No, But I Saw the Movie: The Best Short Stories Ever Made Into Film
- ISBN-10
- 0140110909
- ISBN-13
- 9780140110906
- Category
- Fiction / Short Stories (single author)
- Pages
- 412
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Author
- David Wheeler
Description
High Noon. The Misfits. All About Eve. Many of Hollywood's greatest movies were based on equally great short stories. Collected here are more than two dozen of the world's best-loved films as they were originally written.
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