1981 Movies Based on Books

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1981 Movies Based On Books List

Movie Title	Book Title	Author
Amateur, The	Amateur, The	Robert Littell
Beyond the Reef	Ti-Coyo and His Shark	Clement Richer
Butterfly	Butterfly	James M. Cain
Chanel Solitaire	Chanel Solitaire	Claude Delay
Chosen, The	Chosen, The	Chaim Potok
Condorman	Game of X, The	Robert Sheckley
Cutter's Way	Cutter and Bone	Newton Thornburg
Dirty Tricks	Glendower Legacy, The	Thomas Gifford
Diva	Diva	Daniel Odier
Endless Love	Endless Love	Scott Spencer
Excalibur	Morte d'Arthur	Thomas Mallory
Eye of the Needle	Eye of the Needle	Ken Follet
Fan, The	Fan, The	Bob Randall
French Lieutenant's Woman, The	French Lieutenant's Woman, The	John Fowles
Ghost Story	Ghost Story	Peter Straub
Hand, The	Hand, The	Marc Brandel
Incredible Shrinking Woman, The	Incredible Shrinking Man, The	Richard Matheson
Incubus, The	Incubus, The	Ray Russell
Midnight	Midnight	John Russo
Mommie Dearest	Mommie Dearest	Cristina Crawford
Neighbors	Neighbors	Thomas Berger
Postman Always Rings Twice, The	Postman Always Rings Twice, The	James M. Cain
Prince of the City	Prince of the City	Robert Daley
Puberty Blues	Puberty Blues	Gabrielle Carey
Quartet	Quartet	Jean Rhys
Sharky's Machine	Sharky's Machine	William Diehl
Some Kind of Hero	Some Kind of Hero	James Kirkwood
Sphinx	Sphinx	Robin Cook
Taps	Father Sky	Devery Freeman
Thief	Home Invaders, The: Confessions of a Cat Burglar	Frank Hohimer
True Confessions	True Confessions	John Gregory Dunne
Wolfen	Wolfen	Whitley Strieber

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
~Martin Farquhar Tupper

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