A Kind of Murder is a movie directed by Andy Goddard in 2016 and based on the book The Blunderer by Patricia Highsmith, first published in 1954. The movie features Patrick Wilson, Jessica Biel, Haley Bennett, Vincent Kartheiser, Eddie Marsan, Jon Osbeck, and others.
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Storyline
Walter Stackhouse is an architect by day, and an aspiring writer by night. He writes short-story crime fiction and is fascinated by a recent murder of a local woman. He meets her husband by visiting the man’s used bookstore. Stackhouse has a troubled marriage, and his wife turns up dead. The police detective investigating both deaths suspects each husband of killing his wife, and a possible connection between the two crimes.
Movie vs Book
Year
2016
Minutes
95
Movie Rate
5.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
A Kind of Murder
Director: Andy Goddard
Country: USA
Year: 2016
Length: 1h35m
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Year
1954
Pages
288
Book Rate
7.46
S: Goodreads
Book
The Blunderer
Author: Patricia Highsmith
Country: USA
First published in: 1954
Length: 288 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Claude Autant-Lara
User polls & recommendations
“I feel the book is very respected and honored. The Daisy Jones & The Six adaptation is everything I wanted the book to be.”
TAYLOR JENKINS REID (Writer)
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