BlackHat Mystery BookstoreElmore Leonard
[1925-2013]
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"Face the realities of life with neither fear nor loathing and you'll come out ahead."
"[Cops] work in the street, the street rubs off."
"I try to leave out the parts that people skip."
— Elmore Leonard
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nickname 'Dutch'
BULLETIN August 2013: Elmore Leonard suffered a stroke and then died at home in Detroit, Michigan.
Elmore Leonard received
1984 Edgar Award for Best Novel for "LaBrava" [1983]
1988 shared Special Mention Award at Cognac Festival du Film Policier for "The Rosary Murders" [1987]
1998 shared Western Heritage Awards Bronze Wrangler for "Last Stand at Saber River" [1997]
1999 shared Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture for "Out of Sight" [1998]
official Elmore Leonard website
Elmore Leonard entry at Wikipedia
Elmore Leonard credits [since 1956] at Internet Movie Database
search for all Elmore Leonard books {returns 176 items} at Amazon
browse Elmore Leonard Store {returns 162 items} at Amazon
search for Elmore Leonard Western fiction {returns 34 items} at Amazon
search for Elmore Leonard movies on DVD {returns 47 items} at Amazon
Fiction by Elmore Leonard
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Bounty Hunters" [1953]
 | Leonard's first novel; an Army colonel in Arizona Territory sends bounty hunter Dave Flynn to find renegade Apache leader Soldado Viejo in Mexico and bring him back; Flynn is accompanied by an inexperienced lieutenant and a crusty scout, and they soon meet up with a scalp hunter and a corrupt lieutenant on patrol. Kindle Edition from HarperCollins [10/2009] for $3.99 HarperTorch mass pb [4/2002] for $5.99 |
"The Law At Randado" [1954] 1990 movie - Border Shootout
"Escape From Five Shadows" [1956]
"Last Stand At Saber River" [1959] 1997 movie
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Hombre" [1961 novel]
 | 'He was half Indian, all man, and tough as they come' A half-breed cowboy leads an attacked stagecoach thru desert lands of the Apache Indians to safety. The Book People mass pb [2004] out of print/used Ballantine Books mass pb [1967] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia |
Directed by [blacklistee] Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hombre_(film)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Big Bounce" [1969] 1969 movie + 2004 movie
"The Moonshine War" [1969] 1970 movie
"Valdez Is Coming" [1970] 1971 movie
"Forty Lashes Less One" [1972]
"Mr. Majestyk" [1974] 1974 movie
"52 Pick-Up" []
1984 movie The Ambassador
1986 movie 52 Pick-Up
"Swag" [1976]
"Unknown Man No. 89" [1977]
"The Hunted" [1977]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Switch" [1978]
"Life of Crime" [Gotham Group/LionsGate Aug 2014]
Announced 11/2012: Dennis Quaid dropped out due to scheduling conflicts; based on 1978 novel "The Switch", and sort of a prequel to "Rum Punch"
[1992 novel, 1997 movie "Jackie Brown"]; Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara kidnap the wife of a wealthy-but-corrupt Detroit real-estate developer, but problems
arise when it turns out that nobody wants her back; adapted & directed by Daniel Schechter; cast now includes Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes, Ty Burrell,
Mos Def, Isla Fisher •
latest info at IMDb
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Gunsights" [1979]
"City Primeval" [1980]
"Gold Coast" [1980] 1997 TV film
"Split Images" [1981] 1992 TV movie
"Cat Chaser" [1982] 1989 movie
"Stick" [1983] 1985 movie
"La Brava" [1983] won Edgar Award for Best Novel (1984)
"Glitz" [1985 bestseller] 1988 TV film
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
 | "Elmore Leonard's Dutch Treat: Three Novels" [1985] includes Introduction by George F. Will, "Mr. Majestyk" [1974], "Swag" [1976], and "The Hunted" [1977] Arbor House 9¼x6 hardcover [4/86] out of print/many, many used |
 | "Elmore Leonard's Double Dutch Treat: Three Novels" [1986] includes Introduction by Bob Greene, "Moonshine War" [1969], "Gold Coast" [1980], and "City Primeval" [1980] Arbor House 9¼x6 hardcover [4/86] out of print/many, many used |
"Bandits" [1987]
"Touch" [1987] 1997 movie
"Freaky Deaky" [1988] 2012 movie
"Killshot" [1989] 2009 movie
"Get Shorty" [1990] 1995 movie
"Maximum Bob" [1991] 1998 TV series
"Rum Punch" [1992] 1997 movie Jackie Brown
"Pronto" [1993] 1997 TV film + 2010 - TV series Justified
"Riding The Rap" [1995] 2010 - TV series Justified
"Out of Sight" [1996] 1998 movie + 2003 - TV series Karen Sisco
"Cuba Libre" [1998]
"Be Cool" [1999] 2005 movie
"Pagan Babies" [2000 bestseller]
"Fire in The Hole" [2001] 2010 - TV series Justified
"When The Women Come Out To Dance" [2002] = Anthology (includes Fire in the Hole)
"Tishomingo Blues" [WmMorrow 2002 bestseller] = listed LAT 100 Best Books of 2002
"A Coyote's In The House" [2004]
"Mr. Paradise" [2004 bestseller]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  | "The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard" [30 stories 2004] Wm. Morrow 9x6 pb [5/2007] for $10.87 Wm. Morrow hardcover [10/2004] for $20.76 Harper UNABR audio CD [10/2004] for $23.50 |
"The Hot Kid" [2005 bestseller]
"Comfort To The Enemy" [2006]
Published serially in the New York Times; chapters can be downloaded at official website
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Three-Ten To Yuma and Other Stories, 1952-56" [7 stories 2006]
 | "Three-Ten To Yuma" was filmed twice: 1957 b&w feature and color feature remake in 2007; the other stories are: "The Captives", "Cavalry Boots", "Jugged", "The Kid", "Long Night", and "Under The Friar's Ledge"
HarperTorch mass pb [11/2006] for $5.99 |
"Up In Honey's Room" [2007 bestseller]
"Road Dogs" [2009]
"Djibouti" [2010]
"Raylan" [2012]
"Charlie Martz and Other Stories: The Unpublished Stories" [6/2015]
http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Martz-Other-Stories-Unpublished-ebook/dp/B00NVLNYX0/
http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Martz-Other-Stories-Unpublished/dp/0062364936/ [DUE March 2016]
http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Martz-Other-Stories-Unpublished/dp/0062364928/
Movies, Television, Other Media
Elmore Leonard credits [since 1956] at Internet Movie Database
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Tall T" [1957] directed by Budd Boetticher,
based on an Elmore Leonard story, starring Randolph Scott, Richard Boone & Maureen O'Sullivan
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"3:10 To Yuma" [Columbia Aug 1957]
 | An outlaw leader is captured in a small town, and a rancher agrees to escort the prisoner to the nearest railroad stop, where the rest of the gang try to free their leader. Directed by Delmer Daves; story by Elmore Leonard; starring Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr & Richard Jaeckel
Sony Special Edition b&w DVD [8/2007] for $14.99 Sony b&w DVD [4/2002] for $12.49 Columbia/TriStar b&w VHS [9/94] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"Hombre" [1967 movie] based on the 1961 novel
"The Big Bounce" [1969 movie] based on the 1969 novel
"The Moonshine War" [1970 movie] based on the 1969 novel, with Alan Alda
"Valdez Is Coming" [1971 movie] based on the 1970 novel, with Burt Lancaster
"Joe Kidd" [1972] directed by John Sturges, script by Elmore Leonard
"Mr. Majestyk" [1974 movie] based on the 1974 novel, with Charles Bronson
"High Noon, Part II" [1980 TV movie] directed by Jerry Jameson, script by Elmore Leonard
"The Ambassador" [1984 movie] based on "52 Pick-Up" [1974]
"Stick" [1985 movie] based on the 1983 novel, with Burt Reynolds
"52 Pick-Up" [1986 movie] based on the 1974 novel, with Roy Scheider
"The Rosary Murders" [1987] directed by Fred Walton,
script by Elmore Leonard, William X. Kienzle & Fred Walton
"Desperado" [1987 TV series] directed by Virgil W. Vogel, script by Elmore Leonard
"Glitz" [1988 TV movie] based on the 1985 novel, with Jimmy Smits
"Cat Chaser" [1989 movie] based on the 1982 novel, with Peter Weller
"Border Shootout" [1990 movie] based on "The Law at Randado" [1954]
"Split Images" [1992 TV movie] based on the 1981 novel
"Get Shorty" [1995 movie] based on the 1990 novel
"Touch" [1997 movie] based on the 1987 novel, with Christopher Walken
"Gold Coast" [1997 TV movie] based on the 1980 novel, with David Caruso
"Last Stand At Saber River" [1997 movie] based on the 1959 novel, with Tom Selleck
"Jackie Brown" [1997 movie] based on "Rum Punch" [1992]
"Pronto" [1997 TV film] based on the 1993 novel, with Peter Falk
"Out of Sight" [1998 movie] based on the 1996 novel
"Maximum Bob" [1998 TV series] based on the 1991 novel
"Karen Sisco" [2003 TV series] based on "Out of Sight" [1996]
"The Big Bounce" [2004 movie] based on the 1969 novel
"Be Cool" [2005 movie] sequel to 1995 "Get Shorty" movie
based on the 1999 novel, with John Travolta
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"3:10 To Yuma" color remake [LionsGate Sept 2007]
 | A hardscrabble rancher, eager for the offered fee, agrees to take charge of a captured killer and deliver him to the railhead. • Directed by James Mangold; based on the short story by Elmore Leonard; starring Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Kevin Durand, Peter Fonda, Ben Foster, Logan Lerman & Gretchen Mol; won Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler Award in 2008
LionsGate widescreen color DVD [1/2008] for $16.99 LionsGate color DVD [1/2008] for $16.99 full credits from IMDb |
"Killshot" [2009 movie] based on the 1989 novel, with Diane Lane & Mickey Rourke
"Justified" TV series [54 episodes 2010-2015]
based on "Pronto" [1991], "Riding The Rap" [1995], "Fire In The Hole" [2001]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Freaky Deaky" video release [Entertainment One Feb 2013]
Set in 1974; adapted & directed by Charlie Matthau, based on the 1988 novel; starring Billy Burke, Crispin Glover, Christian Slater, Michael Jai White. Mankowski’s first day on the sex crimes unit of the Detroit Police Department does not go well; not only does he fall for the first person to report an assault to him, he’s suspended for investigating the rich, powerful, and completely drunk Woody Ricks. Mankowski takes matters into his own hands, only to discover that there are all kinds
of people trying to get something – money, revenge, or both – from Woody • full credits at IMDb
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Arrangement" TV movie [USA Network Sept 2013]
Announced 11/2012: Kevin Bray will direct the TV series pilot in Miami; stars include Bryan Greenberg and Stephanie Sigman; script is an
adaptation of a short story from Leonard’s anthology "When The Women Come Out To Dance" •
full credits at IMDb
Other Works by Elmore Leonard
 | "Two Bagger" short story by Michael Connelly, with Elmore Leonard's short story "Chickasaw Charlie Hoke" read by Lee Horsley Phoenix Audio ABR audio CD [5/2007] for $9.95 |
Works About Elmore Leonard
 | ”The Westerners: Interviews With Actors, Directors, Writers & Producers” [2009] by C. Courtney Joyner, Foreword by Miles Swarthout interviewees include Julie Adams, Harry Carey Jr., Jack Elam, Edward Faulkner, Andrew J. Fenady, Glenn Ford, Burt Kennedy, Elmore Leonard, A.C. Lyles, Virginia Mayo, Andrew V. McLaglen, Warren Oates, and Aldo Sambrell McFarland & Co. pb [10/2009] for $39.95 author’s credits at IMDb • official book site |
"Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard" [Johns Hopkins Univ Press 8/2013] by Charles J. Rzepka
L i n k s
official Elmore Leonard website
Elmore Leonard entry at Wikipedia
Elmore Leonard credits [since 1956] at Internet Movie Database
search for all Elmore Leonard books {returns 176 items} at Amazon
browse Elmore Leonard Store {returns 162 items} at Amazon
search for Elmore Leonard Western fiction {returns 34 items} at Amazon
search for Elmore Leonard movies on DVD {returns 47 items} at Amazon
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