The big screen, for all its grandiosity, doesn’t always capture the spirit of a great book. But with the right combo of writers, directors and actors — magic. Some stellar examples:
- The Maltese Falcon (author, Dashiell Hammett, 1930; director, John Huston, 1941)
- The Grapes of Wrath (author, John Steinbeck, 1939; director, John Ford, 1940)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (author, Harper Lee, 1960; director, Robert Mulligan, 1962)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (author, Ken Kesey, 1962; director, Milos Forman, 1975)
- In Cold Blood (Truman Capote, 1966; Richard Brooks, 1967)
