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All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by George Seaton

George Seaton is known for adapting Beware of the Dog, the book by Roald Dahl published in 2014, for cinema.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Miracle on 34th Street. Poster of the 1947 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Miracle on 34th Street
Valentine Davies, 1947
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Miracle on 34th Street
George Seaton, 1947

Kris Kringle is indignant to find that the man assigned to play Santa in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is intoxicated. He does so well he is hired to play Santa at Macy’s flagship New York City store on 34th Street. Ignoring instructions from toy department head Julian Shellhammer to recommend overstocked items to undecided shoppers, Kris directs one woman to another store to fulfill her son’s Christmas request.

36 Hours. Poster of the 1964 movie and cover of the 1944 book, Beware of the Dog
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Beware of the Dog
Roald Dahl, 1944
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36 Hours
George Seaton, 1964

Having attended General Eisenhower’s final briefing on the Normandy landings, U.S. Army Major Jeff Pike is sent to Lisbon on June 1, 1944, to meet an informant to confirm that the Nazis still expect the invasion at the Pas de Calais. He is abducted and transported to Germany.