Authors [I through Z]. AUTHORS [ A through H ]
Entries preceded by a dash
[-] are of marginal crime content. SC = Series
Character(s); scw = screenwriter, dir = director.
ABBEY, EDWARD. 1927-1989. Noted American author & essayist. Author of two novels presently included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV, both adventures of activist hero George Hayduke (The Monkey Wrench Gang ). Add the title below: The Brave Cowboy. Dodd, 1956; Eyre, 1957. Setting: US West. Film: Universal, 1962, as Lonely Are the Brave (scw: Dalton Trumbo; dir: David Miller) ABRAHAMS, ROBERT D. A noted attorney living in Philadelphia and the author of two detective novels listed in the (Revised) CFIV, both published by Phoenix Press in the early 1940s. Solving both cases is a private eye named Peter Taylor. The FictionMags Index lists several poems written by Abrahams appearing in The Saturday Evening Post between 1938 and 1947. Death After Lunch. Phoenix, hc, 1941. Add setting: New York City.  Bad Faith. Film: Bedford, 2000; also released as Cold Blooded (scw & dir: Randy Bradshaw) AEBY, JACQUELYN (A.) 1917-2003. Confirm exact year of birth, add middle initial and year of death. Born in South Bend, Indiana; author of many romance titles. Of these, twelve gothic and/or romantic suspense novels are included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. Although she also used the pen names Jocelyn Carew and Vanessa Gray, no known criminous fiction appeared under either of these names. Linnet’s Folly. Dell, pb, 1973. Add UK edition: Linford pb, 1993. The Sign of the Blue Dragon. Add setting: Kentucky, 1806.  Code Name: “Icy”. Paperback Library, pb, 1970. Add the colon; add setting: Paris. Leading character: CIA agent Fred Sherman. [See the Mystery*File blog for a review of this book.]   ALDERMAN, TOM Hit and Run. PB, 1976. TV movie: New Star, 1997, as Hitting Home; also released as Obsessed (scw: Douglas Bowie, Robin Spry; dir: Spry) ALEXANDER, KARL. Pseudonym of Karl Tunberg, 1944- . Born in California; professor of English and drama, playwright and screenwriter. Under this pen name, the author of two mystery novels included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. See below. Time After Time. Delacorte, hc, 1979. Panther, UK, 1980. Film: Warner Bros., 1979 (scw & dir: Nicholas Meyer). “A scientific genius named H. G. Wells (Malcolm MacDowell) stalks a criminal genius named Jack the Ripper (David Warner) across time itself.”  ALLEGRETTO, MICHAEL Night of Reunion. TV movie: Hearst, 1995, as Terror in the Shadows (scw: Matt Dorff; dir: William A Graham)   ALLEN, WOODY Death. Film: Orion, 1992, as Shadows and Fog (scw & dir: Woody Allen) ALLENDE, ISABEL Of Love and Shadows. Film: Miramax, 1994 (scw: Donald Freed; dir: Betty Kaplan) ALLERTON, MARK. Pseudonym of William Ernest Cameron, 1881-?, q.v. Under this pen name, the author of ten works of crime fiction listed in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV, with five of them indicated as being marginal. Listed in The FictionMags Index are portions of three serialized novels from early American pulp magazines, only one of which is included in the (Revised) CFIV. Add the following as new entries: The Devil's Due. Skeffington, UK, hc, 1919. Her Hidden Husband. Thomson, UK, hc, 1927. Setting: England. -In a Gilded Cage. Skeffington, UK, hc, 1919. -The Master of
Red House. Skeffington, UK, hc, 1919.
ANDERSON, JAMES.
1936-2007. Ref: CA. Add year of death. Author of 13
works of crime fiction listed in the (Revised) CFIV,
three of which are novelizations of the television series Murder, She Wrote. The
first
word in the title of each of his other 10 novels (other than
“The”) begins with the letter A. These range widely from cozy
1930s-style manor house mysteries (two highly amusing Chief Inspector
Wilkins novels) to political thrillers and police procedurals.
One of the Wilkins mysteries is shown below (Avon, pb reprint, 1983);
an additional case, The
Affair of the Thirty-Nine Cufflinks, appeared from Poisoned Pen
Press in 2003.  The Murder of Sherlock Holmes. Add: Novelization of TV movie: Universal, 1984 (scw: Richard Levinson, William Link; dir: Corey Allen). SC: Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury). [Note: This is the pilot and premiere episode of Murder, She Wrote.] ANDERSON, PATRICK The President’s Mistress. TV movie: Stephen Friedman, 1978 (scw: Tom Lazarus; dir: John Llewellyn Moxey) ARCHER, A. A. Pseudonym of Archie (Lynn) Joscelyn, 1899-1986. Better known as the author of numerous western short stories and novels over a long writing career. Other pseudonyms, as a western writer: Al Cody, Tex Holt, and Lynn Westland. Under this pen name, the author of two mystery novels listed in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV; see below. Under his own name, the author of one work of crime fiction; as Evelyn McKenna, he wrote two hardcover gothic romance novels (1966, 1976). All three are also included in CFIV. Three Men Murdered. Phoenix Press, hc, 1936. Leading character: Lt. Ripley Reeve. The Week-End Murders. Phoenix Press, hc, 1938. Add setting: US Midwest. Leading character: expert prestidigitator Squiller McGee.  -The Green Archer. Knopf, 1921; Heinemann, 1922 (4-act play.) ARKHAM, CANDACE. Pseudonym of Alice Louise Ramirez. Among other romances written under this pen name, the author of two gothic suspense novels included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. See below. Ancient Evil. Popular Library, pb, 1977. “The lure of love led her through a jungle of horror to a house of blood.” Deadly Friendship. Avon, pb, 1973. Add UK edition: Linford pb, 1991 ARMSTRONG, CHARLOTTE The Chocolate Cobweb. Film, as Merci pour le chocolat, aka Nightcap: First Run, 2000 (scw: Claude Chabrol, Caroline Eliacheff; dir: Chabrol) Mischief. TV movie: FNM, 1991, as The Sitter (scw & dir: Rick Berger)  ARTHUR, BUDD. Add: Pseudonym of Herbert Arthur, Jr., 1928- , who may have been born Herbert Arthur Shapiro, Jr. He was the son of western writer Herbert Arthur Shapiro, 1899-1975, who changed his name to Herbert Arthur. Both Burt and Budd Arthur were prolific writers of western fiction; after Budd began writing, they often wrote in collaboration. Confusing the matter of what their names were when is that their original last name was often spelled Shappiro. See Steve Holland’s blog for more information on their careers and a checklist of their western fiction, which sometimes appeared as by Cliff Campbell. There are two entries for Budd Arthur in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV, both apparently crime or gangster novels. See below. The Big Squeeze. Bouregy (Mystery House), hc, 1956. Phantom, Australia, pb, 1959. Add setting: Midwest; “Rock City.” Leading character: NYC cop David Ware. Swiftly to Evil. World Distributors, UK, pb, 1960. Setting: New York City. ATHERTON, GERTRUDE (FRANKLIN) (née HORN). 1857-1948. To the six titles presently included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV, add the story collection below: The Splendid Idle Forties. Macmillan (NYC), 1902. Text available online. Setting: California, past. Contents as follows (at least that marked * is criminous): The Bells of San Gabriel
The Conquest of Dona Jacoba The Ears of Twenty Americans The Head of a Priest The Isle of Skulls La Perdida Lukari’s Story Natalie Ivanhoff *The Pearls of Loreto A Ramble with Eulogia The Vengeance of Padre Arroyo The Washtub Mail When the Devil Was Well ATKINSON, HUGH. 1923- . Pseudonym: Hugh Geddes. Educated in Australia; living in Malta in the 1970s. Under his own name, the author of eight works of crime fiction included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV; as Geddes, one additional title. To these add the book below: Billy Two Toes’ Rainbow. Nelson (Melbourne), 1982. Setting: Australia. AUGUSTYN, BRIAN. 1954- . Add as a new author entry. Gotham by Gaslight. DC, 1989; Titan, 1989 [1889] Graphic novel. SC: Batman. A review of this book appears on the Mystery*File blog. AVERY, ROBERT (J., JR.) 1911-1983. Author of four 1940s mystery novels in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV, two with series character Joe Kelly, a writer and an amateur detective, including the book cited below. The Corpse in Company K. Swift, US, hc, 1942. Add setting: Connecticut. [The edition below is a paperback reprint.]  Bejewelled Death. TV movie: Disney, 1991, as Bejewelled (scw: Tom J. Astle; dir: Terry Marcel) BACHMAN, RICHARD. Pseudonym of Stephen King. Thinner. Film: Paramount, 1996 (scw: Michael McDowell, Tom Holland; dir: Holland) BAEN, JAMES. 1943-2006. Noted science fiction editor; co-author of one crime-related SF novel in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. BAGLEY, DESMOND The Vivero Letter. Film: York, 1998, aka Forbidden City (scw: Denne Bart Pettitderi, Arthur Sellers; dir: H. Gordon Boos) BAKER, SIDNEY J(AMES). 1912-1976. Born and educated in New Zealand; lived in Australia beginning in 1935. Better known as the author of scholarly works on Australian and New Zealand English, notably The Australian Language (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1945). The book below was listed in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV as two separate titles. They are one and the same, making this the complete corrected entry for the author. The Gig. See Time Is an Enemy. Time Is an Enemy. Mystery House, US, hc, 1958, hc. Setting: Sydney, Australia. Australian title: The Gig (Horwitz, 1960, pb). BALCHIN, NIGEL The Way Through the Wood. Film: Celador, 2005, as Separate Lies (scw & dir: Julian Fellowes) BALLARD, W(ILLIS) T(ODHUNTER). 1903-1980. Prolific author of westerns and mystery stories for the pulp magazines; subsequently turned to writing novels, including many found in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV under both his own name and many pseudonyms and house names. Note: For a complete list of the titles in which series character Bill Lennox appeared, see the Mystery*File blog. Lennox was a Hollywood trouble-shooter whose career began in the pulp magazines, primarily Black Mask. Dealing Out Death. McKay, hc, 1948. Banner, UK, ca.1958. Original Novels (Sydney, Australia), 1955. Add series character: Bill Lennox.  Complicity. Film: Carlton, 2000 (scw: Bryan Elsley; dir: Gavin Miller) -The Crow Road. TV movie [mini-series]: BBC Scotland, 1996 (scw: Bryan Elsley; dir: Gavin Miller) BARCLAY, JOHN. Pseudonym of Margaret T. Joyce. Under this pen name (none under her own), the author of two mystery thrillers listed in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. See below: The Gilchrist Case. Methuen, UK, hc, 1930. The Unknown. London Book Co., UK, hc, 1928. Add: novelization of silent film: MGM, 1927 (scw: Waldemar Young; dir: Tod Browning). [Note: The film is reportedly based without credit on the non-criminous novel K, by Mary Roberts Rinehart.]  Landscape with Corpse. Merit, UK, 1954. Add setting: New Orleans. Correction: The Merit edition cited is a hardcover, not a paperback. BARNS, GLENN M(ILLER). Born in Washington state; a practicing attorney. Author of at least seven mystery novels published between 1952 and 1968. (One British title has not yet been matched with a US title.) Correction: Private eye Jonathan Mark appears as a continuing character in two of the books, including Murder Is a Gamble, but not Murder Walks the Stairs, as was previously indicated. See below. Murder Is a Gamble. Phoenix Press, hc, 1952. Foulsham, UK, 1954. Shakespeare Head (Australia), 1953. SC: Jonathan Marks. Add setting: US Northwest.  BARRY, DAVE Big Trouble. Film: Buena Vista, 2002 (scw: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone; dir: Barry Sonnenfeld) BARRY, JOE. Pseudonym of Joe Barry Lake, 1909-1961, q.v. Add year of death. Besides eight mysteries published under this name in the 1940s and 50s, the author also wrote one novel as Donnell Carey, and one book was reprinted as by Barry Lake. Private eye Rush Henry appeared in five of the Barry books, including the one shown below (Mystery House, 1946).  The Rag Bag Clan. TV movie: Orgolini-Nelson, 1981, as A Small Killing (scw: Burt Prelutsky; dir: Steven Hilliard Stern). SC: Margaret Binton (Jean Simmons as “Margaret Lawrence”) BASSO, (JOSEPH) HAMILTON. 1904-1964. Ref: CA. Add as a new author entry. -The View from Pompey’s Head. Doubleday, 1954. Setting: South. Film: TCF, 1955 (scw & dir: Philip Dunne) BATEMAN, COLIN. 1962- . Born in Northern Ireland. Journalist turned author and screenwriter; of some 14 novels, six are included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. Additions in three of them are shown below. Cycle of Violence. Arcade, US, hc, 1996. Delete SC: Dan Starkey. Add setting: Northern Ireland. Add film: Lexington, 1998, as Crossmaheart (scw: Colin Bateman; dir: Henry Herbert). Divorcing Jack. Collins, UK, pb, 1995. Arcade, US, hc, 1995. Setting: Belfast, Northern Ireland. Add film: Scala/Mosaic, 1998 (scw: Colin Bateman; dir: David Caffrey). SC: Dan Starkey (David Thewlis)  Turbulent Priests. Collins, UK, hc, 1999. SC: Dan Starkey. Correct setting to Northern Ireland. BECKETT, SIMON. Where There’s Smoke. TV movie: Carlton, 2000 (scw: Mark Burt; dir: Richard Signy) BELLEM, ROBERT LESLIE. 1902-1968. A prolific writer for the pulps; under his own name, the author of two detective novels published during his lifetime. In recent years, many of his private eye Dan Turner pulp stories have been collected and reprinted; these are also included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. Turner, however, does not appear in the book below. Joint pseudonym with Cleve F. Adams: Franklin Charles. Bellem was also the author of Half-Past Mortem, which was published under the byline of fellow pulp writer John A. Saxon. Blue Murder. Phoenix, hc, 1938. Add setting: California. Leading character: PI Duke Pizzatello.  -The Island. Doubleday, 1979; Deutsch, 1979. Film: Universal, 1980 (scw: Peter Benchley; dir: Michael Ritchie) Welcome to Xanadu. TV movie: Brut, 1975, as Sweet Hostage (scw: Edward Hume; dir: Lee Philips) BENÉT, STEPHEN VINCENT. 1898-1943. American poet, novelist and short story writer. To the two story collections previously cited in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV, add the title indicated with an asterisk (*) below. (*) _The Bat: A Novel of the Play [by Mary Roberts Rinehart & Avery Hopwood]. Benét was the anonymous ghostwriter of this title. See the entry for Mary Roberts Rinehart for more information. Tales Before Midnight. Farrar & Rinehart, hc, 1939. William Heinemann, UK, hc, 1940. Also published as: Twenty-Five Short Stories (Part 2). Sun Dial, 1943. Short story collection, some of them criminous.  Also add: _Twenty-Five Short Stories. Sun Dial, hc, 1943. [An omnibus volume comprised of the 12 stories in Tales Before Midnight and the 13 stories in Thirteen O’Clock.] BENSON, D. R. Sherlock Holmes in New York. TV movie: TCF Television, 1976 (scw: Alvin Sapinsky; dir: Boris Sagal). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Roger Moore) [and John Huston as Professor Moriarty, Patrick Macnee as Doctor Watson]  So Little Cause for Caroline. TV movie: Fellows-Keegan, 1982, as One Shoe Makes It Murder (scw: Felix Culver; dir: William Hale) BERESFORD, HUGH. With C(edric) S(tephen) St. Brelade Seale, 1895- , q.v., co-author of one play listed in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. BERRY, ARTHUR Take Death for a Lover. NOTE: This, the only entry listed for this author in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV, is a digest-sized paperback said to have been published by Five Star in 1946. In all likelihood, the book does not exist. An online checklist of the Five Star and Vulcan paperback series by Steve Lewis discusses this title specifically. BEYER, WILLIAM GRAY. Long time member of the Philadelphia police force and the author of two mystery novels published by Mystery House in 1945-46. Better known perhaps as the author of the science fiction “Minions” novels serialized by Argosy in the late 1930s and early 1940s. His complete entry in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV is as follows Death of a Puppeteer. Mystery House, hc, 1946. Star, Australia, pb, 1955. Leading character: firearms expert Clifford Parks.   _Murder by Arrangement. Partridge, hc, 1948; Phantom (Sydney, Australia), pb, 1955. See: Eenie, Meenie, Minie – Murder! (Mystery House, 1945.) _Murder Secretary. Bart House, pb, 1946. See: Eenie, Meenie, Minie-Murder! (Mystery House, 1945). BIDDLE, COLIN. The author of one book listed in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. A Deadly Understanding. Hale, UK, hc, 1983. Add setting: Hong Kong, Thailand. BIGGERS, EARL DERR. Earl Derr Biggers Tells Ten Stories. Silent film, based on ss “Idle Hands” in this collection: United Artists, 1922, as The Ruling Passion (scw: Forrest Halsey; dir: F. Harmon Weight) BLACKBURN, JOHN The Gaunt Woman. TV movie: Universal, 1969, as Destiny of a Spy (scw: Stanford Whitmore; dir: Boris Sagal). SC: General Charles Kirk (Harry Andrews) BLAKE, ROBIN (JAMES). 1948- . The following consists of an improved attribution for the four titles below: Blake was the ghost-writer for three of them and received by-line credit for the fourth. Besides these four novels, Blake is also the author of two other crime novels included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. Trial and Retribution [as by Lynda La Plante, q.v., based on her scripts] Trial and Retribution II [as by Lynda La Plante, q.v., based on her scripts] Trial and Retribution III [as by Lynda La Plante, q.v., based on her scripts] Trial and Retribution IV. Macmillan (London), 2000. Novelization of TV series based on scripts by Lynda La Plante, q.v. TV movie [2 x 2 hour mini-series]: La Plante, 2000 (scw: Lynda La Plante; dir: Michael Whyte). SC: Det. Supt. Michael Walker (David Hayman) & Det. Insp. Pat North (Kate Buffery) BLANKFORT, MICHAEL The Widow Makers. TV movie: Universal, 1964, as See How They Run (scw: Michael Blankfort; dir: David Lowell Rich). [This is generally regarded as being the first “made for TV” movie.] BLAZER, J. S. Pseudonym of Justin (Blazer) Scott, 1942- , q.v. Other pseudonym: Alexander Cole; add new pseudonym: Paul Garrison, qq.v. Under this pen name, the author wrote two mystery novels listed in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. SC in each: Donald Bracken & James Rowland Woodward VII. See below. Deal Me Out. Bobbs-Merrill, hc, 1973. Setting: New York City. Lend a Hand. Bobbs-Merrill, hc, 1975. BLOCH, ROBERT Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master. TV movie The Dead Don’t Die, based on ss in this collection: Douglas S. Cramer, 1975 (scw: Robert Bloch; dir: Curtis Harrington) BLOCK, LAWRENCE Burglar in the Closet. Film:Warner, 1987, as Burglar (scw: Joseph Loeb III, Matthew Weisman, Hugh Wilson; dir: Wilson). SC: Bernie Rhodenbarr (Whoopi Goldberg as “Bernice ‘Bernie’ Rhodenbarr”)
Doc Savage Omnibus # 6. As by Kenneth Robeson. Bantam, pb, 1988. SC: Doc Savage • The Awful Dynasty [by Lester Dent & William G. Bogart] • na Doc Savage Nov 1940 • The Disappearing Lady [by William G. Bogart] • na Doc Savage Dec 1946 • Fire and Ice [by Lester Dent & William G. Bogart] • na Doc Savage Jul 1946 • The Magic Forest [by Lester Dent & William G. Bogart] • na Doc Savage Apr 1942 Doc Savage Omnibus #12. As by Kenneth Robeson. Bantam, pb, 1990. SC: Doc Savage • Bequest of Evil [by Lester Dent & William G. Bogart] • na Doc Savage Feb 1941 • Death in Little Houses [by Lester Dent & William G. Bogart] • na Doc Savage Oct 1946 • The Death Lady [by William G. Bogart] • na Doc Savage Feb 1947 • The Exploding Lake [by Lester Dent] • na Doc Savage Sep 1946 • Target for Death [by Lester Dent & William G. Bogart] • na Doc Savage Jan 1947 The Queen City Murder Case. Mystery House, hc, 1946. SC: Johnny Saxon. Add setting: Cincinnati.  Midwives. TV movie: Lifetime, 2001 (scw: Cynthia Saunders; dir: Glenn Jordan) BOILEAU, PIERRE (with THOMAS NARCEJAC) The Woman Who Was. TV movie: ABC, 1974, as Reflections of Murder; also released as The Woman Who Was No More (scw: Carol Sobieski; dir: John Bickham). Also: NBC, 1993, as House of Secrets (scw: Andrew Laskos; dir: Mimi Leder) BOLDREWOOD, ROLF Robbery Under Arms. TV movie: ITC, 1985 (scw: Michael Jenkins, Ken Hannam; dir: Donald Crombie) BÖLL, HEINRICH The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum. TV movie: Open Road, 1984, as The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (scw: Karl Miller; dir: Simon Langton) BORGES, JORGE LUIS Ficciones. Film, based on ss “The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero” in this collection: New Yorker, 1970, as Strategia del ragno, aka The Spider’s Stratagem (scw: Bernardo Bertolucci, Eduardo de Gregorio, Marilu Parolini; dir: Bertolucci) BOWEN, GAIL Murder at the Mendel. TV movie: Carlton America, 2000, as Love and Murder (scw: Rob Forsyth, R. B. Carney; dir: George Bloomfield). SC: Joanne Kilbourn (Wendy Crewson)  BOYUM, JOY GOULD. 1934- . Correct year of death confirmed. Joint pseudonym with Marjorie Rosen, 1942- : Evan Field, q.v. BRADBURY, RAY The Stories of Ray Bradbury. TV movie The Screaming Woman, based on ss in this collection: Universal, 1972 (scw: Merwin Gerard; dir: Jack Smight) BRADDON, M. E. Lady Audley’s Secret. TV movie: Carlton, 2000 (scw: Donald Hounam; dir: Betsan Morris Evans)
Castle Mirage. Add U.K. edition: Linford pb, 1991 BRENNAN, BILL. Add brief biographical information: At one time, a reporter for the Indianapolis Star. Author of one book listed in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV: The Faster We Live. Monarch, US, pb, 1962. Setting: Indianapolis, IN. BREWER, GIL Wild to Possess. Film: Hyperion, 2004, as 3-Way (scw: Russell P. Marleau; dir: Scott Ziehl)
Murder Makes a Marriage. Mystery House, hc, 1946. Phantom; Australia, pb, 1956. Leading character: realtor Chambliss Thorne, assisting Lt. Cragg of Homicide. Anthony Boucher, San Francisco Chronicle: “Does murder of a war correspondent involve military secrets or private emotions? [...] Agreeable enough up to a pretty muzzy conclusion.”   BROWN, J. E. Incident at 125th Street. TV movie: Quinn Martin, 1971, as Incident in San Francisco (scw: Robert Dozier; dir: Don Medford) BROWN, J(OSEPH) P(AUL) S(UMMERS). 1930- . Add as a new author entry. -Jim Kane. Dial Press, 1970. Setting: Arizona, Mexico. Film: National General, 1972, as Pocket Money (scw: John Gay, Terrence Malick; dir: Stuart Rosenberg) BROWN, JOE DAVID. 1915-1976. Addie Pray. Simon & Schuster, hc, 1971. Hodder, UK, 1972. Setting: US South; 1930s. Add: also published as Paper Moon (Signet, 1973; Coronet, UK, 1974). Film: Paramount, 1973, as Paper Moon (scw: Alvin Sargent; dir: Peter Bogdanovich)  BRUNO, ANTHONY Bad Apple. TV movie: TNT, 2004 (scw: Howard Korder; dir: Adam Bernstein). SC: Mike Tozzi (Chris Noth) and Bert Gibbons (Colm Meaney) BUCHWALD, ART(HUR). 1925- . Ref: CA. Add as a new author entry. -A Gift from the Boys. Harper, 1958; Gollancz, 1959 [It.] Film: Columbia, 1960, as Surprise Package (scw: Harry Kurnitz; dir: Stanley Donen). Note: For coverage of the author’s death with considerable reference to this title, see the Mystery*File blog. [The illustration on the jacket is by Dedini, a cartoonist often spotted in New Yorker magazine.]  Fail-Safe. TV movie: CBS, 2000 (scw: Walter Bernstein; dir: Stephen Frears) BURT, GUY. 1972- . Add as a new author entry. After the Hole. Black Swan, UK, pb, 1993. Also published as The Hole (Black Swan, UK, 2001; Ballantine, US, 2001). Setting: England, academia (an unnamed British private school). Film: Dimenson, 2001, as The Hole (scw: Ben Court, Caroline Ip; dir: Nick Hamm) . Note: This short psychologial suspense novel was written when the author was 18 years old. _The Hole. Black Swan, UK, pb, 2001. Ballantine, hc, 2001. See: After the Hole.  Cyborg. TV movie: Universal, 1973, as The Six Million Dollar Man (scw: Tom Greene, Henri Simoun; dir; Richard Irving). SC: Steve Austin (Lee Majors) CAIN, JAMES M. Double Indemnity. TV movie: ABC, 1973 (scw: Raymond Chandler, Billy Wilder, Steven Bochco; dir: Jack Smight)  The Cold Room. TV movie: Jethro Film, 1984 (scw & dir: James Dearden) CAMERON, JEREMY. A probation officer in Walthamstow for 20 years before turning to writing. It Was an Accident. Film: Pathe, 2000 (scw: Oliver Parker; dir: Metin Huseyin). SC: Nicky Burkett (Chiwetel Ejiofor). CAMERSON, WILLIAM ERNEST. 1881- ? Pseudonym: Mark Allerton, q.v. CAMPION, CYRIL (THERON). 1894-1961. Screenwriter and playwright. Besides the story collection below, the author of three mystery plays included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. Man About Town, with Simon Harvester, q.v. Rich, UK, hc, 1948. Ten untitled stories based on a radio series; add SC: Shorty the Taxi Driver. ... to here CAMUS, ALBERT The Stranger. British title: The Outsider. H. Hamilton, 1964 (Translation of “L’Etranger”. Paris, 1942.) Film: Paramount, 1967, as Lo Straniero aka The Stranger (scw: Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Georges Conchon, Emmanuel Robles, Luchino Visconti; dir: Visconti) CAPOTE, TRUMAN In Cold Blood. TV movie [mini-series]: Hallmark, 1996 (scw: Benedict Fitzgerald; dir: Jonathan Kaplan) CARTER, ANGELA The Bloody Chamber and other stories. Film The Company of Wolves, based on ss in this collection: Cannon, 1984 (scw & dir: Neil Jordan) CASTLE, JOHN. [Joint pseudonym of John William Garrod & Ronald Charles Payne.] Flight Into Danger (with Arthur Hailey). TV movie: CBS, 1971, as Terror in the Sky (scw: Elinor Karpf, Steven Karpf, Dick Nelson; dir: Bernard L. Kowalski) CAUSEY, JAMES O. 1924-2003. CHARLES, ROBERT. SC: Capt. Mark Falcon = MF. Falcon SAS: Blood River. Linford pb, 1999 MF [Borneo] Falcon SAS: Firestrike. Linford pb, 1999 MF Persons Reported. Linford pb, 2000  The Saint Goes West. Show second film as: Lux, 1960, as Le Saint mène la danse, aka The Dance of Death (scw: Albert Simonin, Jacques Nahum, Yvan Audouard; dir: Nahum) Vendetta for the Saint. [ghostwritten by science fiction writer Harry Harrison] TV movie: ITC, 1969 (scw: Harry W. Junkin, John Kruse; dir: Jim O’Connolly). SC: Simon Templar (Roger Moore).   Death Stalk. TV movie: Wolper, 1975 (scw: John W. Bloch, Stephen Kandel; dir: Robert Day) CHASE, JAMES HADLEY My Laugh Comes Last. Film: MGM, 1995, as The Set Up (scw: Michael Thoma; dir: Strathford Hamilton) CHESTERTON, G. K. TV movie, based on the Father Brown stories: Marble Arch, 1979, as Sanctuary of Fear (scw: Don M. Mankiewicz, Gordon Cotler; dir: John Llewellyn Moxey). SC: Father Brown (Barnard Hughes) CHRISTIE, AGATHA After the Funeral. TV movie [series episode]: Granada, 2005 (scw: Philomena McDonagh; dir: Maurice Phillips. SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) At Bertram’s Hotel. TV movie : BBC/PBS, 1987 (scw: Jill Hyem; dir: Mary McMurray) . SC: Miss Jane Marple (Joan Hickson) The Body in the Library. TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1984 (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: Silvio Marizzano). SC: Miss Jane Marple (Joan Hickson). Also: Granada, 2004 (scw: Kevin Elyot; dir: Andy Wilson). SC: Miss Jane Marple (Geraldine McEwan)  Cards on the Table. TV movie [series episode]: Granada, 2005 (scw: Nick Dear; dir: Sarah Harding). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) [and Zoë Wanamaker as Ariadne Oliver] A Caribbean Mystery. TV movie: Stan Margulies, 1983 (scw: Sue Grafton, Steve Humphrey; dir: Robert Michael Lewis). SC: Miss Jane Marple (Helen Hayes). Also: BBC, 1989 (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: Christopher Pitt). SC: Miss Jane Marple (Joan Hickson) Dead Man’s Folly. TV movie: CBS, 1986 (scw: Rod Browning; dir: Clive Donner). SC: Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) [and Jean Simmons as Adriadne Oliver]  Dumb Witness. [Published in the US as Poirot Loses a Client.] TV movie [series episode]: London Weekend, 1996 (scw: Douglas Wilkinson; dir: Edward Bennett). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) Evil Under the Sun. TV movie [series episode]: London Weekend, 2001 (scw: Anthony Horowitz; dir: Brian Farnham). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet)
4:50 from Paddington. [Published in the US as What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!] TV movie: BBC/A&E, 1987 (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: Martyn Friend). SC: Miss Jane Marple (Joan Hickson). Also: Granada, 2004 (scw: Stephen Churchett; dir: Andy Wilson). SC: Miss Jane Marple (Geraldine McEwan) Hercule Poirot’s Christmas. [Published in the US as Murder for Christmas.] TV movie [series episode]: London Weekend/PBS, 1994 (scw: Clive Exton; dir: Edward Bennett). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) Hickory Dickory Dock. TV movie [series episode]: London Weekend, 1995 (scw: Anthony Horowitz; dir: Andrew Grieve). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) The Hollow. TV movie [series episode]: Granada/A&E, 2004 (scw: Nick Dear; dir: Simon Langton). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) The Hound of Death and other stories. TV movie The Last Seance, based on ss in this collection: Granada, 1986 (scw: Alfred Shaughnessy; dir: June Wyndham-Davies) Lord Edgware Dies. TV movie: CBS, 1985, as Thirteen at Dinner (scw: Rod Browning; dir: Lou Antonio). SC: Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov). Also: Carnival/A&E, 2000, as Lord Edgware Dies (scw: Anthony Horowitz; dir: Brian Farnham). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) The Man in the Brown Suit. TV movie: Warner, 1989 (scw: Carla Jean Wagner; dir: Alan Grint). SC: Colonel Race (Ken Howard) The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side. TV movie: BBC/A&E, 1992, as The Mirror Crack’d (scw: T. R. Bown; dir: Norman Stone). SC: Miss Marple (Joan Hickson)  The Mystery of the Blue Train. TV movie: Granada, 2005 (scw: Guy Andrews; dir: Hettie MacDonald). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet The Murder at the Vicarage. TV movie: BBC/A&E, 1986 (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: Julian Amyes). Also: ITV, 2004 (scw: Stephen Churchett; dir: Charles Palmer). SC: Miss Marple (Joan Hickson) Murder in Mesopotamia. TV movie [series episode]: A&E, 2001 (scw: Clive Exton; dir: Tom Clegg). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet)  Murder Is Easy. TV movie: CBS, 1982 (scw: Carmen Culver; dir: Claude Whatham) 
 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. TV movie [series episode]: BBC, 2000 (scw: Clive Exton; dir: Andrew Grieve). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) Murder on the Links. TV movie [series episode]: London Weekend Television,1995 (scw: Anthony Horowitz; dir: Andrew Grieve). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) Murder on the Orient Express. TV movie: MediaVest, 2001 (scw: Stephen Harrigan; dir: Carl Schenkel). SC: Hercule Poirot (Alfred Molina) The Mysterious Affair at Styles. TV movie [series episode]: London Weekend/A&E/PBS, 1990 (scw: Clive Exton; dir: Ross Devenish). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet)
Nemesis. TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1987 (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: David Tucker). SC: Miss Marple (Joan Hickson) The Pale Horse. TV movie: A&E, 1997 (scw: Alma Cullen; dir: Charles Beeson) Peril at End House. TV movie [series episode]: London Weekend Television,1990 (scw: Clive Exton; dir: Renny Rye). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) A Pocket Full of Rye. TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1985 (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: Guy Slater). SC: Miss Marple (Joan Hickson)  Sad Cypress. TV movie [series episode]: London Weekend Television, 2003 (scw & dir: Dave Moore). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) The Secret Adversary. TV movie: London Weekend/PBS, 1982 (scw: Pat Sandys; dir: Tony Wharmby). SC: Tuppence & Tommy (Francesca Annis & James Warwick) The Seven Dials Mystery. TV movie: London Weekend Television, 1982 (scw: Pat Sandys; dir: Tony Wharmby). SC: Supt. Battle (Harry Andrews) The Sittaford Mystery. [Published in the US as Murder at Hazelmoor.] TV movie: Granada, 2006 (scw: Stephen Churchett; dir: Paul Unwin). SC: Miss Jane Marple (Geraldine McEwan). [Miss Marple did not appear in the book version. The film version seems to have been universally panned.] Sleeping Murder. TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1987 (scw: Kenneth Taylor; dir: John Davies) SC: Miss Jane Marple (Joan Hickson). Also: Granada, 2005 (scw: Stephen Churchett; dir: Ed Hall). SC: Miss Jane Marple (Geraldine McEwan) Sparkling Cyanide. TV movie: CBS, 1983 (scw: Sue Grafton, Steve Humphrey, Robert Malcolm Young; dir: Robert Lewis). Also: ITV, 2003 (scw: Laura Lamson; dir: Tristam Powell). SC: Colonel Race (Oliver Ford Davies, as “Col. Geoffrey Reece”).   Taken at the Flood. TV movie: Granada, 2006 (scw: Guy Andrews; dir: Andy Wilson). SC: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) They Do It with Mirrors. TV movie: CBS, 1985, as Murder with Mirrors (scw: George Eckstein; dir: Dick Lowry). SC: Miss Marple (Helen Hayes). Also: BBC/A&E, 1991, as They Do It with Mirrors (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: Norman Stone). SC: Miss Marple (Joan Hickson)  Three-Act Tragedy. TV movie: CBS, 1986, as Murder in Three Acts (scw: Scott Swanton; dir: Gary Nelson). SC: Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? TV movie: London Weekend, 1980 (scw: Pat Sandys; dir: John Davies, Tony Wharmby) The Witness for the Prosecution. TV movie: CBS, 1982 (scw: Billy Wilder, Harry Kurnitz, Lawrence B. Marcus; dir: Alan Gibson) CHRISTMAN, ELIZABETH. 1914- . Ref: CA. -A Nice Italian Girl. Dodd, 1976. TV movie: Brut Productions, 1977, as Black Market Baby (scw: Andrew Peter Marin; dir: Robert Day) CLANCY, TOM The Sum of All Fears. Film: Paramount, 2002 (scw: Paul Attanasio, Daniel Pyne; dir: Phil Alden Robinson). SC: Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) CLARK, MARY HIGGINS All Around the Town. TV movie: PAX, 2002 (scw: Peter Mohan; dir: Paolo Barzman) The Anastasia Syndrome and other stories. TV movie Lucky Day, based on ss in this collection: PAX, 2002 (scw: Peter Mohan; dir: Penelope Buitenhuis) Before I Say Goodbye. TV movie: PAX, 2003 (scw: Jon Cooksey, Ali Marie Matheson, John Benjamin Martin; dir: Michael Storey) The Cradle Will Fall. TV movie: Cates Films, 1983 (scw: Jerome Coopersmith; dir: John Llewellyn Moxey) A Cry in the Night. TV movie: Telescene, 1992 (scw & dir: Robin Spry) I’ll Be Seeing You. TV movie: PAX, 2004 (scw: John Benjamin Martin; dir: Will Dixon). [No writing credit given to Mary Higgins Clark.] Let Me Call You Sweetheart. TV movie: Family Channel, 1997 (scw: Christopher Lofton; dir: Bill Corcoran) Loves Music, Loves to Dance. TV movie: PAX, 2001 (scw: Peter Mohan; dir: Mario Azzopardi) Moonlight Becomes You. TV movie: Family Channel, 1998 (scw: David Kinghorn; dir: Bill Corcoran) My Gal Sunday. TV movie A Crime of Passion, based on ss in this collection: PAX, 2003 (scw: John Benjamin Martin, Carl Binder; dir; Charles Wilkinson) Pretend You Don’t See Her. TV movie: PAX, 2002 (scw: Donald Hounam; dir: Rene Bonniere) Stillwatch. TV movie: CBS, 1987 (scw: Laird Koenig, David E. Peckinpah; dir: Rod Holcomb) We’ll Meet Again. TV movie: PAX, 2002 (scw: Michael Thoma, John Benjamin Martin; dir: Michael Storey) Weep No More, My Lady. TV movie: CBS, 1992 (scw: Michel Andrieu, Leila Basen, Robert Levine; dir: Andrieu) While My Pretty One Sleeps. TV movie: Hallmark/Family Channel, 1997 (scw: David Kinghorn; dir: Jorge Montesi) You Belong to Me. TV movie: PAX, 2001 (scw: Irina Diether; dir: Paolo Barzman) CLEWS, ALAN A Child of Air. Headline, 1995 [Scot.] COEN, FRANKLIN -Vinegar Hill. Rinehart, 1950 [South] TV movie: Art & Anne, 1995, as Deadly Family Secrets (scw: Brian Taggert; dir: Richard T.Heffron) COFFEY, BRIAN Pseudonym of Dean R. Koontz. The Face of Fear. TV movie: CBS, 1990 (scw: Dean R. Koontz, Alan Jay Glueckman; dir: Farhad Mann) COLE, MARTINA The Jump. TV movie: BBC, 1998 (scw: Martina Cole; dir: Richard Standeven) COLLINS, JACKIE Chances. Partial basis for TV movie [mini-series]: NBC, 1990, as Lucky/Chances (scw: Jackie Collins; dir: Buzz Kulik). SC: Lucky Santangelo (Nicollette Sheridan), Gino Santangelo (Vincent Irizarry) Lucky. Simon, hc, 1985 [Santangelo family; Las Vegas, NV] Collins, hc, 1985. Partial basis for TV movie [mini-series]: NBC, 1990, as Lucky/Chances (scw: Jackie Collins; dir: Buzz Kulik). SC: Lucky Santangelo (Nicollette Sheridan), Gino Santangelo (Vincent Irizarry) COLLINS, MAX ALLAN The Road to Perdition. Film: Dreamworks, 2002 (scw: David Self; dir: Sam Mendes)  COLLINS, WILKIE Basil. Film: Kushner-Locke, 1998 (scw & dir: Radha Bharadwaj) The Moonstone. TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1996 (scw: Kevin Elyot; dir: Robert Bierman) The Woman in White. TV movie [series episode/Dow Hour of Great Mysteries]: NBC, 1960 (scw: Frank Ford; dir: Paul Nickell) CONDON, RICHARD The Manchurian Candidate. Film: Paramount, 2004 (scw: George Axelrod; dir: Jonathan Demme)  Blood Work. Film: Warner, 2002 (scw: Brian Helgeland; dir: Clint Eastwood) CONRAD, JOSEPH The Secret Agent. TV movie [mini-series]: BBC, 1967 (scw: Alexander Baron; dir: Gerald Blake). Also: BBC, 1992 (scw: Dusty Hughes; dir: David Drury) -Victory. Doubleday, 1915; Methuen, 1915. Silent film: Paramount, 1919 (scw: Jules Furthman; dir: Maurice Tourneur). Sound film: Paramount, 1930, as Dangerous Paradise (scw: William Slavens McNutt, Grover Jones; dir: William A. Wellman). Also: Paramount, 1940 (scw: John L. Balderston; dir: John Cromwell). Also: Miramax, 1995 (scw & dir: Mark Peploe) CONYERS, (MINNIE) DOROTHEA (née BLOOD-SMYTH). 1863-1949. Born in Limerick, Ireland; married Lt. Conyers, who was killed in 1915, then remarried Captain White. Author of more than forty sporting novels and collections. Of these, seven of a criminous nature are included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. Add the following: Kicking Foxes. Hutchinson, UK, hc, 1947. Setting: England. A novel of the “changing fortunes of a lady in the Leicestershire hunting set.” COOK, KENNETH Wake in Fright. Film also released as: Wake in Fright. COOK, ROBIN Acceptable Risk. TV movie: TBS, 2001 (scw: Michael J. Murray; dir: William A. Graham) Harmful Intent. TV movie: David Schneider, 1993 (scw: James Steven Sadwith; dir: John Patterson) Mortal Fear. TV movie: ACI, 1994 (scw: Rob Gilber, Roger Young; dir: Larry Shaw) Outbreak. TV movie: NBC, 1995, as Virus; also released as Formula for Death (scw: Roger Young; dir: Armand Mastroianna) Terminal. TV movie: NBC, 1996 (scw: Nancy Isaak; dir: Larry Elikann) CORBY, JANE Peril at Stone Hall. Add U.K. edition: Linford pb, 1993 CORNWELL, BERNARD. This was his birth name; as an infant he became Bernard Wiggins when adopted by the Wiggins family, but legally changed his name back to Bernard Cornwell when Joseph Wiggins died. COUGHLIN, WILLIAM Shadow of a Doubt. TV movie: Scripps-Howard, 1995 (scw & dir: Brian Dennehy). SC: Charlie Sloan (Brian Dennehy) COURTENAY, BRYCE -Jessica. [ca.1914] TV movie: Umbrella, 2004 (scw: Peter Yeldham; dir: Peter Andrikidis) CRAIG, JOHN If You Want to See Your Wife Again. TV movie: Brentwood, 1972, as Your Money or Your Wife (scw: J. P. Miller; dir: Allen Reisner) CRANE, CAROLINE Summer Girl. TV movie: Bruce Lansbury, 1983 (scw: A. J. Carothers; dir: Robert Michael Lewis) CREEKMORE, DONNA The Silver Shroud. Add U.K. edition: Linford pb, 1991 CROSS, NEIL Mr. In-Between. Film: Verve, 2001 (scw: Peter Waddington; dir: Paul Sarossy) CUNNINGHAM, E. V. [Pseudonym of Howard Fast] Sally. TV movie: CBS, 1971, as The Face of Fear (scw: Edward Hume; dir: George McCowan) Shirley. TV movie: ABC, 1971, as What’s a Nice Girl Like You...? (scw: Howard Fast; dir: Jerry Paris) CURTISS, URSULA Out of the Dark. TV movie: CBS, 1988, as I Saw What You Did ... and I Know Who You Are! (scw: Cynthia Cidre; dir: Fred Walton)  Sahara. Film: Paramount, 2005 (scw: Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, John C. Richards, James V. Hart; dir: Breck Eisner). SC: Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey)  To Kill a Cop. TV movie: David Gerber, 1978 (scw: Ernest Tidyman; dir: Gary Nelson) DANIELS, HAROLD R. House on Greenapple Road. TV movie: Quinn Martin, 1970 (scw: George Eckstein; dir: Robert Day) DAVIS, ELIZABETH There Was an Old Woman. TV movie: Mark Carliner, 1971, as Revenge (scw: Joseph Stefano; dir; Jud Taylor) DEAL, BABS The Walls Came Tumbling Down. TV movie: Whittman, 1979, as Friendships, Secrets, and Lies (scw: Joanna Crawford; dir: Ann Zane Shanks, Marlena Laird). [Note: Filmed and produced with an all female cast, with only one male cinematographer in the crew.] DEFOE, DANIEL The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders. Film: MGM, 1996, as Moll Flanders (scw & dir: Pen Densham). TV movie: BBC, 1975, as Moll Flanders (scw: Hugh Whitemore; dir: Donald McWhinnie). Also: ITV/PBS, 1996, as The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: David Attwood) DELMAN, DAVID. TV movie, based on unidentified novel: Lorimar, 1975, as Conspiracy of Terror (scw: Howard Rodman; dir: John Llewellyn Moxey). SC: Lt. Jacob Horowitz (Michael Constantine) [and Barbara Rhoades as Helen Horowitz]. [Note: Here from imdb.com is a brief plot summary of the film above. If you can match the storyline with the book, please let us know: A husband-and-wife detective team investigate the existence of satanic cults involved in murder, while the husband battles with his Orthodox Jewish parents who haven’t forgiven him for marrying a non-Jewish woman. Delman’s books published in 1975 and before are: Sudden Death, A Week to Kill, He Who Digs a Grave, and One Man’s Murder.] DE MILLE, NELSON Word of Honor. TV movie: Turner, 2003 (scw: Jacob Epstein, Leslie Greif, Jean-Yves Pitoun, Tom Topper; dir: Robert Markowitz) DENIS, JOHN Joint pseudonym of John Edwards & Denis Frost. Add SC: Mike Graham to both titles. Both novels were based on story outlines by Alistair MacLean, q.v. Alistair MacLean’s Air Force One Is Down. Alistair MacLean’s Hostage Tower. TV movie: Jerry Leider, 1980, as The Hostage Tower (scw: Robert Carrington; dir: Claudio Guzman). SC: Mike Graham (Peter Fonda) [and Maud Adams as Sabrina Carver]. [Note: Story credit for the film given to Alistair MacLean.] DEVINE, D(avid) M(cDonald) Also wrote mystery fiction as Dominic Devine. The Fifth Cord. Film: Scotia American, 1971, as Giornata nera per l’ariete aka The Fifth Cord ; also released as The Evil Fingers (scw: Luigi Bazzoni, Mario di Nardo, Mario Fanelli; dir: Bazzoni) DEWEY, THOMAS B. Pseudonym: Cord Wainer, q.v. DEXTER, COLIN The Daughters of Cain. TV movie [series episode]: Carlton, 1966 (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Herbert Wise). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) The Dead of Jericho. TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/PBS, 1987 (scw: Anthony Minghella; dir: Alastair Reed). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) Death Is Now My Neighbour. TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/PBS, 1997 (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Charles Beeson). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) The Jewel That Was Ours. TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/ITV/PBS, 1987, as The Wolvercote Tongue (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Alastair Reid). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) The Last Bus to Woodstock. TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1988 (scw: Michael Wilcox; dir: Peter Duffell). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) Last Seen Wearing. TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1988 (scw: Michael Wilcox; dir: Peter Duffell). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)  The Riddle of the Third Mile. TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/PBS, 1989, as The Last Enemy (scw: Peter Buckman; dir: James Scott). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) Service of All the Dead. TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1987 (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Peter Hammond). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn. TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1987 (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Brian Parker). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) The Way through the Woods. TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1995 (scw: Russell Lewis; dir: John Madden). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) The Wench Is Dead. TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 2002 (scw: Malcolm Bradbury; dir: Robert Knights). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) DIBDIN, MICHAEL Dirty Tricks. TV movie: Carlton, 2000 (scw: Nigel Williams; dir: Paul Seed) DICKENS, CHARLES Bleak House. TV movie [mini-series]: BBC/PBS, 1985 (scw: Arthur Hopcraft; dir: Ross Devenish). Also [15-part series]: BBC, 2005 (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: Justin Chadwick, Susanna White)  DISNEY, DORIS MILES Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate. TV movie: Lee Rich, 1971 (scw: John D. F. Black; dir: Ted Post) Night of Clear Choice. TV movie: Paramount Television, 1977, as Yesterday’s Child (scw: Michael Gleason; dir: Bob Rosenbaum, Corey Allen) Only Couples Need Apply. TV movie: Metromedia, 1974, as Betrayal (scw: James M. Miller; dir: Gordon Hessler) DOBBS, MICHAEL The Final Cut. TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1995 (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: Mike Vardy). SC: Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson) House of Cards. TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1990 (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: Paul Seed). SC: Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson) DOSTOEVSKII, FEDOR MIKHAILOVICH Crime and Punishment. Film: New Cannon, 2002 (scw & dir: Menahem Golen). TV movie [3-part mini-series]: BBC/PBS, 1979 (scw: Jack Pulman; dir: Michael Darlow). Also [2-part series] NBC/Hallmark, 1998 (scw: David Stevens; dir: Joseph Sargent). Also [2-part series]: BBC, 2002 (scw: Tony Marchant; dir: Julian Jarrold) DOYLE, A. CONAN Adventures of Gerard. Film: United Artists, 1970 (scw: H. A. L. Craig, Gene Gutowski, Jerzy Skolimowski; dir: Skolimowski). SC: Gerard (Peter McEnery) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. TV movie, based on ss “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor” in this collection [series episode]: Granada/A&E, 1993, as The Eligible Bachelor (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: Peter Hammond). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson]. TV movie, based on ss “A Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans” from His Last Bow, as The Royal Scandal: Hallmark, 2001 (scw: Joe Weisenfeld; dir: Rodney Gibbons). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Matt Frewer) [and Kenneth Welsh as Dr. John Watson]. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. TV movie, based on ss “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire” in this collection [series episode]: Granada/A&E, 1993, as The Last Vampyre (scw: Jeremy Paul; dir: Tim Sullivan). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson]. [Note: The copy shown below is the first “cheaper” edition, John Murray, London, 1929.]  The Hound of the Baskervilles. TV movie: ABC, 1972 (scw: Robert E. Thompson; dir: Barry Crane). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Stewart Granger) [and Bernard Fox as Dr. Watson]. Also [4-part mini-series]: BBC, 1982 (scw: Alexander Baron; dir: Peter Duguid). SC: Sherlcok Holmes (Tom Baker) [and Terence Rigby as Doctor Watson]. Also: Lorindy/Mapleton, 1983 (scw: Charles Edward Pogue; dir: Douglas Hickox). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) [and Donald Churchill as Dr. John Watson]. Also [series episode]: Granada/PBS, 1988 (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: Brian Mills). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson]. Also: Canadian Television, 2000 (scw: Joe Wiesenthal; dir: Rodney Gibbons). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Matt Frewer) [and Kenneth Welsh as Dr. John Watson]. Also: BBC/PBS, 2002 (scw: Allan Cubitt; dir: David Attwood). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Richard Roxburgh) [and Ian Hart as Dr. John Watson] The Return of Sherlock Holmes. TV movie, based on ss “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton” in this collection [series episode]: Granada/PBS, 1992, as The Master Blackmailer (scw: Jeremy |
