All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Michael Cristofer

Alex and Ruth Carver, an older couple, want to move because living in a five-story walk-up is too difficult without an elevator. Their niece Lilly is their broker and believes the apartment is worth up to $1M. In their search for a replacement apartment, Ruth finds one she really likes, and their offer is accepted. However, the sellers’ agent wants a deposit cheque that evening or it will go back out to bid.

Luis Vargas sends for American Julia Russell from Delaware to sail to his country Cuba to be his mail-order bride. Julia explains she wants more than a man who is only interested in a pretty face and that is why she has been deceptive—substituting a plain-looking woman’s photo in place of her own picture.

Set in Europe and the Middle East, the plot follows the Mossad’s clandestine attempt to flush out a PLO bomber named Khalil. To neutralize Khalil, they first kidnap his brother who is on a lecture tour, speaking to audiences in a ski mask about the profound suffering and losses of Palestine under military occupation.