Authors and Creators
Elmore Leonard
(1925--)

". . . I don't think of them as bad guys. I just think of them as, for the most part, normal people who get up in the morning and they wonder what they're going to have for breakfast, and they sneeze, and they wonder if they should call their mother, and then they rob a bank. Because that's the way they are. . . ."
-- Elmore Leonard on his characters.

Not a private eye writer, per se, but many of Leonard protagonists fulfill most of the requirements, being loners trying to follow what they feel is a code of honour, be they bail bondsman, bounty hunters, airline stewardesses, or car thieves.

Sure, Jack Ryan, a thief who shows up in in three books, and becomes a process server in the last, Unknown Man No. 89, is a PI of sorts, and and for several of the others, a case could be made for their status as private eyes, at least as defined on this site. But, with stuff this good, who cares?

Leonard's one of those guys who wrote and wrote and wrote, for years and years and years, only to become an overnight success in the 1980's. He started way back in the early fifties, originally writing westerns, short stories at first and eventually novels, starting with The Bounty Hunters in 1953. After several years as a successful western writer, and several notable ssales to Hollywood (especially 3:10 to Yuma and Hombre), he switched to contemporary crime, starting with The Big Bounce in 1969. But it was really only the settings that changed. Elmore's always been a quality act. It just took the reading public a little while to catch up to him. The drop-dead dialogue, the moral ambivalence, the shady two-bit hoods, be they cattle rustlers or drug dealers, carjackers or stagecoach robbers, all struggling for their piece of the pie, have always been there. The normal joes, caught between various rocks, and assorted hard places, trying to not so much do the right thing, as the least-wrong thing, and hopefully survive, have remained constants in his work for almost fifty years.

And if the public was ignoring him, Hollywood wasn't. Over twenty of Elmore's books and short stories have been adapted for film or television, and more than a few have been excellent. And eve more are on their way. In fact the real mystery may be how someone can make a bad flick from a Leonard book. The answer may come from Elmore himself. In Elmore's office, the tale goes, was a movie poster promoting Burt Reynold's Stick, one of the most dismal and disappointing of all Leonard's flicks, made worse by the fact Leonard himself wrote the screenplay.The tag for the film reads "The only thing he couldn't stick to were the rules." Elmore himself had crossed out the word "rules" and substituted "the script."

UNDER OATH

• "The reason (I think) some of us prefer Leonard to most others is that he speaks to us as accomplices. Probably, much of this comes from the conversational nature of his style and his use of dialogue, a bit from his "observer," viewpoint, and the rest from his attitude about his characters, their situation and the world in general. If Leonard is your guy, even his weak stuff is told in a way that entertains, makes you smile, delivers some truth about the way we behave, and that lets us in on the joke, whatever it is."
  (Jim Blue, on Rara-Avis, May 2000)
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• ..."the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever."
  (The New York Times)

NOVELS

• The Bounty Hunters (1953)
• The Law at Randado . Buy this book
• Escape from Five Shadows . Buy this book
• Last Stand at Saber River . Buy this book
• Hombre (1961) . Buy this book
• The Big Bounce (1969, Jack Ryan, thief) . Buy this book
• The Moonshine War (1969) . Buy this book
• Valdez is Coming (1970) . Buy this book
• Forty Lashes Less One . Buy this book
• Mr. Majestyk (1974).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
• 52 Pick-Up (1974, Harry Mitchell). Buy this book
• Swag (1976, AKA Ryan's Rules; Jack Ryan, thief and Stick, car thief) . Buy this book
• Unknown Man No. 89 (1977; Jack Ryan) . Buy this book
• The Hunted (1977; Rosen) . Buy this book
• The Switch (1978, Frank and Mickey Dawson) . Buy this book
• Gunsights (1979) . Buy this book
• Gold Coast (1980) . Buy this book
• City Primieval (1980; Raymond Cruz) . Buy this book
• Split Images (1981; Walter Kouza, cop) . Buy this book.. Kindle it!
• Cat Chaser (1982; George Moran, hotelier and ex-Marine).. Buy this book
• Stick (1983; Stick, car thief) . Buy this book
• La Brava (1983; Joseph LaBrava, ex-Secret Service, photographer).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
• Glitz (1985). Buy this book
• Bandits (1986).. Buy this book
• Touch (1987).. Buy this book
• Freaky Deaky (1988).. Buy this book
• Killshot (1989; ordinary couple vs. hitman and psycho).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
• Get Shorty (1990; Chili Palmer).. Buy this book
• Maximum Bob (1991; Maximum Bob, judge).. Buy this book
• Rum Punch (1992).. Buy this book
• Pronto (1993; Raylan Givens, U.S. Marshal). Buy this book
• Riding the Rap (1995; Raylan Givens).. Buy this book
• Out of Sight (1996; Karen Sisco, U.S. Deputy Marshal). Buy this book.. Kindle it!
• Cuba Libre (1998; Ben Tyler, cowpuncher/bank robber/gunrunner).. Buy this book
• Be Cool (1999; Chili Palmer).. Buy this book
• Pagan Babies (2000)...Buy this book
• Tishomingo Blues. (2002; a high diver, a con artist and a Civil War re-enactment) .Buy this book
• Mr. Paradise (2004)..Buy this book
• The Hot Kid (2005; dustbowl gangsters & U.S. Marshal Carl Webster).. Buy this book
• Up in Honey's Room (2007; escaped POWs & U.S. Marshal Carl Webster).. Buy this book
• Road Dogs (.2009; Jack Foley returns!)....Buy this book...Kindle it!

SHORT STORIES

• "Trail of the Apache" (December 1951, Argosy; AKA "Apache Agent")
• "Apache Medecine" (May 1952, Dime Western; AKA "Apache")
• "You Never See Apaches..." (September 1952, Dime Western; AKA "Eight Days fromWillcox")
• "Red Hell Hits Canyon Diablo" (October 1952 10 Story Western Magazine; AKA "Tizwin)
• "The Colonel's Lady" (November 1952, Zane Grey's Western Magazine; AKA "Road to Inspiration")
• "Law of the Hunted Ones" (December 1952, Western Story Magazine; AKA "Outlaw Pass")
• "Cavalry Boots" (December 1952, Zane Grey's Western Magazine)
• "Under the Friar's Lodge" (January 1953, Zane Grey's Western Magazine)
• "The Rustlers" (February 1953, Zane Grey's Western Magazine; AKA "Along the Pecos")
• "Three-Ten To Yuma" (March 1953, Dime Western)
• "The Big Hunt" (April 1953, Western Story Magazine; "Matt Gordon's Boy")
• "Long Night" (May 1953, Zane Grey's Western Magazine)
• "The Boy Who Smiled" (June 1953, Gunsmoke)
• "The Hard Way" (August 1953, Zane Grey's Western Magazine)
• "The Last Shot" (September 1953, Fifteen Western Tales; AKA "A Matter of Duty")
• "Blood Money" (October 1953, Western Story Magazine; AKA "Rich Miller's Hand")
• "Trouble at Rindo's Station" (October 1953, Argosy; AKA "Rindo's Station")
• "Saint With a Six-Gun" (October 1954, Argosy; AKA "The Hanging of Bobby Valdez")
• "The Captives" (February 1955, Argosy)
• "No Man's Guns" (August 1955, Western Story Roundup)
• "The Rancher's Lady" (September 1955, Western Magazine; AKA "The Woman from Tascosa")
• "Jugged" (December 1955, Western Magazine; AKA "The Boy from Dos Cabezas")
• "Moment of Vengeance" (April 21, 956, The Saturday Evening Post; AKA "The Waiting Man")
• "Man with the Iron Arm" (September 1956, Complete Western Book; AKA "The One Arm Man")
• "The Longest Day of His Life" (October 1956, Western Novel and Short Stories)
• "The Nagual" (November 1956, Two-Gun Western; AKA "The Accident at Joe Stam's")
• "The Kid" (December 1956, Western Short Stories; AKA "The Gift of Regalo")
• "Only Good Ones" (1961, Roundup: Writers of America Anthology)
• "The Tonto Woman" (1982, Roundup: Western Writers of America Anthology)
• "Hurrah for Capt. Early" (1994, New Trails: Western Writers of America Anthology)
• "Karen Makes Out" (1996, Murder For Love; 1996, MHCMM; Karen Sisco)
• "Sparks" (1999, Murder and Obsession; also Summer 1999 MHCMM: Ray Canavan, arson investigator)
• "Hanging Out at the Buena Vista" (June 13, 1999, USA Weekend)
• "Chickasaw Charlie Hoke" (2001, Murderer's Row)
• "Fire in the Hole" (2001, e-book)
• "Comfort to the Enemy Chapter 1: The Hanging of Willi Martz" (September 18, 2005, The New York Times Magazine; Carl Webster)
• "Comfort to the Enemy Chapter 2: Shermane's Lincoln Zephyr" (September 25, 2005, The New York Times Magazine; Carl Webster)

COLLECTIONS

• The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories (1998). Buy this book
• When the Women Come Out to Dance, and Other Stories (2003). Buy this book
  Nine crime stories, some contemporary and some historical (there's even a western!). And the title story, "When the Women Come Out to Dance," is brand new.
• The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard (2004) .Buy this book
• Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories (2006)., Buy this book
  A collection of western pulp from the master,assembled to cash in on the new Russell Crowe/Christian Bale remake of the 1957 Glenn Ford oater. Includes the original short story both films were based on, plus six other chestnuts from Elmore's pulp past. Recommended.
  
• Blood Money and Other Stories (2006)., Buy this book
  More western pulp stories.

FILMS

• THREE-TEN TO YUMA....Buy this video
  (1957, Coumbia)
  92 minutes
  Based on the story by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Halsted Welles
  Directed by Delmer Daves
  Theme song performed by Frankie Laine
  Original music by George Duning  
  Cinematography by Charles Lawton Jr.
  Produced by David Heilweil
  Starring Van Heflin as DAN EVANS
  and Glenn Ford as BEN WADE
  Also starring Felicia Farr, Leora Dana, Henry Jones, Richard Jaekel, Robert Emhardt, Ford Rainey 
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• THE TALL T
  (1957, Columbia)
  78 minutes
  Based on the story "The Captives" by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Burt Kennedy  
  Directed by Budd Boetticher
  Original music by Heinz Roemheld  
  Cinematography by Charles Lawton Jr.
  Produced by Harry Joe Brown  
  Assistant producer: David Breen
  Associate producer: Randolph Scott
  Starring Randolph Scott as Pat Brennan
  and Richard Boone as Usher
  Also starring Maureen O'Sullivan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Skip Homeier, Henry Silva, John Hubbard , Robert Burton, Robert Anderson, Fred Sherman
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• HOMBRE....Buy this video
  (1967, 20th Century-Fox)
  111 minutes
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.  
  Directed by Martin Ritt
  Starring Paul Newman as JOHN RUSSELL
  Also starring Frederic March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Rush, Martin Balsam
  Produced by Irving Ravetch and Martin Ritt
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• THE BIG BOUNCE
  (1969, Warner Brothers)
  102 minutes
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Elmore Leonard
  Directed by Alex March
  Original music by Mike Curb  
  Cinematography by Howard Schwartz  
  Starring Ryan O'Neal as JACK RYAN
  Also starring Leigh-Taylor Young, James Daly, Robert Webber, Lee Grant, Van Helflin
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• THE MOONSHINE WAR
  (1970, MGM)
  100 minutes
  Screenplay by Elmore Leonard, based on his novel
  Directed by Richard Quine
  Cinematography by Richard H. Kline
  Original music by Neal Hefti, Fred Karger
  Associate producers:Leonard Blair, James C. Pratt
  Producer: Martin Ransohoff
  Starring Patrick McGoohan, Richard Widmark, Alan Alda, Melodie Johnson, Will Geer, Joe Williams, Lee Hazlewood, Harry Carey Jr., Tom Nolan, John Schuck, Bo Hopkins, Teri Garr
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• VALDEZ IS COMING ....Buy this video
  (1971, Norlan)
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Roland Kibbee and David Rayfiel
  Directed by Edwin Sherin
  Associate producer: Sam Manners
  Producer: Ira Steiner
  Executive producer: Roland Kibbee
  Starring Burt Lancaster as BOB VALDEZ
  Also starring Susan Clark, Frank Silvera, Jon Cypher, Richard Jordan, Barton Heyman, Hector Elizondo, Phil Brown, Ralph Brown
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• JOE KIDD....Buy this video
  (1972, Universal)
  88 minutes
  Written by Elmore Leonard
  Directed by John Sturges
  Cinematography by Bruce Surtees
  Original music by Lalo Schifrin
  Produced by Sidney Beckerman
  Executive producer: Robert Daley
  Starring Clint Eastwood as JOE KIDD
  Also starring Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia, James Wainwright, Paul Koslo, Gregory Walcott, Dick Van Patten, Lynn Marta
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• MR. MAJESTYK....Buy this video
  (1974, Mirisch Company/United Artists)
  103 minutes
  Screenplay by Elmore Leonard (later novelized)
  Directed by Richard Fleischer
  Cinematography by Richard H. Kline
  Original music by Charles Bernstein
  Produced by Walter Mirisch
  Starring Charles Bronson as VINCE MAJESTYK
  Also starring Al Lettieri, Linda Cristal, Lee Purcell, Paul Koslo, Alejandro Rey, Taylor Lacher, Frank Maxwell, Bert Santos
  Believe it or not, this is a one damn fine flick, with Bronson as one hard-nosed, um, watermelon farmer. Recommended.
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• THE AMBASSADOR
  AKA Peacemaker
  (1984, Northbrook Films/Cannon Group)
  97 minutes
  Based on the novel 52 Pick-Up by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Max Jack
  Directed by J. Lee Thompson
  Original music by Dov Seltzer
  Associate producer: Isaac Kol
  Produced by Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan  
  Starring Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson, Fabio Testi, Donald Pleasence, Michael Bat-Adam, Heli Goldenberg, Ori Levy
  In Rock Hudson's last film, Leonard's auto parts manufacturer becomes a U.S. ambassador (MItchum) trying to negotiate peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Go figure.
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• STICK
  (1985, Universal)
  109 minutes
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Elmore Leonard and Joseph Stinson
  Directed by Burt Reynolds
  Cinematography by Nick McLean
  Original music by Joseph Conlan, Barry De Vorzon  Associate producer: David Gershenson   (associate)
  Executive co-producer: William Gordean
  Producer: Jennings Lang  
  Executive producer: Robert Daley
  Starring Burt Reynolds as ERNEST "STICK" STICKLEY
  Also starring Candace Bergen, George Segal, Charles Durning, Jose Perez, Richard Lawson, Alex Rocco, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Dar Robinson, Castulo Guerra
  Originally slated for 1984 release, but hauled back for some reshooting. Rumours have it that that Candace Bergen sent Leonard an apology for Stick-- not just her performance, but the whole movie.
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• 52 PICK-UP....Buy this video
  (1986, Cannon Group)
  111 minutes
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Elmore Leonard and John Steppling
  Directed by John Frankenheimer
  Cinematography by Jost Vacano
  Original music by Gary Chang
  Produced by Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan  
  Executive producer: Henry T. Weinstein
  Starring Roy Scheider as HARRY MITCHELL
  and Ann-Margaret as Barbara Mitchell
  Also starring Vanity, John Glover, Robert Trebor, Lonny Chapman, Kelly Preston, Clarence Williams III, Doug McClure, Alex Henteloff
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• THE ROSARY MURDERS....Buy this video
  (1987)
  105 minutes
  Based on the novel by William X. Kienzle
  Screenplay by Elmore Leonard and Fred Walton
  Directed by Fred Walton
  Associate producer: Chris Coles
  Executive producers: Robert G. Laurel, Michael R. Mihalich.
  Starring Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Belinda Bauer, Josef Somer, Roger Angelini, Anita Barone, B. Constance Barry
  
  
• CAT CHASER....Buy this video
  (1989, Vestron Pictures)
  97 minutes
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by James BorrelliElmore Leonard
  Directed by Abel Ferrara
  Music by Chick Corea
  Cinematography by Anthony B. Richmond
  Producers: Peter S. Davis, William Panzer, Mari Provenzano
  Executive producer: Guy Collins, Josi Konski
  Starring Peter Weller as GEORGE MORAN
  Also starring Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning, Frederic Forrest, Tomas Milian, Juan Fernandez
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• BORDER SHOOTOUT....Buy this video
  (1990)
  110 minutes
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by C.J. McIntyre  
  Directed by C.J. McIntyre  
  Original music by Coley Music Group  
  Cinematography by Dennis Dalzell
  Produced by C.T. McIntyre
  Starring Cody Glenn as KIRBY FRYE
  and Michael Forrest as Earl Beaudry
  Also starrng Michael Horse, Jeff Kaake, Lizabeth Rohovit, Charlene Tilton, Russell Todd, George Salazar, Danny Nelson, Sam Smiley, Don Starr , Ed Gable, Glenn Ford
  Young rancher Kirby Frye is appointed deputy in a small town tyrannized by ruthless Phil Sundeen, the son of one of the founders of the town in this film based on an early Leonard western.
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• GET SHORTY...Buy this video
  (1995, Jersey Films/MGM)
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Scott Frank
  Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
  Producers: Danny DeVito, Graham Place, Susan Ringo, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher  
  Executive producer: Barry Sonnenfeld
  Original music by John Lurie  
  Cinematography by Donald Peterman  
  Starring John Travolta as CHILI PALMER
  Also starring Dennis Farina, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, Jon Gries, Bobby Slayton
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• TOUCH....Buy this video
  (1997, MGM)
  96 minutes
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Written and directed by Paul Schrader  
  Produced by Fida Attieh, Lila Cazès
  Associate producer: Trek T. Kelly
  Co-producer: Llewellyn Wells   (co-producer)
  Original music by David Grohl  
  Cinematography by Ed Lachman
  Starring Skeet Ulrich as JUVENAL
  Also starring LL Cool J, Gina Gershon, Conchata Ferrell, John Doe, Christopher Walken, María Celedonio, Chris Hogan, Anthony Zerbe, Bridget Fonda, William Newman, Tom Arnold, Breckin Meyer, Matt O'Toole, Richard Fancy
  Based on a non-crime novel, this one's about a faith healer who just may be the real thing...
  

• JACKIE BROWN.....Buy this DVD...Buy this video
  (1997, Miramax)
  Based on the novel Rum Punch, by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino
  Directed by Quentin Tarantino
  Starring Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Samuel L. Jackson, Bridget Fonda, Robert DeNiro
  Great acting really pushes a plot along. Pam Grier and Robert Forster are superb. Looks like Quentin's aiming for a career this time, not a reputation. It's long, and slow-moving (but not slow), but eventually it all wraps up. Definitely not for the Johnny-come-lately Pulp Fiction groupies who came expecting exploding heads and zoom-ins on gunshot wounds. It's an solid, intelligent, well-done caper flick that won't make you feel cheap in the morning.
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• OUT OF SIGHT.....Buy this DVD...Buy this video
  (1998, Jersey Films/Universal)
  122 minutes
  Screenplay by Scott Frank
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Directed by Steve Soderbergh (sex, lies and videotape)
  Produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher  
  Executive producers: John Hardy, Barry Sonnenfeld
  Starring Jennifer Lopez as KAREN SISCO
  and George Clooney
  Also starring Ving Rhames, Albert Brooks, Don Cheadle, Steve Zahn
  One of the best Elmore adaptations, and possibly J Lo's best movie performance. Served as inspirastion for 2003-04 ABC TV series Karen Sisco.
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• THE BIG BOUNCE
  (2004, Warner Brothers)
  Release Date: January 30, 2004
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Sebastian Gutierrez and George Armitage
  Directed by George Armitage
  Producers: Jorge Saralegui, George Armitage, Steve Bing
  Executive producers: Brent Armitage, Zane Weiner
  Starring Owen Wilson as Jack Ryan
  Also starring Morgan Freeman, Sara Foster, Gary Sinise, Charlie Sheen, Vinnie Jones, Bebe Neuwirth, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Harry Dean Stanton
  Remake of 1969 flick which starred Ryan O'Neal, based on Elmore Leonard's first crime novel. "Re-imagined" as a romantic comedy, and now set on the exotic North Shore of Oahu. Owen Wilson as a likeable drifter/thief who hooks up with a thrill-loving woman specializing in good looks and petty scams. When she tries to seduce him into double-crossing his former boss, a shady real estate developer, for a chunk of cash, it could be the perfect score or the perfect set-up.
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• BE COOL
  (2004)
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman
  Sequel to Get Shorty, with Travolta returning to his role as Chili Palmer.
  
  
• 3:10 to YUMA....Buy the DVD....Buy the Blu-ray
  (2007)
  Tagline: Time waits for one man
  Based on the short story by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Halsted Welles, Michael Brandt and Derek Haas
  Directed by James Mangold
  Starring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Logan Lerman, Dallas Roberts, Ben Foster, Peter Fonda, Vinessa Shaw, Gretchen Mol
  Since the marshall in the original story by Elmore Leonard (and 1957 film starring Glenn Ford) is now a small-time rancher who's HIRED to transport a captured outlaw to a train that will take him to court in Yuma, does this deliberately old-fashioned western qualify as a P.I. film?
  
  
• KILLSHOT...Buy the DVD
  (2009, Weinstein Company)
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Hossein Amini
  Directed by John Madden
  Starring Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, , Rosario Dawson, Thomas Jane
  A relentless, uncompromising stab at the Elmore Leonard novel. This is noir straight up, no chaser. Lane steals the show (as a woman in the Federal Witness Protection Program who is anything but protected) but the entire powerhouse cast isto die for.

FILMS/COULDA BEEN CONTENDERS

• LA BRAVA
  (in development, Universal?)
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen
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• 40 LASHES
  (2001, in development; Miramax)
  Based on the novel Forty Lashes Less One by Elmore Leonard
  Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino
  Directed by Quentin Tarantino
  Tarantino tries on a western, in two men facing life sentences in Yuma Prison- a black man and an Apache halfbreed - are offered their freedom in exchange for tracking down five dangerous outlaws. 2001? Obviously, this one bit the dust!!!
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• TENKILLER
  (2002, in development; Paramount Pictures)
  Based on the novella by Elmore Leonard (author)
  Producers: Arnold Rifkin and Michael Siegel
  Starring Bruce Willis
  An ex-rodeo star leaves to become a successful Hollywood stuntman. When he heads home, he finds that unsavories have taken over the family ranch.

TELEVISION

• HIGH NOON, PART II THE RETURN OF WILL KANE
  AKA High Noon, Part II, The Return of Will Kane
  (1980, CBS)
  Teleplay by Elmore Leonard
  Directed by Jerry Jameson  
  Produced by Edward Montagne
  Starring Lee Majors as WILL KANE
  Also starring Frank Campanella, Katherine Cannon, David Carradine, Britt Leach, Michael Pataki, J.A. Preston, Pernell Roberts, M. Emmet Walsh, Tracey Walter, Tiny Wells
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• GLITZ....Buy this video
  (1988 , Lorimar)
  99 minutes
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Teleplay by Stephen Zito  
  Directed by Sandor Stern
  Cinematography by Richard Bowen
  Original music by Dana Kaproff  
  Produced by Steven R. McGlothen
  Executive producers: Gary Adelson, David R. Ginsburg
  Starring Jimmy Smits as VINCENT MARRA
  Also starring John Diehl, Markie Post, Ken Foree, Madison Mason, Robin Strasser, Geno Silva, James Purcell, Patrie Allen
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• SPLIT IMAGES
  (1992)
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Teleplay by Vera Appleyard  
  Directed by Sheldon Larry  
  Produced by Zev Braun, Ken Gord
  Starring Gregory Harrison as ROBBIE DANIELS
  Also starring Robert Collins, Rebecca Jenkins, Steve Whistance-Smith, Maury Chaykin, David Hewlett, Melody Ryane, Dennis O'Connor, Tom Hollis, Nicholas Campbell, Kristina Nicoll, Eugene Clark
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• GOLD COAST....Buy this video
  AKA Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast
  (1997, made for cable)
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Directed by Peter Weller
  Starring David Caruso as MAGUIRE
  Also starring Barry Primus, Marg Helgenberger, Jeff Kober, Wanda De Jesus, Richard Bradford, Melissa Ramone, Rafael Báez
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• LAST STAND AT SABER RIVER....Buy this video
  (1997, TNT)
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Teleplay by Ron Cohen
  Directed by Dick Lowry  
  Executive producers:Michael Brandman, Tom Selleck
  Original music by David Shire  
  Cinematography by Ric Waite
  Starring Tom Selleck as PAUL CABLE
  Also starring Suzy Amis, Rachel Duncan, Haley Joel Osment, Keith Carradine, David Carradine, Tracey Needham, Chris Stacy, Harry Carey Jr., Patrick Kilpatrick, David Dukes, Raymond Cruz
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• PRONTO....Buy this video
  (1997, Showtime)
  100 minutes, rated R
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Teleplay by Michael Butler
  Directed by Jim McBride
  Producers: Richard Berg, Chris Danton, Allan Marcil  
  Original music by John Altman
  Cinematography by Affonso Beato
  Starring Peter Falk as Harry Arno (Henri Arnaud in novel)
  James LeGros as RAYLAN GIVENS
  and Glenne Headly as Joyce Patton
  Also starring Sergio Castellitto, Walter Olkewicz, Luis Guzmán, Bradford Tatum, Therese Kablan, Franco Trevisi, Armando De Razza, Francesca De Sapio, Glenn Plummer, Nikos Papatheodorou, Giorgos Iaokoyydis, Kathy Skalldou
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• MAXIMUM BOB
  (1998 summer series)
  6 60-minute episodes
  Debut: August 4, 1998
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty)
  Starring Beau Bridge as MAXIMUM BOB GIBBS
  Also starring Liz Vassey, Kiersten Warren, Sam Robards
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• KAREN SISCO
  (2003, ABC)
  Based on characters created by Elmore Leonard
  Developed for television by Jason Smilovic
  Starring Carla Gugino as KAREN SISCO
  with Robert Forster as Marshall Sisco
  and Bill Duke as Amos Andrews
  Guest stars: Gary Cole, Patrick Dempsey, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman
  Yes! Sassy, sexy, and fun to watch. Not much angst, but a lot of zip. Carla Gugino shines as Karen, a dedicated U.S. Federal Marshal with really bad taste (and luck) when it comes to men (Jennifer Lopez played her in the theatrical release, Out of Sight). And Forster, as Karen's private eye dad, is the show's secret weapon. But, this being a witty, entertaining show that wasn't exactly like every other crime show on the tube, ABC dicked around with it, pitting it first against NBC's Law and Order behemoth, and then consigning it to various spots in the schedule where nobody could find, finally cancelling it because it never got the numbers. Well, DUH!!!
  

ALSO WORTH CHECKING OUT

• ELMORE LEONARD'S CRIMINAL RECORDS: PROFILE OF A WRITER....Buy this video
  (1991)
  Produced and directed by Mike Dibb
  Starring Elmore Leonard
  Originally a BBC documentary, this video is essentially a conversation with Leonard about the way he does the research for his books. Fans should get a kick out of Leonard revisiting many of the cops, judges, bail bondsmen and the likewho have inspired his work. Leonard also reads from some of his work.
  
  
• Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing.(2007)...Buy this book....Kindle it!
  Leonard's guide to writing is essentially a magazine article sandwiched between two slabs of cardboard. It runs less than a hundred pages -- and that's with large type and leading, plenty of white space and numerous large cartoony illustrations from Joe Ciardiello. It's obviously intended as a gift book, yet its common-sense expansion of what Leonard calls "'the rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story" is a bracing bit of advice well worth hearing -- if not exactly worth the price. Which is why it's called a "gift book."