All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Melvyn Douglas, ranked

Middle-aged, simple-minded Chance lives in the townhouse of a wealthy old man in Washington, D.C.. He has spent his whole life tending the garden and has never left the property. Passing by a TV shop, he sees himself captured by a camera in the shop window. In the car is Rand’s much younger wife Eve, who mishears ‘Chance, the gardener’ in reply to the question who he is, as ‘Chauncey Gardiner’.

Hud is a modern cowboy, living a carefree and reckless lifestyle that contrasts with his father Homer Bannon’s more traditional and principled values. Conflict arises when the ranch faces a crisis involving a potential outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease. Hud’s irresponsibility and disregard for ethical behavior create tension within the family as they grapple with difficult decisions.

Trelkovsky, a quiet and unassuming man, rents an apartment in Paris whose previous tenant, Egyptologist Simone Choule, attempted to commit suicide by throwing herself out of the window and through a pane of glass below. He receives a visit from one Georges Badar, who secretly loved Simone and has believed her to be alive and well.

Released from prison, John Bradley opts to live in isolation in his cabin to prevent his volatile temper from landing him back behind bars.