1960s Movies Based on Books

Read the Book Before You See the Movie. Which is better? You decide. Browse movies based on books.

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968, Deafness, Drama, Sentimental, Oprah's Book Club, Adaptation)

PLOT: This Oprah's Book Club selection tells the story of a deaf-mute named John Singer (Alan Arkin), who lives in a small Georgia town. Singer becomes friends with Mick (Sondra Locke), a teenager struggling with young-adult dramas. Singer does his best to help the people around him solve their problems, but will anyone help Singer solve his own? AUTHOR: Carson McCullers

1960s Movies Based On Books List

Movie Title	Book Title	Author
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	2001: A Space Odyssey	Arthur C. Clarke
Cool Hand Luke (1967)	Cool Hand Luke	Donn Pearce
Graduate, The (1967)	Graduate, The	Charles Webb
Haunting, The (1963)	Haunting of Hill House, The	Shirley Jackson
Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The (1968)	Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The	Carson McCullers
Rosemary's Baby (1968)	Rosemary's Baby	Ira Levin
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
~Martin Farquhar Tupper

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