Mark,
Re your comment below:
"The Maltese Falcon is a better movie than novel? I don't
think so. As much as I love that movie, it doesn't come close
to Hammett's book. In fact, I'd say it's a pretty rare
occurrence when a film betters the book upon which it is
based. Sure, I can think of a few examples (Six becoming
Three Days of the Condor comes to mind), but they are the
exceptions."
I generally agree with the notion that novels are generally
better than their film adaptations, and I certainly agree
that Hammett's book is better than Huston's movie. That said,
here are few more exceptions.
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
BULLITT (from Robert L. Pike's MUTE WITNESS)
DIE HARD II (from Walter Wager's 58 MINUTES)
THE DESPERATE HOURS (the Bogart version not the Mickey Roarke
version)
THE BIG HEAT (I don't necessarily agree that it's an
exception, but William P. McGivern is on record as thinking
that the film improves on his novel)
THE 39 STEPS (the '35 version; I might also add here
Hitchcock's two uncredited remakes SABOTEUR and NORTH BY
NORTHWEST)
Other might have additional suggestions.
JIM DOHERTY
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