List of films based on spy books
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A list of spy films that are based on books. If a book has been turned into both a film and a TV series (or TV film), then the TV series is included.
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[edit] French Revolution
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# | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work |
Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
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1 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | 1917 | Richard Stanton | USA | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Baroness Orczy | 1905 | Novel | The Scarlet Pimpernel | 1954 | UK |
2 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | 1934 | Harold Young | UK | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Baroness Orczy | 1905 | Novel | The Scarlet Pimpernel | 1999 | UK |
[edit] Early USA
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# | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work |
Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
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1 | The Spy | 1914 | Otis Turner | USA | The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground | James Fenimore Cooper | 1821 | Novel | - | - | - |
[edit] World War I
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# | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work |
Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
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1 | The Great Impersonation | 1921 | George Melford | USA | The Great Impersonation | E. Phillips Oppenheim | 1920 | Novel | - | - | - |
2 | The 39 Steps | 1935 | Alfred Hitchcock | UK | The Thirty-Nine Steps | John Buchan | 1915 | Novel | - | - | - |
3 | The Great Impersonation | 1935 | Alan Crosland | USA | The Great Impersonation | E. Phillips Oppenheim | 1920 | Novel | - | - | - |
4 | Secret Agent | 1936 | Alfred Hitchcock | UK | Ashenden: Or the British Agent | W. Somerset Maugham | 1928 | Novel | Ashenden | 1991 | UK |
5 | The Great Impersonation | 1942 | John Rawlins | USA | The Great Impersonation | E. Phillips Oppenheim | 1920 | Novel | - | - | - |
6 | The 39 Steps | 1959 | Ralph Thomas | UK | The Thirty-Nine Steps | John Buchan | 1915 | Novel | - | - | - |
7 | The 39 Steps | 1978 | Don Sharp | UK | The Thirty-Nine Steps | John Buchan | 1915 | Novel | - | - | - |
[edit] World War II
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- * BBC mini-series.
- & pre-WWII
[edit] Cold War
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* BBC mini-series.
[edit] Post-Cold War
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# | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work |
Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
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1 | Icon | 2005 | Charles Martin Smith | USA | Icon (novel) | Frederick Forsyth | 1996 | Novel | - | - | - |
2 | The Constant Gardener | 2005 | Fernando Meirelles | UK | The Constant Gardener | John le Carré | 2001 | Novel | - | - | - |
[edit] See also
- James Bond
- Matt Helm
- Jason Bourne
- Harry Palmer
- Quiller
- George Smiley
- Spy film
- Spy fiction
- Espionage
- List of fiction works made into feature films
- List of films based on war books
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