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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring John Russell

John Russell appears in Slattery's Hurricane, the film adaptation of the book by Herman Wouk Slattery's Hurricane, first published in 1956.
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Hombre. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1961 book
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Hombre
Elmore Leonard, 1961
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Hombre
Martin Ritt, 1967

In late 19th-century Arizona, an Apache-raised white man, John Russell, faces prejudice in the white world after he returns for his inheritance upon his father’s death. Deciding to sell the house to buy a herd of horses, which does not endear him to the boarders who live there or to the caretaker, Jessie, Russell ends up riding a stagecoach with Jessie and unhappily married boarders Doris and Billy Lee Blake leaving town.

Pale Rider. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Pale Rider
Alan Dean Foster, 1985
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Pale Rider
Clint Eastwood, 1985

Outside the snowy mountain town of Lahood, California, thugs working for big-time miner Coy LaHood destroy the camp of a group of prospectors and their families. Coy LaHood’s son Josh attempts to scare off the Preacher with a show of strength from his giant work hand, Club, who breaks a large rock in half with a single hammer blow.

Slattery's Hurricane. Poster of the 1949 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Slattery's Hurricane
Herman Wouk, 1956
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Slattery's Hurricane
André De Toth, 1949

A former World War II naval pilot working for a civilian company in Miami reflects on his past and current wrongdoings as he pilots an aircraft into an approaching hurricane.