Mutiny on the Bounty. Poster of the 1935 movie and cover of the 1932 book
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Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Bernard Nordhoff, James Norman Hall, 1932
movie vs book
Frank Lloyd, 1935

One night in Portsmouth, England in 1787, a press gang breaks into a local tavern and presses all of the men drinking there into naval service. One of the men enquires as to what ship they will sail on, and the press gang leader informs him that it is HMS Bounty.


Command Decision. Poster of the 1948 movie and cover of the 1947 book
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Command Decision
William Wister Haines, 1947
movie vs book
Sam Wood, 1948

Army generals grapple with the dilemma of whether to prioritize the bombing of German factories manufacturing new jet fighters, despite the anticipated significant casualties that the mission would incur.