I may have to (belatedly) agree that the film of IN THE HEAT
OF THE NIGHT is at least as good as John Ball's fine novel,
but the sequels to the novel
(beginning with the ?intentionally "unfilmable" THE COOL
COTTONTAIL) are certainly better than the sequels to the
movie...leaving aside the bland television series. Though I
am fond of THE ORGANIZATION.
Perhaps there's a reason Robert Fish reached for the Robert
Pike name with that one? TM
-----Original Message----- From: JIM DOHERTY [mailto:
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com]
> BULLITT is certainly better than MUTE WITNESS
by
> Robert Pike. I found Pike's novel to be a bit
like
> a 87th Precinct novel if Ed McBain hadn't been
any
> good.
I'd forgotten about that one, but it's certainly an obvious
choice. Reminds of another film of roughly similar vintage
that's better than the book, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
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