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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring George Macready, ranked
George Macready appears in several titles adapted from the pages of books and comic books to the screen, such as Paths of Glory or The Big Clock.
Here, we offer a ranked list, from best to worst, of 2 movies and TV series based on existing source material where George Macready appears. Revisit old favorites or discover hidden gems, whether books or film productions. We invite you to watch, read, and vote for any title, joining the debate of whether the book or the movie is better.
Paths of Glory
Humphrey Cobb, 1935
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Stanley Kubrick, 1957
The film begins with a voiceover describing the trench warfare situation of World War I up to 1916. Mireau leaves the detailed planning of the attack to Colonel Dax of the 701st regiment, despite Dax’s protests that the only result of the attack will be to weaken the French Army with heavy losses for no benefit.
The Big Clock
Kenneth Fearing, 1946
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John Farrow, 1948
George Stroud, a crime magazine’s crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.