The big book of reel murders : stories that inspired great crime films / edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler.
Material type:
TextSeries: Vintage crime/Black LizardPublisher: New York : Vintage Crime / Black Lizard : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: xiv, 1181 pages : 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780525563884
- 0525563881
- Reel murders
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | NonFiction | 808.8387 B592 | Available | 33111009571213 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Lights! Camera! Action! The latest book in the Big Book series takes us behind the curtain to uncover the stories that became some of the greatest films of the silver screen. There's the W. Somerset Maugham short story that inspired Hitchcock's Secret Agent ; Robert Louis Stevenson's horrifying tale that was later turned into the iconic movie The Body Snatcher , starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff; Sir Ian Fleming's "From a View to a Kill," later one of Roger Moore's greatest Bond films; and "Cyclists' Raid," the short story that formed the basis for the legendary Brando film The Wild One .
Otto Penzler delivers the director's cut on these classic short stories and the films they gave rise to. So grab your Sno-Caps and a jumbo box of popcorn and curl up with these cinematic tales from the likes of Agatha Christie, Dennis Lehane, Joyce Carol Oates, Dashiell Hammett, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, and Arthur Conan Doyle.
The suspense is killing me -- Stop, you're killing me -- Isn't this thrilling? -- Oh, the horror! -- Isn't it a crime? -- I love you to death - Is there a detective in the house?
Edgar Award-winning editor Penzler's new anthology rolls out the red carpet for the stories that Hollywood hits are made of. He delivers the director's cut of classic short stories that inspired some of Tinsletown's most memorable films. ... Including... works by:Authors include: Edgar Allan Poe, Cornell Woolrich, Aldous Huxley, Ian Fleming, Robert Louis Stevenson, Budd Schulberg, O. Henry, W. Somerset Maugham, and many more.-- Back cover.