
Sudden Impact is a movie novelization written by Joseph C. Stinson in 1983 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Clint Eastwood in 1983. The movie features Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Paul Drake, Audrie Neenan, and others.
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Storyline
In 1973, college-age artist Jennifer Spencer and her sister, Beth, are raped by a group of young men after being betrayed by female friend Ray Parkins. Callahan later causes powerful crime lord Threlkis to suffer a fatal heart attack at his granddaughter’s wedding reception when Callahan threatens him with prosecution in a murder case.
Movie vs Book

Year
1983
Minutes
117
Movie Rate
6.70
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Movie
Sudden Impact
Director: Clint Eastwood
Country: USA
Year: 1983
Length: 1h57m
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Year
1983
Pages
192
Book Rate
6.20
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Book
Sudden Impact
Author: Joseph C. Stinson
Country: USA
First published in: 1983
Length: 192 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Dirty Harry:The Movies
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Novelizations aren’t just a transcription of the film story. They also add details and backstory to the plot in a literary way.
“The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema. The movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.”
YANN MARTEL (Writer)

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