The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Poster of the 1962 movie and cover of the 1953 book
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Dorothy M. Johnson, 1953
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John Ford, 1962

Senator Ranse Stoddard and his wife Hallie arrive in Shinbone, a frontier town in an unnamed western state, to attend the funeral of Tom Doniphon. Upon entering the territory as a young attorney, Ranse is beaten and robbed by Liberty Valance and his gang. Tom is the only man who stands up to Valance, stating that force is all Valance understands.


The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Poster of the 1962 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
James Warner Bellah, 1962
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John Ford, 1962

Senator Ranse Stoddard and his wife Hallie arrive in Shinbone, a frontier town in an unnamed western state, to attend the funeral of Tom Doniphon. Upon entering the territory as a young attorney, Ranse is beaten and robbed by Liberty Valance and his gang. Tom is the only man who stands up to Valance, stating that force is all Valance understands.


The Grapes of Wrath. Poster of the 1940 movie and cover of the 1939 book
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The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck, 1939
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John Ford, 1940

The film opens with Tom Joad, released from prison and hitchhiking his way back to his parents’ family farm in Oklahoma. Casy was the preacher who baptized Tom, but now Casy has ‘lost the spirit’ and his faith. A local boy, hired for the purpose, is shown knocking down Muley’s house with a Caterpillar tractor. They pack everything into a dilapidated 1926 Hudson ‘Super Six’ sedan adapted to serve as a truck in order to make the long journey to the promised land of California.


Stagecoach. Poster of the 1939 movie and cover of the 1937 book, Stage to Lordsburg
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Stage to Lordsburg
Ernest Haycox, 1937
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John Ford, 1939

In June 1880, a group of strangers boards the stagecoach from Tonto, Arizona Territory, to Lordsburg, New Mexico. pregnant Lucy Mallory, who is travelling to join her cavalry officer husband; When the stage driver, Buck, looks for his shotgun guard, Marshal Curley Wilcox tells him that the guard is off searching for a fugitive.


Stagecoach. Poster of the 1939 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Stagecoach
Robert W. Krepps, 1966
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John Ford, 1939

In June 1880, a group of strangers boards the stagecoach from Tonto, Arizona Territory, to Lordsburg, New Mexico. pregnant Lucy Mallory, who is travelling to join her cavalry officer husband; When the stage driver, Buck, looks for his shotgun guard, Marshal Curley Wilcox tells him that the guard is off searching for a fugitive.


The Invisible Man. Poster of the 1933 movie and cover of the 1897 book
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The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells, 1897
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James Whale, 1933

On a snowy night, a stranger, his face swathed in bandages and his eyes obscured by dark goggles, takes a room at The Lion’s Head Inn in the English village of Iping in Sussex. Later, the innkeeper, Mr. Hall, is sent by his wife to evict the stranger after the stranger has made a huge mess in his room while doing research and has fallen behind in his rent.


The Secret of NIMH. Poster of the 1982 movie and cover of the 1971 book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert C. O'Brien, 1971
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Don Bluth, 1982

Mrs. Brisby, a widowed field mouse, lives in a cinder block with her children in a field on the Fitzgibbons’ farm. She prepares to move her family out of the field as plowing time approaches, but her son Timothy has fallen ill. She visits Mr. Ages, a friend of her late husband, Jonathan. Mr. Ages diagnoses Timothy with pneumonia, provides her with medicine, and warns her that Timothy must stay inside for at least three weeks or he will die.


Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* But Were Afraid to Ask. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1969 book, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex*
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex*
David Reuben, 1969
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Woody Allen, 1972

A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.


The Howling. Poster of the 1981 movie and cover of the 1977 book
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The Howling
Gary Brandner, 1977
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Joe Dante, 1981

Karen White is a Los Angeles television news anchor who is being stalked by a serial murderer named Eddie Quist. In cooperation with the police, she takes part in a scheme to capture Eddie by agreeing to meet him in a sleazy porno theater. After a near deadly encounter with the serial killer, Karen is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.


Boxcar Bertha. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1937 book, Sister of The Road
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Sister of The Road
Ben L. Reitman, 1937
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Martin Scorsese, 1972

The film narrates the tale of Boxcar Bertha Thompson and ‘Big’ Bill Shelly, a pair of train robbers deeply in love, whose lives become intertwined with the struggles of railroad workers in the Southern United States. However, their lives take a dramatic turn when Bertha is accused of being involved in the murder of a wealthy gambler, forcing them to become fugitives on the run from the law.


The Killer Inside Me. Poster of the 1976 movie and cover of the 1952 book
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The Killer Inside Me
Jim Thompson, 1952
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Burt Kennedy, 1976

Beneath his likable exterior, Lou Ford, the sheriff of a small Texas town, is a sadistic sociopath with violent sexual tastes. When Lou gets involved with a local prostitute’s blackmail schemes, the carefully crafted facade he maintains begins to unravel into a killing spree.


Golden Rendezvous. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the 1962 book, The Golden Rendezvous
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The Golden Rendezvous
Alistair MacLean, 1962
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Ashley Lazarus, Freddie Francis, 1977

The Caribbean Star, a combination cargo ship and floating casino is hijacked by terrorists led by Luis Carreras, who installs an atomic bomb, holding both the passengers and the bomb hostage, hoping to exchange them for the gold bullion on a U.S. Treasury ship. However, First Officer John Carter, Susan Beresford, and Dr. Marston join forces to foil the plan.