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Most of the books written by Alistair MacLean are fiction, but he would do a lot of research and take a lot of time to make the settings very true-to-reality (well, for most of his books, at least). Several of his novels were turned into movies, although in my opinion almost none of the movies are as good as the original novels. In some cases the movie is almost unrecognizable from the original book, but usually the movie version just leaves out some important details. Most of the movies are pretty good in their own right, it's just that they seem a step down from whatever book they were based on. In any case, by being movies they are probably more well-known than the rest of his books which were not made into movies. So, here is a list of some of his books which were turned into notable movies, and which are therefore more likely to be titles that you would have heard of: The Guns of Navarone - Gregory Peck, David Niven, Athony Quinn Force 10 from Navarone - Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Barbara Bach Breakheart Pass - Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland Where Eagles Dare - Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood Ice Station Zebra - Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan When Eight Bells Toll - Anthony Hopkins, Robert Morley Fear Is the Key - Barry Newman, Ben Kingsley That last movie is actually pretty obscure, but of all the books he has written, "Fear is the Key" is my favorite. The movie version of that novel was released in the early 1970's, but I was not able to track it down until sometime around 2002. That movie version does a pretty good job of sticking to the original story, but it is still not as good as the book. |
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