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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring William Newman
William Newman appears in Brown's Requiem, the film adaptation of the book by James Ellroy Brown's Requiem, first published in 1981.
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Brown's Requiem
James Ellroy, 1981
movie vs book
Jason Freeland, 1998
Fritz Brown is a disgraced former LAPD officer now working as a private investigator, part-time repo man and struggling on-the-wagon ex-alcoholic. Fritz is hired by an obese caddy named Freddy ‘Fat Dog’ Baker, supposedly to keep tabs on Fat Dog’s sister, Jane. In the course of his investigation, Fritz learns that Jane is indeed living with an elderly millionaire.