Post by wmcclain on Sept 13, 2017 12:38:07 GMT
I'm always charmed by the case of Ed McBain (aka Evan Hunter, originally Salvatore Albert Lombino), who wrote a variety of things, including the long running 87th Precinct police procedurals, used both for TV and film. He claimed to have invented the "squadroom as character" motif, but I think that's not quite right, see Detective Story (1951). In the 80s he joked that Hill Street Blues owned him royalties and his characters would marvel about how eerily the TV shows mirrored their own lives.
Anyway, he also did the screenplay for The Birds (1963), and Brooks' Blackboard Jungle (1955) and Kurosawa's High and Low (1963) were adapted from his novels.
That covers some ground.
Anyway, he also did the screenplay for The Birds (1963), and Brooks' Blackboard Jungle (1955) and Kurosawa's High and Low (1963) were adapted from his novels.
That covers some ground.