francis Goodrich
did. My bad. Latimer did script another of Hammetts books:
The Glass Key. Maybe that's what I was thinking of.
Erick
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