Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Poster of the 1964 movie and cover of the 1958 book, Red Alert
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Red Alert
Peter Bryant, 1958
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Stanley Kubrick, 1964

United States Air Force Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper is commander of Burpelson Air Force Base, which houses the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 843rd Bomb Wing, flying B-52 bombers armed with hydrogen bombs.


Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Poster of the 1964 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Dr. Strangelove, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Peter George, 1999
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Stanley Kubrick, 1964

United States Air Force Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper is commander of Burpelson Air Force Base, which houses the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 843rd Bomb Wing, flying B-52 bombers armed with hydrogen bombs.


The African Queen. Poster of the 1951 movie and cover of the 1935 book
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The African Queen
C.S. Forester, 1935
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John Huston, 1951

Samuel Sayer and his sister Rose are British Methodist missionaries in the village of Kungdu in German East Africa at the beginning of World War I in September 1914. When Charlie warns the Sayers that war has broken out between Germany and Britain, they choose to remain in Kungdu, only to witness German colonial troops burn down the village and herd the villagers away to be forcibly recruited.


The Scapegoat. Poster of the 1959 movie and cover of the 1957 book
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The Scapegoat
Daphne du Maurier, 1957
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Robert Hamer, 1959

John Barratt, a lonely, discontented teacher of French at a British university, vacations in France. There, by chance, he meets his double, French nobleman Jacques De Gué. They become acquainted. Barratt becomes drunk and accepts De Gué’s invitation to share his hotel room. When he wakes up the next morning, Barratt finds himself alone in the room, with his clothes and passport missing.


Doctor Dolittle. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1920 book, The Story of Doctor Dolittle
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting, 1920
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Richard Fleischer, 1967

Dr. John Dolittle lives in a small English village where he specializes in caring for and verbally communicating with animals. When Dr. Dolittle is unjustly sent to an insane asylum for freeing a lovesick seal from captivity, his animals and two closest human friends, Matthew Mugg and Tommy Stubbins, liberate him. Afterward, they join Emma Fairfax and set out by boat to find a famed and elusive creature: the Great Pink Sea Snail.


Doctor Dolittle. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1924 book, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting, 1924
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Richard Fleischer, 1967

Dr. John Dolittle lives in a small English village where he specializes in caring for and verbally communicating with animals. When Dr. Dolittle is unjustly sent to an insane asylum for freeing a lovesick seal from captivity, his animals and two closest human friends, Matthew Mugg and Tommy Stubbins, liberate him. Afterward, they join Emma Fairfax and set out by boat to find a famed and elusive creature: the Great Pink Sea Snail.


Doctor Dolittle. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1922 book, Doctor Dolittle's Circus
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Doctor Dolittle's Circus
Hugh Lofting, 1922
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Richard Fleischer, 1967

Dr. John Dolittle lives in a small English village where he specializes in caring for and verbally communicating with animals. When Dr. Dolittle is unjustly sent to an insane asylum for freeing a lovesick seal from captivity, his animals and two closest human friends, Matthew Mugg and Tommy Stubbins, liberate him. Afterward, they join Emma Fairfax and set out by boat to find a famed and elusive creature: the Great Pink Sea Snail.


Joseph Andrews. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the 1742 book
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Joseph Andrews
Henry Fielding, 1742
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Tony Richardson, 1977

The story of Joseph Andrews, a young man who is dismissed from his position as a footman and sets out on a journey to reunite with his sweetheart, Fanny. Along the way, he meets a variety of colorful characters, including Lady Booby, who tries to seduce him, and Parson Adams, a kind-hearted clergyman who becomes his traveling companion.