In the Heat of the Night. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1965 book
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In the Heat of the Night
John Dudley Ball, 1965
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Norman Jewison, 1967

In 1966, a wealthy industrialist has moved from Chicago to Sparta, Mississippi, to build a factory there. Late one night, police officer Sam Wood discovers Colbert’s murdered body lying in the street. A doctor estimates that Colbert had been dead for a few hours. At the train station, Wood finds a black man, Virgil Tibbs, and arrests him.


Jeremiah Johnson. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1965 book, Mountain Man
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Mountain Man
Vardis Fisher, 1965
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Sydney Pollack, 1972

Mexican War veteran Jeremiah Johnson takes up the life of a mountain man, supporting himself in the Rocky Mountains as a trapper, but he becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.


Jeremiah Johnson. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1959 book, Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson
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Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson
Raymond W. Thorp, Robert Bunker, 1959
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Sydney Pollack, 1972

Mexican War veteran Jeremiah Johnson takes up the life of a mountain man, supporting himself in the Rocky Mountains as a trapper, but he becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.


Back to the Future Part III. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Back to the Future, Part III
Craig Shaw Gardner, 1990
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Robert Zemeckis, 1990

On November 12, 1955, moments after witnessing his apparent death, Marty McFly learns that Dr. Emmett Brown was transported to 1885. Marty spots and photographs a tombstone with Doc’s name, dated six days after the letter, and learns Doc was killed by Biff Tannen’s great-grandfather, Buford.


Honkytonk Man. Poster of the 1982 movie and cover of the 1980 book
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Honkytonk Man
Clancy Carlile, 1980
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Clint Eastwood, 1982

Itinerant western singer Red Stovall suffers from tuberculosis but has been given an opportunity to make it big at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. After a series of adventures which include the nephew’s first sexual encounter in a brothel, they finally arrive. While a fit of coughing in his audition ruins his chances, talent scouts for a record company are impressed enough to arrange a recording session. The tuberculosis reaches a critical stage in the middle of this session.


The Terminal Man. Poster of the 1974 movie and cover of the 1972 book
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The Terminal Man
Michael Crichton, 1972
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Mike Hodges, 1974

Harry Benson, an intelligent computer scientist in his 30s, suffers from epilepsy. He often has seizures that induce blackouts, after each of which he awakens to unfamiliar surroundings with indications of violent behavior on his part. He also suffers from delusions that computers will rise up against humans.


Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1985 book, The Forbidden
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The Forbidden
Clive Barker, 1985
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Bill Condon, 1995

Coleman Tarrant, who was the father of New Orleans schoolteacher Annie Tarrant, was murdered while investigating the deaths of the three men in a manner that was similar to the Candyman legend. One year later and three years after the Candyman murders in Chicago, Professor Philip Purcell writes a book about the case. The Candyman kills Purcell in a public bathroom following a book signing.