Crime Fiction IV - Allen J. Hubin [D-H]

Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography 1749-2000
by Allen J. Hubin

Addenda to the 2008 Revised Edition, with Annotations by Steve Lewis.

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      Authors [A through C].
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Entries preceded by a dash [-] are of marginal crime content. SC = Series Character(s); scw = screenwriter, dir = director.

DALE, WILLIAM. One of many pseudonyms of writer Norman A. Daniels, q.v. Under this pen name, the author of three works listed in the Revised Crime Fiction IV.
        _Corpse, Hands Off! See The Terror of the Handless Corpse.
        John Doe–Murderer. Gateway, hc, 1942. United Authors, UK, 1946. Australian title: Murder Has No Name. Phantom, pb, 1955.
        _Murder Has No Name. See John Doe–Murderer.
        Outside the Law. Dodge, hc, 1938. Add setting: Denver, Wyoming. Leading characters: Jeff Tracy, thief, and Douglas Greer, detective.
        The Terror of the Handless Corpse. Gateway, hc, 1939. Australian title: Corpse, Hands Off! Phantom, pb, 1955. Setting: New York. Leading character: PI Loopy Jones.

DALEY, ROBERT.
        To Kill a Cop. TV movie: David Gerber, 1978 (scw: Ernest Tidyman; dir: Gary Nelson)

DANIELS, HAROLD R.
      House on Greenapple Road. TV movie: Quinn Martin, 1970 (scw: George Eckstein; dir: Robert Day)

DANIELS, NORMAN (A.) Pseudonyms: William Dale, q.v., Daniella Dorsett, Harrison Judd, Mark Reed, Norman T. Vane & David Wade; house pseudonyms: James Clayford, G. Wayman Jones & Robert Wallace. Ghostwriter for Dorothy Daniels; hence also Angela Gray, Cynthia Kavanaugh, Suzanne Somers, Geraldine Thayer & Helen Gray Weston. Prolific writer for the pulps as well as the author of many titles included in the Revised Crime Fiction IV.
        Chase. Novelization of TV movie [pilot for series]: Mark VII/Universal, 1973 (scw: Stephen J. Cannell, dir: Jack Webb)

DAVIDSON, MURIEL (née FRIEDLAND). 1923-1983. Correction of year of birth; add maiden name. A television executive and the author of three mystery novels included in the Revised Crime Fiction IV. She was found murdered at her California home on September 27, 1983, her killer a man whom she had met at a hospital where she counseled alcoholics once a week.
The Thursday Woman. TV movie: CBS, 2000, as The Wednesday Woman (scw: N. D. Schreiner; dir: Christopher Leitch). Note: In this semi-biographical suspense thriller, a woman, Muriel Davidson, writes a novel about a reckless affair with a dangerous criminal, then lives out the story she has created. Davidson is played by Meredith Baxter on the screen. No onscreen credit is given to the book as the source of the screenplay. [For more on the story, see this post on the Mystery*File blog.]

DAVIES, FREDA. 1937- . Add year of birth. Born in London; read zoology at Bristol University and taught for a while before moving to Pembrokeshire. Add SC: science reporter Sue Bennett, in the title below and at least one later novel, post-2000. Pseudonym: Amy Pirnie, q.v.
Let Heaven Fall. Allison, UK, pb, 1995; Carroll & Graf, US, hc, 2006, as by Amy Pirnie (shown). “Accidental death, judges the coroner, but was it simply a case of solicitor Colin Bennett falling under a rush-hour train?”

DAVIS, ELIZABETH.
        There Was an Old Woman. TV movie: Mark Carliner, 1971, as Revenge (scw: Joseph Stefano; dir: Jud Taylor)

DAVIS, GIL. Add as a new author. SC: Dan Walker, who does undercover assignments for the CIA, in all titles.
        Assignment: Tokyo. Publishers Export, pb, 1967. Setting: Tokyo.
        Missile Island. Publishers Export, pb, 1967. Setting: Caribbean.
        Valley of the Doles. Publishers Export, pb, 1967. Setting: Texas (El Paso).

DEAL, BABS.
        The Walls Came Tumbling Down. TV movie: Whittman, 1979, as Friendships, Secrets, and Lies (scw: Joanna Crawford; dir: Ann Zane Shanks, Marlena Laird). [Note: Filmed and produced with an all female cast, with only one male in the crew, a cinematographer.]

DEAN, BENJAMIN HAWKINS. Add as the real name of Schuyler Broocks and Dean Hawkins, qq.v.

DEFOE, DANIEL.
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders. Film: MGM, 1996, as Moll Flanders (scw & dir: Pen Densham). TV movie: BBC, 1975, as Moll Flanders (scw: Hugh Whitemore; dir: Donald McWhinnie). Also: ITV/PBS, 1996, as The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: David Attwood). [Shown is the DVD case for the 1996 MGM film.]

DELMAN, DAVID. TV movie, based on an unidentified novel: Lorimar, 1975, as Conspiracy of Terror (scw: Howard Rodman; dir: John Llewellyn Moxey). SC: Lt. Jacob Horowitz (Michael Constantine) [and Barbara Rhoades as Helen Horowitz].

    [Note: Here from imdb.com is a brief plot summary of the film above. If you can match the storyline with the book, please let us know: A husband-and-wife detective team investigate the existence of satanic cults involved in murder, while the husband battles with his Orthodox Jewish parents who haven’t forgiven him for marrying a non-Jewish woman. Delman’s books published in 1975 and before are: Sudden Death, A Week to Kill, He Who Digs a Grave, and One Man’s Murder.]

DE MILLE, NELSON.
        Word of Honor. TV movie: Turner, 2003 (scw: Jacob Epstein, Leslie Greif, Jean-Yves Pitoun, Tom Topper; dir: Robert Markowitz) [Don Johnson stars as Ben Tyson, a corporate executive accused of participating in a massacre that occurred 30 years earlier while an Army lieutenant in Vietnam.]

DENIS, JOHN. Joint pseudonym of John Edwards & Denis Frost, qq.v.   Under this pen name, the authors of three crime thrillers included in the Revised Crime Fiction IV. The series characters Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver (G&S) added to two of the titles are members of UNACO, aka the United Nations Anti-Crime Organization. The UNACO novels were based on story outlines by Alistair MacLean, q.v.; correct the corresponding titles to the full versions given below.
        Alistair MacLean’s Air Force One Is Down. Fontana, UK, pb, 1981; Crest, US, pb, 1984. G&S.
        Alistair MacLean’s Hostage Tower. Fontana, UK, pb, 1980; Crest, US, pb, 1983. G&S. Add TV movie: Jerry Leider, 1980, as The Hostage Tower (scw: Robert Carrington; dir: Claudio Guzman). SC: Mike Graham (Peter Fonda) & Sabrina Carver (Maud Adams). [Note: Story credit for the film given to Alistair MacLean.]

Zero Plus One. Fontana, UK, pb, 1985. [Ewan Scott of MI5 and Mel Stark of the CIA infiltrate an organisation that is stockpiling stolen atomic parts.]

DEVINE, D(AVID) M(cDONALD). Pseudonym: Dominic Devine.
The Fifth Cord. Film: Scotia American, 1971, as Giornata nera per l’ariete aka The Fifth Cord ; also released as The Evil Fingers (scw: Luigi Bazzoni, Mario di Nardo, Mario Fanelli; dir: Bazzoni)

DEWEY, THOMAS B(LANCHARD). 1915-1981. Pseudonym: Tom Brandt, Cord Wainer, q.v. (Add the latter.) Author of many private eye and other hardboiled crime novels between 1944 and 1970. His two most frequently used series characters were Mac, known only by that name, and Pete Scofield, both PI’s.
Handle with Fear. M. S. Mill-Morrow, US, hc, 1951. Dakers, UK, 1955. SC: Singer Batts. Correct setting to Chicago (IL).

        A Sad Song Singing. Simon & Schuster. US, hc, 1963. Boardman, UK, hc, 1964. SC: Mac. Correct setting to Chicago; Indiana.

DEXTER, COLIN.
        The Daughters of Cain. TV movie [series episode]: Carlton, 1966 (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Herbert Wise). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Dead of Jericho. TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/PBS, 1987 (scw: Anthony Minghella; dir: Alastair Reed). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        Death Is Now My Neighbour. TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/PBS, 1997 (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Charles Beeson). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Jewel That Was Ours. TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/ITV/PBS, 1987, as The Wolvercote Tongue (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Alastair Reid). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Last Bus to Woodstock. TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1988 (scw: Michael Wilcox; dir: Peter Duffell). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        Last Seen Wearing. TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1988 (scw: Michael Wilcox; dir: Peter Duffell). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)

        The Remorseful Day. TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/PBS, 2000 (scw: Stephen Churchett; dir: Jack Gold). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Riddle of the Third Mile. TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/PBS, 1989, as The Last Enemy (scw: Peter Buckman; dir: James Scott). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        Service of All the Dead. TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1987 (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Peter Hammond). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn. TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1987 (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Brian Parker). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Way through the Woods. TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1995 (scw: Russell Lewis; dir: John Madden). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Wench Is Dead. TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 2002 (scw: Malcolm Bradbury; dir: Robert Knights). SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)

DIBDIN, MICHAEL.
        Dirty Tricks. TV movie: Carlton, 2000 (scw: Nigel Williams; dir: Paul Seed)

DICKENS, CHARLES.
        Bleak House. TV movie [mini-series]: BBC/PBS, 1985 (scw: Arthur Hopcraft; dir: Ross Devenish). Also [15-part series]: BBC, 2005 (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: Justin Chadwick, Susanna White)

        Oliver Twist. Bentley, 1838; Lea, 1839 [London]. Silent film: Gaumont, 1905. Also: Vitagraph, 1906, as A Modern Oliver Twist (dir: J. Stuart Blackton). Also: Vitagraph, 1909 (dir: J. Stuart Blackton). Also: Film d’Art, 1910. Also: Pathes Freres, 1910. Also: Cines, 1911. Also: Hepworth, 1912 (scw & dir: Thomas Bentley). Also: General, 1912. Also: Lasky/Paramount, 1916. Also: Lesser, 1922 (dir: Frank Lloyd). Sound film: Monogram, 1933 (scw: Elizabeth Meehan; dir: William J. Cowen). Also: Rank, 1948 (scw: Stanley Haynes, David Lean; dir: Lean). Also: Columbia, 1968, as Oliver! (scw: Vernon Harris; dir: Carol Reed). Also: Warner, 1974, animated (scw: Ben Starr; dir: Hal Sutherland). Also: Disney, 1988, animated, as Oliver & Company (scw: Jim Cox, Tim Disney, James Mangold; dir: George Scribner). TV movie [13-episode mini-series]: BBC, 1962 (scw & dir: Constance Cox). Also: CBS, 1982 (scw: James Goldman; dir: Clive Donner). Also [12-episode mini-series]: BBC, 1985 (scw: Alexander Baron; dir: Gareth Davies). Also: Disney, 1997 (scw: Monte Merrick; dir: Tony Bill). Also [4-part mini-series]: PBS, 1999 (scw: Alan Bleasdale; dir: Benny Rye)

DISNEY, DORIS MILES.
        Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate. TV movie: Lee Rich, 1971 (scw: John D. F. Black; dir: Ted Post)
        Night of Clear Choice. TV movie: Paramount Television, 1977, as Yesterday’s Child (scw: Michael Gleason; dir: Bob Rosenbaum, Corey Allen)
        Only Couples Need Apply. TV movie: Metromedia, 1974, as Betrayal (scw: James M. Miller; dir: Gordon Hessler)

DOBBS, MICHAEL.   In the triology of novels listed below, Francis Urquhart is a Conservative politician thought to be decent and honest, but who is gradually revealed to be an ambitious and vengeful man lusting after power. He also appears in three other novels included in the Revised Crime Fiction IV.
        The Final Cut. TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1995 (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: Mike Vardy). SC: Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson)
        House of Cards. TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1990 (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: Paul Seed). SC: Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson)
        To Play the King. TV movie: BBC, 1993 (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: Paul Seed). SC: Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson)

DOSTOEVSKII, FEDOR MIKHAILOVICH.
        Crime and Punishment. Film: New Cannon, 2002 (scw & dir: Menahem Golen). TV movie [3-part mini-series]: BBC/PBS, 1979 (scw: Jack Pulman; dir: Michael Darlow). Also [2-part series]: NBC/Hallmark, 1998 (scw: David Stevens; dir: Joseph Sargent).   Also [2-part series]: BBC, 2002 (scw: Tony Marchant; dir: Julian Jarrold)

DOYLE, A. CONAN.
        Adventures of Gerard. Film: United Artists, 1970 (scw: H. A. L. Craig, Gene Gutowski, Jerzy Skolimowski; dir: Skolimowski). SC: Gerard (Peter McEnery)
        The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. TV movie, based on ss “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor” in this collection [series episode]: Granada/A&E, 1993, as The Eligible Bachelor (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: Peter Hammond). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson]. TV movie, based on ss “A Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans” from His Last Bow, as The Royal Scandal: Hallmark, 2001 (scw: Joe Weisenfeld; dir: Rodney Gibbons). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Matt Frewer) [and Kenneth Welsh as Dr. John Watson].
        The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. TV movie, based on ss “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire” in this collection [series episode]: Granada/A&E, 1993, as The Last Vampyre (scw: Jeremy Paul; dir: Tim Sullivan). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson].   [Note: The copy shown below is the first “cheaper” edition, John Murray, London, 1929.]

        His Last Bow. TV movie, based in part on “The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans” in this collection, as The Royal Scandal; see The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
        The Hound of the Baskervilles. TV movie: ABC, 1972 (scw: Robert E. Thompson; dir: Barry Crane). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Stewart Granger) [and Bernard Fox as Dr. Watson]. Also [4-part mini-series]: BBC, 1982 (scw: Alexander Baron; dir: Peter Duguid). SC: Sherlcok Holmes (Tom Baker) [and Terence Rigby as Doctor Watson]. Also: Lorindy/Mapleton, 1983 (scw: Charles Edward Pogue; dir: Douglas Hickox). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) [and Donald Churchill as Dr. John Watson]. Also [series episode]: Granada/PBS, 1988 (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: Brian Mills). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson]. Also: Canadian Television, 2000 (scw: Joe Wiesenthal; dir: Rodney Gibbons). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Matt Frewer) [and Kenneth Welsh as Dr. John Watson]. Also: BBC/PBS, 2002 (scw: Allan Cubitt; dir: David Attwood). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Richard Roxburgh) [and Ian Hart as Dr. John Watson]
        The Return of Sherlock Holmes. TV movie, based on ss “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton” in this collection [series episode]: Granada/PBS, 1992, as The Master Blackmailer (scw: Jeremy Paul; dir: Peter Hammond). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson]
        The Sign of Four. TV movie: Mapleton, 1983 (scw: Charles Edward Pogue; dir: Desmond Davis). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) [and David Healy as Dr. John Watson]. Also: [series episode] Granada, 1987: (scw: John Hawkesworth; dir: Peter Hammond). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson]. Also: Muse/Hallmark, 2001 (scw: Joe Wiesenfeld; dir: Rodney Gibbons). SC: Sherlock Holmes (Matt Frewer) [and Kenneth Welsh as Dr. Watson]

DuBREUIL, LINDA
        Crooked Letter. Add U.K. edition: Linford pb, 1992

DUERRENMATT, FRIEDRICH
        The Pledge. Film: Warner, 2001 (scw: Jerzy Kromolowski; dir: Sean Penn)

du MAURIER, DAPHNE
        Jamaica Inn. TV movie: Harlech, 1985 (scw: Derek Marlow; dir: Lawrence Gordon Clark)
        Not After Midnight. TV movie, based on ss “The Breakthrough” in this collection: USA Network, 1994, as The Lifeforce Experiment (scw: Mike Hodges, Gerard Macdonald; dir: Piers Haggard)
        My Cousin Rachel. TV movie [4-part mini-series]: BBC, 1983 (scw: Hugh Whitemore; dir: Brian Farnham)
        Rebecca. TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1979 (scw: Hugh Whitemore; dir: Simon Langton). Also: ITV/PBS, 1997 (scw: Arthur Hopcraft; dir: Jim O’Brien)

DUNCAN, LOIS
        I Know What You Did Last Summer. Little, 1973. Film: Columbia, 1997 (scw: Kevin Williamson; dir: Jim Gillespie)
        Killing Mr. Griffin. Little, 1978; H. Hamilton, 1980. TV movie: NBC, 1997 (scw: Michael Angeli, Kathleen Rowell; dir: Jack Bender)

DUNNE, DOMINICK
       -A Season in Purgatory. TV movie: Spelling, 1996 (scw: Robert W. Lenski; dir: David Greene)

DURBRIDGE, FRANCIS
        My Wife Melissa. TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1974, as Melissa (scw: Francis Durbridge; dir: Peter Moffatt). Also [mini-series]: Channel 4, 1997, as Melissa (scw: Alan Bleasdale; dir: Bill Anderson)

DWYER, K. R. Pseudonym of Dean R. Koontz.
        Shattered. Film: Trianon, 1977, as Les Passagers aka The Intruder (scw: Christopher Frank; dir: Serge Leroy)

EDWARDS, ANNE
        Haunted Summer. [1816]

EDWARDS, JOHN. 1943- . Joint pseudonym with Denis Frost: John Denis, q.v.

ELLIN, STANLEY
        Stronghold. TV movie: Paramount Television, 1997, as A Prayer in the Dark (scw: Andrew Laskos; dir: Jerry Ciccoritti)

EHRLICHMAN, JOHN
        -The Company. TV movie: Paramount, 1977, as Washington: Behind Closed Doors (scw: David W. Rintels, Eric Bercovici; dir: Gary Nelson)

EINSTEIN, CHARLES    Journalist, novelist, and screenwriter; a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America with many non-fiction books on the game to his credit.
        The Blackjack Hijack. TV movie: MTM, 1978, as Nowhere to Run (scw: Jim Byrnes; dir: Richard Lang)
        No Time at All. TV movie [series episode]: Playhouse 90, 1958 (scw: Charles Einstein, David Swift; dir: David Swift)

ENGLAND, BARRY
        -Figures in a Landscape. Cape, 1968; Random, 1968 [Africa]   Film: National General, 1970 (scw: Robert Shaw; dir: Joseph Losey)

FAIRLEIGH, RUNA. Pseudonym of L. A. Morse.
        An Old-Fashioned Mystery. Add first (Canadian) edition: Lester and Orpen Dennys, hc (Toronto), 1983. Show U.S. paperback (Avon) date as 1984.

FARRELL, HENRY
        How Awful About Allan. TV movie: Aaron Spelling, 1970 (scw: Henry Farrell; dir: Curtis Harrington)
        What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? TV movie: ABC, 1991 (scw: Brian Taggert; dir: David Greene)

FARRINGTON, FIELDEN
        A Little Game. TV movie: Universal, 1971 (scw: Carol Sobieski; dir: Paul Wendkos)
        The Strangers in 7-A. TV movie: Palomar, 1972, as Strangers in 7A (scw: Eric Roth; dir: Paul Wendkos)

FARRIS, JOHN
        When Michael Calls. TV movie: Palomar, 1972 (scw: James Bridges; dir: Philip Leacock)

FAULKS, SEBASTIAN
        Charlotte Gray. Film: Warner, 2001 (scw: Jeremy Brock; dir: Gillian Armstrong)

FERGUSON, AUSTIN
        Jet Stream. TV movie: Fenady, 1976, as Mayday at 40,000 Feet (scw: Andrew J. Fenady, Austin Ferguson, Dick Nelson; dir: Robert Butler)

FERRIS, PAUL
        The Detective. TV movie [3-part mini-series]: BBC, 1985 (scw: Ted Whitehead; dir: Don Leaver)

FOLLETT, KEN
        The Key to Rebecca. TV movie: Taft, 1985 (scw: Samuel Harris; dir: David Hemmings)
        Lie Down with Lions. TV movie: Grafton, 1994 (scw: Guy Andrews, Julian Bond; dir: Jim Goddard)
        The Third Twin. TV movie: CBS, 1997 (scw: Cindy Myers; dir: Tom McLoughlin)

FONTANA, D. C.
        The Questor Tapes. Novelization of TV movie: Universal, 1974 (scw: Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry; dir: Richard A. Colla)

FORSYTH, FREDERICK
        The Deceiver. TV movie Pride and Extreme Prejudice, based on ss in this collection: London Weekend Television, 1990 (scw: Murray Smith; dir: Ian Sharp). SC: Sam McCready (Alan Howard)

FRANCIS, CLARE
        -Deceit. Heinemann, 1993; Soho, 2001. TV movie: BBC, 2000 (scw: Jacqueline Holborough; dir: Stuart Orme)

FRANCIS, DICK
        Blood Sport. TV movie: Comedia, 1989 (scw: Andrew Payne; dir: Harvey Hart)
        In the Frame. TV movie: Comedia, 1989 (scw: Andrew Payne; dir: Wigbert Wicker)
        Odds Against. TV movie [series episode]: Yorkshire/PBS, 1979 (scw: Terence Feely, Leon Grtiffiths, Evan Jones, Trevor Preston; dir: Colin Bucksey, Lawrence Gordon Clark, Peter Duffell, John Mackenzie). SC: Sid Halley (Mike Gwilym)