Edited and introduced by Peter Haining, this collection brings together stories by authors which have inspired films, or are closely associated with them.

Contents:

• Preface: The Eye on Crime by Peter Haining
• Rambo: First Blood by David Morrell
• Mystery Liner by Edgar Wallace
• Little Caesar by W.R. Burnett
• Epitaph for a Spy by Eric Ambler
• The Killers by Ernest Hemingway
• Rear Window by Cornell Woolrich
• The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter
• The Girl Hunters by Mickey Spillane
• Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer
• The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
• Death Wish by Brian Garfield
• Manhattan Murder Mystery by Woody Allen