List of films based on crime books
This is a list of films that are based on books about crime. Films are listed according to the decade in which the depicted crime occurred, rather than by the film's date of release.
This page includes "crimes" where the "criminal" was later exonerated. This page includes suicides or other deaths which have been deemed to be suspicious by some and have therefore become the subject of conspiracy theories.
For further crimes that arise as a consequence of war, see List of films based on war books.
12th century
England
Frequently filmed: A Morbid Taste for Bones and sequels
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Corpse Too Many * | 1994 | ? | UK | One Corpse Too Many | "Ellis Peters" | 1979 | Novel |
- * TV movie
Japan
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rashomon 羅生門 | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan | "In a Grove" | Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | 1922 | Story |
14th century
Italy
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Name of the Rose | 1986 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Germany, France, Italy | The Name of the Rose Il nome della rosa | Umberto Eco | 1980 | Novel |
16th century
England
Thomas More case
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Man for All Seasons | 1966 | Fred Zinnemann | UK | A Man For All Seasons | Robert Bolt | 1960 | Play |
Scotland
17th century
USA
Frequently filmed: The Scarlet Letter
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | The Scarlet Letter | 1926 | Victor Sjöström | USA | The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1850 | Novel |
Salem witch trials
1692–1693
Frequently filmed: The Crucible
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Les Sorcières de Salem ♠ | 1957 | Raymond Rouleau | France & East Germany | The Crucible [1][2] | Arthur Miller | 1953 | Play |
| 2 | The Crucible | 1996 | Nicholas Hytner | USA | The Crucible | Arthur Miller | 1953 | Play |
- ♠ The Witches of Salem has an adapted screenplay by Jean-Paul Sartre.[3]
18th century
France
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Das Parfum – Die Geschichte eines Mörders | 2006 | Tom Tykwer | Germany, Spain, France | Perfume [4] Das Parfum | Patrick Süskind | 1985 | Novel |
Frequently filmed: Le Bossu
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Bossu aka On Guard | 1997 | Philippe de Broca | France, Italy, Germany | Le Bossu | Paul Féval | 1858 | Novel |
Frequently filmed: Doctor Syn and sequels
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doctor Syn | 1937 | Roy William Neill | UK | Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh | Russell Thorndike | 1915 | Novel |
Frequently filmed: Moll Flanders
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Württemberg
Bulletin ... upcoming film: Jew Suss: Rise and Fall by Oskar Roehler
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jew Suss | 1934 | Michael Balcon | UK | Jud Süß | Lion Feuchtwanger | 1925 | Novel |
| 2 | Jud Süß | 1940 | Veit Harlan | Nazi Germany | Jud Süß | Lion Feuchtwanger | 1925 | Novel |
| 2 | Jud Süß | Wilhelm Hauff | 1827 | Novella | ||||
19th century
Australia
For bushrangers, see List of films based on westerns.
Brazil
For cangaceiros, see List of films based on westerns.
Canada
For Mounties, see List of films based on westerns.
France
Corsica
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vendetta | 1950 | Howard Hughes (producer) | USA | Colomba | Prosper Mérimée | 1840 | Novella |
Dreyfus Affair
See List of films based on war books — peace.
Joseph Vacher case
1894–1897
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Judge and the Assassin Le juge et l'assassin | 1976 | Bertrand Tavernier | France | Le juge et l'assassin | Henri Garet & René Tavernier | 1976 | Non-fiction | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vacher l'éventreur et les crimes sadiques | Alexandre Lacassagne | 1899 | Non-fiction | - | - | - | ||||
India
Suppression of the Thugs
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Deceivers | 1988 | Nicholas Meyer | India & UK | The Deceivers | John Masters | 1952 | Novel |
Russia
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siberian Lady Macbeth Сибирская леди Макбет | 1961 | Andrzej Wajda | Poland | Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Леди Макбет Мценского уезда | Nikolai Leskov | 1865 | Novel |
| 2 | Katerina Izmailova Катерина Измайлова | 1966 | Mikhail Shapiro | USSR | Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Леди Макбет Мценского уезда | Alexander Preis & Dmitri Shostakovich | 1932 | Libretto |
| 2 | Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Леди Макбет Мценского уезда | Nikolai Leskov | 1865 | Novel | ||||
Frequently filmed: The Winter Queen and sequels
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azazel * Азазель | 2002 | Aleksandr Adabashyan | Russia | The Winter Queen Азазель | "Boris Akunin" | 1998 | Novel |
- * TV miniseries
UK
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Seven Percent Solution | 1976 | Herbert Ross | UK & USA | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. | Nicholas Meyer | 1974 | Novel |
Twice filmed: Gaslight
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wreckers
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaica Inn | 1939 | Alfred Hitchcock | UK | Jamaica Inn | Daphne du Maurier | 1936 | Novel |
Cato Street Conspiracy
February 1820
Burke and Hare case
1827–1828
Twice filmed: "The Body Snatcher"
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Great Gold Robbery of 1855
15 May 1855
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The First Great Train Robbery aka The Great Train Robbery | 1979 | Michael Crichton | UK | The Great Train Robbery | Michael Crichton | 1975 | Novel |
Whitechapel murders
1888–1891 (Jack the Ripper)
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pandora's Box Die Büchse der Pandora | 1929 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Germany | Pandora's Box | Frank Wedekind | 1904 | Play |
| 1 | Earth Spirit | Frank Wedekind | 1895 | Play | ||||
| n | From Hell | 2001 | Hughes brothers | USA | From Hell | Alan Moore | 1991–1996 | Graphic novel |
| n | Murder by Decree | 1979 | Bob Clark | Canada & UK | The Ripper File | Elwyn Jones & John Lloyd | 197? | Non-fiction |
Frequently filmed: The Lodger
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USA
For outlaws and lawmen, see List of films based on westerns.
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequently filmed: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Tell-Tale Heart [5] α | 1953 | Ted Parmelee | USA | "The Tell-Tale Heart" | Edgar Allan Poe | 1843 | Story |
- α Animated film
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
14 April 1865
See List of films based on war books — 1775–1898.
See also Assassinations in fiction.
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
24 February 1868
Lizzie Borden case
4 August 1892
1900s
USA
Chester Gillette case
11 July 1906
Twice filmed: An American Tragedy
The novel was the subject of an unproduced 1930 screenplay by Sergei Eisenstein.
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1910s
France
Henri Désiré Landru case
1914–1918
UK
Doctor Crippen case
after 31 January 1910
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales El esqueleto de la señora Morales | 1960 | Rogelio A. González | Mexico | "The Islington Mystery" | Arthur Machen | 1927 | Story |
1920s
France
Frequently filmed: L'Affaire Crainquebille
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crainquebille Crainquebille | 1922 | Jacques Feyder | France | Crainquebille | Anatole France [6] | 1903 | Play |
| 1 | L'Affaire Crainquebille | Anatole France | 1901 | Story | ||||
Germany
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pandora's Box Die Büchse der Pandora | 1929 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Germany | Pandora's Box | Frank Wedekind | 1904 | Play |
| 1 | Earth Spirit | Frank Wedekind | 1895 | Play | ||||
Peter Kürten case
1929
USA
Bobby Franks murder
21 May 1924 (Leopold and Loeb)
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rope | 1948 | Alfred Hitchcock | USA | Rope | Patrick Hamilton | 1929 | Play |
| 2 | Compulsion | 1959 | Richard Fleischer | USA | Compulsion | Meyer Levin | 1957 | Play |
| 2 | Compulsion | Meyer Levin | 1956 | Novel | ||||
Death of Thomas Ince
19 November 1924
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cat's Meow | 2001 | Peter Bogdanovich | UK & Germany | The Cat's Meow | Steven Peros | 19?? | Play |
Scopes Monkey Trial
1925
Frequently filmed: Inherit the Wind
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inherit the Wind | 1960 | Stanley Kramer | USA | Inherit the Wind | Jerome Lawrence & Robert Edwin Lee | 1955 | Play |
Al Capone era
1925–1931
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Scarface [7] | 1932 | Howard Hawks | USA | Scarface | Armitage Trail | 1930 [8]¤ | Novel |
| n | Road to Perdition | 2002 | Sam Mendes | USA | Road to Perdition | Max Allan Collins | 1998 | Graphic novel |
| n | Legends of the Fall | 1994 | Edward Zwick | USA | Legends of the Fall | Jim Harrison | 1979 | Novella |
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
14 February 1929
Ruth Snyder case
20 March 1927
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Double Indemnity | 1944 | Billy Wilder | USA | Double Indemnity | James M. Cain | 1936/ 1943 | Novel |
1930s
Algeria
Frequently filmed: Pépé le Moko
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pépé le Moko | 1937 | Julien Duvivier | France | Pépé le Moko | "Ashelbé" | 193? | Novel |
France
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judas Was a Woman La Bête humaine | 1938 | Jean Renoir | France | La Bête Humaine | Émile Zola | 1890 | Novel |
Papin Sisters case
2 February 1933
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Les Abysses Les Abysses | 1963 | Nikos Papatakis | France | The Maids Les Bonnes | Jean Genet | 1947 | Play |
| 2 | The Maids | 1974 | Christopher Miles | UK | The Maids Les Bonnes | Jean Genet | 1947 | Play |
| 3 | Sister My Sister | 1994 | Nancy Meckler | UK | My Sister in This House [9] | Wendy Kesselman | 1981 | Play |
| 4 | Murderous Maids Les Blessures assassines | 2000 | Jean-Pierre Denis | France | L’affaire Papin, Le diable dans la peau | Paulette Houdyer | 1988 | Non-fiction |
Twice filmed: A Judgement in Stone
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Judgement in Stone | 1986 | Ousama Rawi | Canada & UK | A Judgement in Stone | Ruth Rendell | 1977 | Novel |
| 2 | La Cérémonie La Cérémonie | 1995 | Claude Chabrol | France & Germany | A Judgement in Stone | Ruth Rendell | 1977 | Novel |
Japan
Sada Abe case
18 May 1936
USA
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Petrified Forest | 1936 | Archie Mayo | USA | The Petrified Forest | Robert E. Sherwood | 1935 | Play |
| n | Paper Moon | 1973 | Peter Bogdanovich | USA | Addie Pray | Joe David Brown | 1971 | Novel |
| n | Brother Orchid | 1940 | Lloyd Bacon | USA | "Brother Orchid" (?) | Richard Connell | 1938 | Story |
Scottsboro Boys case
23 April 1931
Lindbergh kidnapping
1 March 1932
Frequently filmed: Murder on the Orient Express
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder on the Orient Express | 1974 | Sidney Lumet | UK | Murder on the Orient Express | Agatha Christie | 1934 | Novel |
William D. Lundy murder
[informative page deleted over copyright violations] [10]
9 December 1932
1940s
Austria
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Third Man | 1949 | Carol Reed | UK | The Third Man | Graham Greene | 1950 | Novella |
Bahamas
Sir Harry Oakes murder
7 July 1943
Canada
Edwin Alonzo Boyd era
1949–1952 (Boyd Gang)
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd * | 1982 | Les Rose | Canada | The Boyd Gang | Marjorie Lamb & Barry Pearson | 1976 | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
France
Doctor Petiot case
before 31 October 1944
Italy
Portella della Ginestra massacre
1 May 1947
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sicilian | 1987 | Michael Cimino | USA | The Sicilian | Mario Puzo | 1984 | Novel |
Pleasure Island
Frequently filmed: The Adventures of Pinocchio
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pinocchio ♠ α [7] | 1940 | Walt Disney (producer) | USA | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Carlo Collodi | 1883 | Children's book |
- ♠ A young innocent is deceived by swindlers and sold into slavery.
- α Animated film
Kenya
Happy Valley murder
1941
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Mischief | 1987 | Michael Radford | UK | White Mischief: The Murder of Lord Erroll | James Fox | 197? | Non-fiction |
Newfoundland
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Triffie | 2007 | Mary Walsh | Canada | Young Triffie's Been Made Away With | Ray Guy | 1985 | Play |
USA
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dishonored Lady | 1947 | Robert Stevenson | USA | Dishonored Lady | Edward Sheldon & Margaret Ayer Barnes | 1930 | Play |
| n | Intruder in the Dust | 1949 | Clarence Brown | USA | Intruder in the Dust | William Faulkner [11] | 1948 | Novel |
| n | Undercurrent | 1946 | Vincente Minnelli | USA | You Were There | Thelma Strabel | 194? | Novel |
Sleepy Lagoon murder
2 August 1942
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoot Suit | 1981 | Luis Valdez | USA | Zoot Suit | Luis Valdez | 1979 | Play |
Black Dahlia murder
c. 15 January 1947
West Germany
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Good German | 2006 | Steven Soderbergh | USA | The Good German | Joseph Kanon | 2001 | Novel |
1950s
Canada
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Confess | 1953 | Alfred Hitchcock | USA | Nos deux consciences | "Paul Anthelme" | 1902 | Play |
France
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irma la Douce | 1963 | Billy Wilder | USA | Irma la douce | Alexandre Breffort | 1956 | Musical |
UK
Stone of Scone theft
25 December 1950 (Christmas Day robbery of a church)
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stone of Destiny | 2008 | Charles Martin Smith | UK & Canada | No Stone Unturned: The Story of the Stone of Destiny aka Taking of the Stone of Destiny | Ian R. Hamilton | 1952 | Memoir |
Ruth Ellis case
1955
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierrepoint | 1995 | Adrian Shergold | UK | Executioner: Pierrepoint | Albert Pierrepoint | 1974 | Memoir |
USA
Great Brink's Robbery
17 January 1950
Coleman Peterson case
31 July 1952
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatomy of a Murder | 1959 | Otto Preminger | USA | Anatomy of a Murder | "Robert Traver" | 1958 | Novel |
Ed Gein case
1957
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | Jonathan Demme | USA | The Silence of the Lambs | Thomas Harris | 1988 | Novel |
Frequently filmed: Psycho
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psycho | 1960 | Alfred Hitchcock | USA | Psycho | Robert Bloch | 1959 | Novel |
Suicide of George Reeves
16 June 1959
Clutter Family murders
15 November 1959
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Cold Blood | 1967 | Richard Brooks | USA | In Cold Blood | Truman Capote | 1966 | Nonfiction |
| 2 | In Cold Blood | 1996 | Jonathan Kaplan | USA | In Cold Blood | Truman Capote | 1966 | Nonfiction |
| 3 | Capote | 2005 | Bennett Miller | USA | Capote | Gerald Clarke | 199? | Biography |
| 4 | Infamous | 2006 | Douglas McGrath | USA | Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career | George Plimpton | 1997 | Biography |
1960s
Argentina
San Fernando bank robbery
1965 [12]
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burnt Money ♣ Plata quemada | 2000 | Marcelo Piñeyro | Argentina, France, Spain, Uruguay | Money to Burn Plata quemada | Ricardo Piglia | 1997 | Novel |
- ♣ The robbery took place in Argentina; the pursuit ended in Uruguay.
France
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | La Horse ♠ La Horse | 1970 | Pierre Granier-Deferre | France | La Horse | Michel Lambesc | 196? | Novel |
- ♠ The film was remade for television in 2005 as Joseph.[13]
Sweden
Frequently filmed: Roseanna and sequels
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Stockholm Marathon Stockholm Marathon | 1994 | Peter Keglevic | Sweden & Germany | The Terrorists | Sjöwall and Wahlöö | 1975 | Novel |
| n | The Laughing Policeman Δ | 1973 | Stuart Rosenberg | USA | The Laughing Policeman [14] | Sjöwall and Wahlöö | 1968 | Novel |
- Δ The film adaptation changes the setting from Stockholm to San Francisco.
Turkey
Topkapı Museum
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Topkapi | 1964 | Jules Dassin | USA | The Light of Day | Eric Ambler | 1962 | Novel |
UK
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Loot | 1970 | Silvio Narizzano | UK | Loot | Joe Orton | 1965 | Play |
Profumo affair
1963
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scandal [15] | 1989 | Michael Caton-Jones | UK | Scandal (uncredited) | Christine Keeler (uncredited) | 1989 | Memoir |
Uruguay
San Fernando bank robbery getaway
1965
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burnt Money ♣ Plata quemada | 2000 | Marcelo Piñeyro | Argentina, France, Spain, Uruguay | Money to Burn Plata quemada | Ricardo Piglia | 1997 | Novel |
- ♣ The robbery took place in Argentina; the pursuit ended in Uruguay.
USA
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fitzwilly | 1967 | Delbert Mann | USA | A Garden of Cucumbers | Poyntz Tyler | 1960 | Novel |
Clarence Earl Gideon case
3 June 1961
Ian James Campbell murder
9 March 1963
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Onion Field | 1979 | Harold Becker | USA | The Onion Field | Joseph Wambaugh | 1973 | Non-fiction |
Boston Strangler case
1962–1964
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
22 November 1963
Bulletin ... film currently in development: Reclaiming History
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four Days in November δ † | 1964 | Mel Stuart | USA | Warren Report | Earl Warren for Warren Commission [16] | 1964 | Report |
| 2 | Lee Oswald — Assassin * | 1966 | Rudolph Cartier | UK | Dallas, 22. November | Felix Lützkendorf | 1965 | Play |
| 3 | Rush to Judgment δ | 1967 | Emile de Antonio | USA | Rush to Judgment | Mark Lane | 1966 | Non-fiction |
| 4 | Executive Action | 1973 | David Miller | USA | Rush to Judgment (uncredited) | Mark Lane ♣ | 1966 | Non-fiction |
| 5 | On Trial: Lee Harvey Oswald δ * | 1986 | LWT (producer) | UK | Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy ♦ [17] | Vincent Bugliosi | 2007 | Non-fiction |
| 6 | JFK | 1991 | Oliver Stone | USA | On the Trail of the Assassins | Jim Garrison ♠ | 1990 | Non-fiction |
| 6 | Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy | Jim Marrs ♠ | 1989 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 6 | JFK: The CIA, Vietnam and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy ♥ (uncredited) | L. Fletcher Prouty ♠ (uncredited) | 1992 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 6 | JFK and Vietnam: Deception, Intrigue, and the Struggle for Power [18] (uncredited) | John M. Newman ♠ (uncredited) | 1992 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 7 | Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy ** | 2013 | In Development | USA | Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy [17] | Vincent Bugliosi | 2007 | Non-fiction |
- ♣ Lane is credited as screenwriter, rather than as author.
- ♦ Bugliosi's preparation for the televised "trial" of deceased defendant Oswald became the book Reclaiming History.
- ♠ The authors are credited as technical advisors on JFK.
- ♥ Prouty's book has an introduction by Oliver Stone.
- * TV special
- ** TV miniseries
- δ Documentary
- † Dramatized documentary[19]
See also Assassinations in fiction.
Kitty Genovese murder
13 March 1964
Sylvia Likens murder
26 October 1965
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Girl Next Door | 2007 | Gregory Wilson | USA | The Girl Next Door | Jack Ketchum | 2005 | Novel |
Richard Speck case
13 July 1966
Zodiac case
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zodiac | 2007 | David Fincher | USA | Zodiac | Robert Graysmith | 1986 | Non-fiction |
1970s
Canada
Helen Betty Osborne murder
13 November 1971
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conspiracy of Silence * | 1991 | Francis Mankiewicz | Canada | Conspiracy of Silence | Lisa Priest | 1989 [20]¤ | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
Guyana
Jonestown Massacre
18 November 1978
Italy
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't Look Now | 1973 | Nicolas Roeg | UK & Italy | "Don't Look Now" from Not After Midnight | Daphne du Maurier | 1971 | Story |
Sweden
Norrmalmstorg bank robbery
23–28 August 1973 (Stockholm syndrome)
UK
Bulletin ... film now in production: Straw Dogs by Rod Lurie
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Straw Dogs | 1971 | Sam Peckinpah | USA | The Siege of Trencher's Farm | Gordon Williams | 197? | Novel |
| n | The Wicker Man | 1973 | Robin Hardy | UK | The Ritual | David Pinner | 1967 | Novel |
Baker Street bank robbery
11 September 1971
What if ...
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Clockwork Orange | 1971 | Stanley Kubrick | UK | A Clockwork Orange ♠ | Anthony Burgess | 1962 | Novel |
- ♠ The earliest editions of the novel did not contain a glossary, or any indication that the slang was based on Russian.
USA
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Catamount Killing ♠ Lohngelder für Pittsville Morderstwo w Catamount | 1974 | Krzysztof Zanussi | USA & West Germany [21] | I'd Rather Stay Poor | James Hadley Chase | 1962 | Novel |
- ♠ The film, shot in Bennington, Vermont, involves a "bank in a remote town in New England".[22]
"Catamount" is an infrequently used term for a cougar, but here refers to the fictitious town.
Jeffrey MacDonald case
17 February 1970
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatal Vision ** | 1984 | David Greene | USA | Fatal Vision | Joe McGinniss | 1983 | Non-fiction |
- ** TV miniseries
Knapp Commission on NYPD corruption
1970–1972
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serpico | 1973 | Sidney Lumet | USA | Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System | Peter Maas | 1973? | Non-fiction |
Watergate burglary
17 June 1972
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All the President's Men | 1976 | Alan J. Pakula | USA | All the President's Men | Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward | 1974 | Memoir |
| 2 | Blind Ambition * | 1979 | George Schaefer | USA | Blind Ambition: The White House Years | John Dean with Taylor Branch | 1976 | Memoir |
| 3 | Nixon | 1995 | Oliver Stone | USA | The Final Days | Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein | 1976 | Non-fiction |
| 3 | Richard Nixon: The Shaping of His Character [23] (uncredited) | Fawn Brodie (uncredited) | 1981 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Nixon: the Education of a Politician 1913-62 [23] (uncredited) | Stephen Ambrose (uncredited) | 1991 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Nixon: the Triumph of a Politician 1962-72 [23] (uncredited) | Stephen Ambrose (uncredited) | 1991 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Nixon: Ruin and Recovery 1973-90 [23] (uncredited) | Stephen Ambrose (uncredited) | 1991 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Nixon: A Life [23] (uncredited) | Jonathan Aitken (uncredited) | 1996 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | "The Second Coming" [24] (uncredited) | W.B. Yeats [25] (uncredited) | 1920 | Poem | ||||
- * TV movie
Gay Brooklyn bank robbery
22 August 1972 [26]
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dog Day Afternoon [27] | 1975 | Sidney Lumet | USA | "The Boys in the Bank" | P.F. Kluge | 1972 | Article |
Ted Bundy case
1974–1978
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Deliberate Stranger * | 1986 | Marvin J. Chomsky | USA | Bundy: The Deliberate Stranger | Richard W. Larsen | 1980 | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
Frank Lucas case
before 1975
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Gangster | 2007 | Ridley Scott | USA | "The Return of Superfly" | Mark Jacobson | 197? | Article |
Martha Moxley murder
31 October 1975
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder in Greenwich * | 2002 | Tom McLoughlin | USA | Murder in Greenwich: Who Killed Martha Moxley? | Mark Fuhrman | 1998 | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
Hillside Strangler case
1977–1978
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Case of the Hillside Stranglers * | 1989 | Steve Gethers | USA | Two of a Kind: The Story of the Hillside Stranglers | Darcy O'Brien | 1985 | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
Bob Crane murder
29 June 1978
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auto Focus | 2002 | Paul Schrader | USA | The Murder of Bob Crane: Who Killed the Star of Hogan's Heroes? | Robert Graysmith | 199? | Biography |
What if ...
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Night Stalker * | 1972 | John Llewellyn Moxey | USA | The Kolchak Papers aka The Night Stalker | Jeff Rice [28] | 197? | Novel |
- * TV movie
1980s
Australia
Azaria Chamberlain disappearance
17 August 1980 (dingo baby abduction)
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark[29]) | 1988 | Fred Schepisi | Australia and USA | Evil Angels [30] | John Bryson | 1985 | Non-fiction |
Canada
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Suicide Murders * | 1985 | Graham Parker | Canada | The Suicide Murders | Howard Engel | 1980 | Novel |
- * TV movie
Colin Thatcher case
21 January 1983
Montreal Massacre
6 December 1989
France
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Choc Le Choc | 1982 | Robin Davis | France | The Prone Gunman La Position du tireur couché | Jean-Patrick Manchette | 1982 ? | Novel |
Roberto Succo case
1980s
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roberto Succo Roberto Succo | 2001 | Cédric Kahn | France | Je te tue : histoire vraie de Roberto Succo, assassin sans raison | Pascale Froment | 1991 | Non-fiction |
India
Phoolan Devi case
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bandit Queen | 1994 | Shekhar Kapur | India | India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi | Mala Sen | 1993? | Non-fiction |
Iran
Soraya M. case
1986
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Stoning of Soraya M. سنگسار ثریا م. | 2008 | Cyrus Nowrasteh | USA | The Stoning of Soraya M. La Femme lapidée | Freidoune Sahebjam | 1990 | Novel |
Mexico
Enrique Camarena murder
9 February 1985
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drug Wars: The Camarena Story ** | 1990 | Brian Gibson | USA | Desperados | Elaine Shannon | 198? | Non-fiction |
| 1 | "Desperados" | Elaine Shannon | 198? | Article | ||||
- ** TV miniseries
Soviet Union
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorky Park | 1983 | Michael Apted | USA | Gorky Park | Martin Cruz Smith | 1981 | Novel |
Andrei Chikatilo case
1978–1990
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Citizen X * | 1995 | Chris Gerolmo | USA | The Killer Department | Robert Cullen | 1993 | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
What if ...
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evilenko ♠ | 2004 | David Grieco | Italy | The Communist Who Ate Children | David Grieco | 199? | Novel |
- ♠ In this version, the murderer, renamed Evilenko, has psychic powers.
USA
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Scarface | 1983 | Brian De Palma | USA | Scarface (uncredited) | Armitage Trail (uncredited) | 1930 [8] | Novel |
| n | The Local Stigmatic | 1990/ 2007 | Al Pacino [31][32] (uncredited) & David Wheeler | USA | The Local Stigmatic | Heathcote Williams | 196? | Play |
| n | Die Hard | 1988 | John McTiernan | USA | Nothing Lasts Forever | Roderick Thorp | 1979 | Novel |
Doctor Tarnower murder
10 March 1980 (Scarsdale Diet author death)
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Harris * | 2005 | Phyllis Nagy | USA | Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower [33] | Shana Alexander | 1983 | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
John Lennon murder
8 December 1980
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapter 27 | 2005 | J. P. Schaefer | USA | Let Me Take You Down | Jack Jones | 200? | Non-fiction |
| 1 | Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon (uncredited) | Robert Rosen (uncredited) | 2000 | Non-fiction | ||||
See also Assassinations in fiction.
Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek case
28 May 1981
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story * aka Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story | 1993 | Sandor Stern | Canada & USA | Woman on Trial | Lawrencia Bembenek | 1992 | Memoir |
- * TV movie
Henry Lee Lucas case
before 11 June 1983
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | 1986 | John McNaughton | USA | Lucas Report (uncredited) | Jim Mattox, Texas Attorney General (office of) (uncredited) | 1986 | Report |
Alan Berg murder
18 June 1984
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk Radio | 1988 | Oliver Stone | USA | Talk Radio | Eric Bogosian | 1987 | Play |
| 1 | Talked to Death: The Life and Murder of Alan Berg | Stephen Singular | 198? | Non-fiction | ||||
See also Assassinations in fiction.
Exxon Valdez disaster
23 March 1989
West Germany
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo Soldiers | 2001 | Gregor Jordan | USA | Buffalo Soldiers | Robert O'Connor | 1993 | Novel |
1990s
Australia
Belgium
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Memory of a Killer De zaak Alzheimer | 2003 | Erik Van Looy | Belgium | De zaak Alzheimer | Jef Geeraerts | 1985 | Novel |
Canada
Paul Bernardo case
up to 1992
France
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Crimson Rivers Les Rivières pourpres | 2000 | Mathieu Kassovitz | France | Blood Red Rivers | Jean-Christophe Grangé | 1998 | Novel |
| n | Fuck Me aka Rape Me Baise-moi | 2000 | Virginie Despentes & Coralie Trinh Thi | France | Baise-moi | Virginie Despentes | 1993 | Novel |
India
Bombay bombings of 1993
12 March 1993
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Friday | 2004 | Anurag Kashyap | India | Black Friday – The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts | S. Hussain Zaidi | 199? | Non-fiction |
Singapore
Barings Bank collapse
1995
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogue Trader | 1999 | James Dearden | UK | Rogue Trader: How I Brought Down Barings Bank and Shook the Financial World | Nick Leeson | 199? | Memoir |
Spain
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nadie conoce a nadie ♠ | 1999 | Mateo Gil | Spain | El que apaga la luz | Juan Bonilla | 1994 | Novel (?) |
- ♠ A crossword puzzle writer becomes involved in a bizarre mystery in Seville.
UK
James Bulger murder
12 February 1993
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boy A ♠ | 2007 | John Crowley | UK | Boy A | Jonathan Trigell | 2004 | Novel | – |
- ♠ The principal connection to the Bulger case appears to be the youthfulness of the convicted boys.
USA
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Night Falls on Manhattan | 1997 | Sidney Lumet | USA | Tainted Evidence | Robert Daley | 1997 ? | Novel |
Suicide of Vince Foster
20 July 1993
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Primary Colors | 1998 | Mike Nichols | USA | Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics | "Anonymous" (Joe Klein) | 1996 | Novel |
Vietnam
2000s
Natalee Holloway disappearance
30 May 2005
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalee Holloway* | 2009 | Mikael Salomon | USA | Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith | Beth Holloway | 2007 | Non-fiction |
- * TV movie
Brazil
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of God Cidade de Deus | 2002 | Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund | Brazil | City of God Cidade de Deus | Paulo Lins | 1997 | Novel |
Italy
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gomorrah Gomorra | 2008 | Matteo Garrone | Italy | Gomorrah Gomorra – Viaggio nell'impero economico e nel sogno di dominio della camorra | Roberto Saviano | 2006 | Non-fiction |
Mexico
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trade | 2007 | Marco Kreuzpaintner | Germany | "The Girls Next Door" | Peter Landesman | 2004 | Article |
South Korea
Hwaseong serial murders
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memories of Murder | 2003 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea | Memories of Murder | Shim Sung-bo | 1996 | Play |
USA
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sin City д | 2005 | Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez | USA | The Hard Goodbye | Frank Miller | 1991–1992 | Graphic novel |
| n | Reversible Errors ** | 2004 | Mike Robe | USA | Reversible Errors | Scott Turow | 2002 | Novel |
- д Decade when story occurs is presumed.
- ** TV miniseries
Valerie Plame exposure
14 July 2003
Bulletin ... upcoming film: Fair Game by Doug Liman
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair Game | 2010 | Doug Liman | USA | Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House | Valerie Plame Wilson | 2007 | Memoir |
Political crimes
For political prisoners, see List of films based on civics books.
Drug trade
For traffickers, see above.
For addicts, see List of films based on civics books.
Prisons
For punishment and prisons, see List of films based on civics books.
References
Notes
- Recipient of the Tony Award in 1953.
- Nominated for the Tony Award for Best Revival in 2002.
- Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, but declined to accept.
- Recipient of the World Fantasy Award in 1987.
- Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 2001.
- France was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921.
- Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 1994.
- Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the US Library of Congress.
Source: Library of Congress Online Catalog. - Recipient of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 1981.
- Sources to employ if attempting to rewrite deleted article:
"The Reward". Time magazine. August 27, 1945. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
"$35,000 Going to Man Wrongfully Imprisoned". Associated Press in The Hartford Courant. July 23, 1965. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
Center on Wrongful Convictions - Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.
- Details about the 1965 robbery are difficult to find, but the event occurred in the Buenos Aires suburb called San Fernando.
Source: Plata Quemada, en el umbral de la novela policiaca posmoderna, Carlos Luis Torres Gutiérrez, profesor de literatura, Pontificia Universidad Javierana, 1999. (in Spanish) - Source: French Wikipédia.
- Recipient of the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1971.
- The film was later spoofed as The Man Who Knew Too Little, with Joanne Whalley-Kilmer playing a similar role in both films.
- The film's opening credits include "Film and Research Sources". The first such source listed is the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy.
- Recipient of the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime book in 2008.
- Source: Lavington (q.v.), p. 169.
- The opening credits state that "[c]ertain scenes have been recreated in the original locations by the actual participants."
Although the film is essentially a compilation film of high quality, certain minor situations have been recreated, typically a person (a priest, a judge) travelling to his destination (the hospital, the airport). These scenes are seamlessly integrated. - Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of Library and Archives Canada.
Source: Library Search. - The IMDb describes the film as a Polish–West German production, which seems unlikely, especially for a film in angielski (English), according to Polish Wikipedia. The IMDb lists countries alphabetically by default, so this could be West German–Polish. A reasonable scenario is West German, with a noted Polish director hired for the production. Polish Wikipedia says the film is an amerykańsko–niemiecki film which fits the facts well and has therefore been used in the table.
- Source: IMDb review by "John Seal", 2008.
- Source: Lavington (q.v.), p. 226.
- The poem is recited by Richard Helms (Sam Waterston) in the extended version.
- Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.
- Source: Dog day aftertaste, Eric Holm, Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, no. 10-11, 1976, pp. 3–4.
It is unclear what the common name for the robbery was prior to the release of the film. - Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 2009.
- Rice is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
- "A Cry in the Dark (1988) – Release dates". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
- Recipient of the Allen Lane Award in 1985.
- Source: Kamp and Levi (q.v.), p. 89.
- Pacino is described as the director in the Wikipedia article on the playwright Heathcote Williams.
- Recipient of the Edgar Award for Best fact crime book in 1984.
Bibliography
- Kamp, David with Lawrence Levi. The Film Snob's Dictionary. Broadway Books, New York, 2006.
- Lavington, Stephen. Virgin Film: Oliver Stone, Virgin Books, London, 2004.
See also
- Assassinations in fiction
- Pages with the same format
- List of films based on arts books
- List of films based on civics books
- List of films based on film books
- List of films based on sports books
- List of films based on spy books
- List of films based on war books
- List of films based on westerns
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