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Where the Movies Came From - Page 3

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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Lawrence of Arabia (Nutting)
Lawrence of Arabia
81
Nutting
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
82
Victor Hugo
The Lilies of the Field (William E. Barrett)
The Lilies of the Field
83
William E. Barrett
Little Caesar
Little Caesar
84
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
85
Vladimir Nabokov
Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner (Sillitoe)
Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner
86
Sillitoe
The Longest Day (Ryan)
The Longest Day
87
Ryan
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
88
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lost Weekend
The Lost Weekend
89
The Lost World
The Lost World
90
Lust for Life (Irving Stone)
Lust for Life
91
Irving Stone
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
92
Booth Tarkington
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
93
Dashiell Hammett
THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT (SLOAN WILSON)
THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT
94
SLOAN WILSON
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate
95
Richard Condon
The Mask of Dimitrios
The Mask of Dimitrios
96
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
97
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
98
Agatha Christie
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
99
Dennis Lehane
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
100
Cormac McCarthy
Northwest Passage (Kenneth Roberts)
Northwest Passage
101
Kenneth Roberts
On the Beach
On the Beach
102
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Fleming)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
103
Fleming
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
104
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Paths of Glory (Humphrey Cobb)
Paths of Glory
105
Humphrey Cobb
Patton: Ordeal and Triumph (Farago)
Patton: Ordeal and Triumph
106
Farago
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
107
Gaston Leroux
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
108
Joan Lindsay
Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
Pinocchio
109
Carlo Collodi
Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes
110
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE James M Cain
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE James M Cain
111
The Prisoner of Zenda (Anthony Hope)
The Prisoner of Zenda
112
Anthony Hope
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
113
Robert Bloch
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
114
Bernhard Schlink
Rear Window
Rear Window
115
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
116
Daphne Du Maurier
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
117
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Robe (Lloyd Douglas)
The Robe
118
Lloyd Douglas
Scaramouche
Scaramouche
119
Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's List
120
Thomas Keneally
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