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Where the Movies Came From - Page 2

You know them as the great movies, but do you know books that inspired them? Here are the source novels or stories of some great ( and some not-so-great) movies; how many have you actually read? (Note - this list does not include novelizations of original scripts.)
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From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
41
James Jones
From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming)
From Russia With Love
42
Ian Fleming
Funeral in Berlin - Len Deighton
Funeral in Berlin - Len Deighton
43
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement
44
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
45
Elmore Leonard
The Getaway
The Getaway
46
Giant
Giant
47
Goldfinger
Goldfinger
48
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
49
Gillian Flynn
Gone to Texas (Forrest)
Gone to Texas
50
Forrest
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
51
Margaret Mitchell
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
52
Pearl S. Buck
The Graduate (Charels Webb)
The Graduate
53
Charels Webb
Grand Hotel (Vicky Baum)
Grand Hotel
54
Vicky Baum
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
55
John Steinbeck
The Great Escape (Paul Brickhill)
The Great Escape
56
Paul Brickhill
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
57
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
58
Shirley Jackson
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (Shaw)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
59
Shaw
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
60
Richard Matheson
The a High and the Mighty (Ernest K. Gann)
The a High and the Mighty
61
Ernest K. Gann
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
62
J.R.R. Tolkien
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
63
Richard Llewellyn
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
64
E.M. Forster
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
65
Victor Hugo
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
66
Richard Matheson
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
67
Isaac Asimov
In the Heat of the Night (Novel)
In the Heat of the Night (Novel)
68
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
69
Hughes
The Informer (Liam O'flaherty)
The Informer
70
Liam O'flaherty
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
71
H.G. Wells
The IPCRESS File
The IPCRESS File
72
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws
73
Peter Benchley
Journey Into Fear
Journey Into Fear
74
The Killing (White)
The Killing
75
White
King Solomon's Mines (Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
76
Haggard
Kings Row (Un)
Kings Row
77
Un
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential
78
The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show
79
Laura
Laura
80
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