The Mating Game is a movie directed by George Marshall in 1959 and based on the book The Darling Buds of May by H.E. Bates, first published in 1958. The movie features Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, Una Merkel, Philip Ober, and others.
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Movie vs Book
Year
1959
Minutes
96
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Mating Game
Director: George Marshall
Country: USA
Year: 1959
Length: 1h36m
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Year
1958
Pages
137
Book Rate
8.06
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Book
The Darling Buds of May
Author: H.E. Bates
Country: UK
First published in: 1958
Length: 137 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Pop Larkin Chronicles
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Series by David Giles, Robert Tronson, Rodney Bennett
TV Series by Andy De Emmony
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“There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?”
NEIL JORDAN (Filmmaker)
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