In Cold Blood. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1965 book
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In Cold Blood
Truman Capote, 1965
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Richard Brooks, 1967

Following a failed robbery that culminates in the merciless slaughter of a rural household, two wanderers successfully evade law enforcement, eventually confronting the fragility of their own existence and grappling with the consequences of their abhorrent act.


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.


The Moonshine War. Poster of the 1970 movie and cover of the 1969 book
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The Moonshine War
Elmore Leonard, 1969
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Richard Quine, 1970

John Son Martin owns and operates a profitable still, making moonshine whiskey in Prohibition-era Kentucky. One day, he gets a visit from an old Army acquaintance, Frank Long, who is now an Internal Revenue agent. When Frank is unable to persuade Son to cut him in on the profits, he calls in the dangerous Dr. Emmett Taulbee, who uses more violent methods in getting what he wants.