Cool Hand Luke. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1965 book
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Cool Hand Luke
Donn Pearce, 1965
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Stuart Rosenberg, 1967

In early 1950s Florida, decorated war veteran Lucas Jackson is arrested for cutting parking meters off their poles one drunken night. Carr the floorwalker tells the rules to the new set of prisoners. Luke refuses to observe the established pecking order among the prisoners and quickly runs afoul of the prisoners’ leader, Dragline.


The Dirty Dozen. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1965 book
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The Dirty Dozen
E.M. Nathanson, 1965
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Robert Aldrich, 1967

In March 1944, OSS officer Major John Reisman is ordered by the commander of ADSEC in Great Britain, Major General Sam Worden, to undertake Project Amnesty: During their training the prisoners are psychoanalyzed by Captain Kinder who warns Reisman that they would all quite likely kill him if given the chance; and rapist/killer Maggott is by far the most dangerous.


The Flight of the Phoenix. Poster of the 1965 movie and cover of the 1964 book
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The Flight of the Phoenix
Elleston Trevor, 1964
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Robert Aldrich, 1965

When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down. However, on their way to Beijing, a major dust storm forces them to crash their C-119 Flying Boxcar in an uncharted area of the desert. Survivors work together to build a new plane.


Death on the Nile. Poster of the 1978 movie and cover of the 1937 book
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Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie, 1937
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John Guillermin, 1978

The peace and tranquility that was temporarily existent on the S.S. Karnak is destroyed after one of the passengers is found murdered. Renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is entrusted with the important task of identifying which one of the passengers is the killer before they strike again.


The Eiger Sanction. Poster of the 1975 movie and cover of the 1972 book
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The Eiger Sanction
Trevanian, 1972
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Clint Eastwood, 1975

Art professor and mountaineer Jonathan Hemlock is a retired government assassin called on to return to work for two more sanctions, a euphemism for officially approved killings. During his career with a secret government agency called C2, Hemlock amassed a private collection of 21 rare masterpiece paintings, paid for from his previous sanctions.


Creepshow 2. Poster of the 1987 movie and cover of the 1982 comic book, Creepshow
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Creepshow
Stephen King, 1982
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Michael Gornick, 1987

Three bone-chilling tales. In the first, a wooden statue of a Native American comes to life…to exact vengeance on the murderer of his elderly owners. In the second, four teens are stranded on a raft on a lake with a blob that is hungry. And in the third, a hit and run woman is terrorized by the hitchhiker she accidentally killed…or did she really kill him?


The Silent Twins. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1986 book
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The Silent Twins
Marjorie Wallace, 1986
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Agnieszka Smoczynska, 2022

The eerie story of twin sisters who were entirely silent, communicating only to each other as children. As teenagers, they became obsessed with writing fiction, then with teenage boys, and finally, with crime.


Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1951 comic book, Dennis the Menace
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Dennis the Menace
Hank Ketcham, 1951
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Charles T. Kanganis, 1998

Some years after the previous film, Dennis Mitchell is worse than ever. At the beginning of the film, he goes over to the house of George Wilson to offer him some pets as gifts for his birthday. They include frogs, lizards, snakes, insects, tarantulas, scorpions, mice, exotic mammals, and even a baby alligator.