You can also add Willeford's excellent WOMAN CHASER to the
list (Patrick Warburton starring in Robinson Blank's
film).
--- JIM DOHERTY <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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