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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring John Franklin
John Franklin appears in Children of the Corn, the film adaptation of the book by Stephen King Children of the Corn, first published in 1977.
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Children of the Corn
Stephen King, 1977
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Fritz Kiersch, 1984
Young lovers on a cross-country trip stop in a small Nebraska community and make a shocking discovery. One day, three years prior to the couples’ arrival, the town’s children killed all of the grown-ups at the apparent behest of a demon simply dubbed “He Who Walks Behind the Rows.”
Children of the Corn
Stephen King, 1977
movie vs book
Kari Skogland, 1999
Hannah, the first child born of the original Gatlin corn cult, visits the town of Gatlin to find her real mother. On the way, she picks up a street preacher by the name of Zachariah whose car broke down. He tells her about her name, and then vanishes. After crashing into a corn field, the sheriff suddenly appears and takes Hannah to a hospital in town.