Serpico. Poster of the 1973 movie and cover of the 1973 book
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Serpico
Peter Maas, 1973
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Sidney Lumet, 1973

In 1971, NYPD Officer Frank Serpico is rushed to the hospital, having been shot in the face. Years earlier, Frank graduates from the police academy and becomes frustrated with his fellow officers’ laxness. Frank breaks protocol to arrest the suspect himself, but is coerced not to take credit.


The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Poster of the 1968 movie and cover of the 1940 book
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers, 1940
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Robert Ellis Miller, 1968

Despite his desire to express the beauty and dignity within him, John Singer is forced to rely on a card to communicate. It reads: “I am a deaf-mute. I read lips.” When he relocates to a quiet Southern town to be close to his friend, who is hospitalized and brain-damaged, Singer’s benevolent nature without words attracts other individuals who are physically and emotionally broken.


Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident. Poster of the 1976 movie and cover of the 1970 book, Operation Overflight
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Operation Overflight
Francis Gary Powers, 1970
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Delbert Mann, 1976

The story of Francis Gary Powers, a C.I.A. pilot who flew U-2 reconnaissance missions, was shot down while on a spying mission over Russia, taken into custody, and incarcerated.