Btw, I've never seen the movie, so can't compare/contrast the two.
Ron C.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Clinton [mailto:clinton65@comcast.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 7:27 PM
> To: 'rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: The Big Night
>
> I've read DREADFUL SUMMIT, and it's quite good. Ellin's strength is in
the short
> form, but some of his novels are very much worth reading. SUMMIT is
probably my
> favorite of those novels.
>
> Ron C.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com]
On
> > Behalf Of david david
> > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 3:30 PM
> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RARA-AVIS: The Big Night
> >
> >
> > Here in white hot Palm Springs for the tenth annual noir fest & just saw
The Big
> > Night (1951) for the first time. Wonder if any Rara Avians have read the
novel
> upon
> > which this film was based - Dreadful Summit by Stanley Ellin - & whether
it was
> > dreadful. I liked the movie..
> > Wo
> >
> > Wonder if anyone_,_._,___
> >
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> >
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