Today, let's chronicle the film output from around the world that partook of Woolrich's writings. We'll cover the TV material tomorrow on his actual birthday. Of all comparable writers, only Georges Simenon appears to have a lengthier filmography.
FILMS
1930s
CONVICTED (1938, dir. Leon Barsha) with Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, Marc Lawrence.
1940s
STREET OF CHANCE (1942, dir. Jack Hively) with Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Sheldon Leonard, Jerome Cowan, Frieda Inescourt
THE LEOPARD MAN (1943, dir. Jacques Tourneur) with Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks, Abner Biberman
PHANTOM LADY (1944, dir. Robert Siodmak) With Ella Raines, Franchot Tone, Alan Curtis, Thomas Gomez
THE MARK OF THE WHISTLER (1944, dir. William Castle) with Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Porter Hall
DEADLINE AT DAWN (1946, dir. Harold Clurman) with Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams, Joseph Calleia, Osa Massen, Lola Lane, Jerome Cowan
BLACK ANGEL (1946, dir. Roy William Neill) with Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford, Constance Dowling
THE CHASE (1946, dir. Arthur Ripley) with Robert Cummings, Steve Cochran, Michele Morgan, Peter Lorre, Lloyd Corrigan
FALL GUY (1947, dir. Reginald LeBorg) with Leo Penn, Teala Loring, Robert Armstrong
THE GUILTY (1947, dir. John Reinhardt) with Bonita Granville, Don Castle, Wally Cassell, Regis Toomey, John Litel
FEAR IN THE NIGHT (1947, dir. Maxwell Shane) with Paul Kelly, DeForest Kelley, Ann Doran, Kay Scott
THE RETURN OF THE WHISTLER (1948, dir. D. Ross Lederman) with Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert, Richard Lane
I WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR SHOES (1948, dir. William Nigh) with Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey
NIGHT HAS A THOUAND EYES (1948, dir. John Farrow) with Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund, William Demarest, Virginia Bruce, Jerome Cowan
THE WINDOW (1949, dir. Ted Tetzlaff) with Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Ruth Roman, Paul Stewart, Bobby Driscoll
1950s
NO MAN OF HER OWN (1950, dir. Mitchell Leisen) with Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Lyle Bettger
LA HUELLA DES UNOS LABIOS (1952, Mexico, dir. Juan Bustillo Oro) with Rosario Granados, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Rubén Rojo
SI MUERO ANTES DE DESPERATAR (1952, Argentina, dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen) with Néstor Zavarce, Blanca del Prado, Floren Delbene
NO ABRES NUNCA ESA PUERTA (1952, Argentine, dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen( with Angel Mangaña, Renée Domas, Nicolàs Fregues
REAR WINDOW (1954, dir. Alfred Hitchcock) with James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey
OBSESSION (1954, France, dir. Jean Delannoy) with Michele Morgan, Raf Vallone, Jean Gaven, Marthe Mercadier, Robert Dalban
EL OJO DE CRISTAL (1956, Spain-Mexico, dir. Antonio Santillán) with Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Beatriz Aguirre, Armando Moreno
NIGHTMARE (1956, dir. Maxwell Shane) with Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell, Rhys Williams, Marian Carr
ESCAPADE (1957, France, dir. Ralph Habib) with Louis Jourdan, Dany Carrel, Roger Hanin
1960s
SHISHA TO NO KEKKON (1960, Japan, dir. Osamu Takahashi) with Tsutomo Haruyama, Chieki Higashiyama, Reiko Hitomi (version of NO MAN OF HER OWN)
BIRE ON VARDI (1963, Turkey, dir. Memduh Un) with Fatman Girik, Tamer Yigit, Huseyin Baradin (version of DEADLINE AT DAWN)
AS BAKUDAN (1964, Japan, dir. Kihachi Okamoto) with Tunosuke Ito, Fubuki Koshija, Ichiro Nakatani
DRO ITSUREBA GANTIADISAS (1965, USSR, dir, Neil Nenova & Geno Tsulaia) with Ariadna Shengelaia, Merab Tavadze, Guranda Gabunia (version of DEADLINE AT DAWN)
THE BOY CRIED MURDER (1966, UK-W.Ger-Yugoslavia, dir. George P. Breakston) with Fraser MacIntosh Veronica Hurst, Phil Brown (version of THE WINDOW)
YORU NO WANA (1967, Japan, dir Sokich Tomimoto) with Ayako Wakao, Masaya Takahashi, Masahiko Naruse (version of BLACK ANGEL)
THE BRIDE WORE BLACK (1968, France, dir. François Truffaut) with Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet
MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (1969, France, dir. François Truffaut) with Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nelly Borgeaud
1970s
SEVEN BLOOD-STAINED ORCHIDS (1972, Italy, dir. Umberto Lenzi) with Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Marisa Mell
LA PUPA DEL GANGSTER (1975, Italy, dir. Giorgio Capitani) with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Maccione
1980s
UNION CITY (1980, dir. Mark Reichert) with Dennis Lipscomb, Debbie Harry, Sam McMurray
CLOAK & DAGGER (1984, dir. Richard Frankin) with Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy (version of THE WINDOW)
2000s
ORIGINAL SIN (2001, dir. Michael Cristofer) with Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane
SHE'S NO ANGEL (2002, dir. Rachel Feldman) with Tracey Gold, Kevin Dobson, Dee Wallace (version of NO MAN OF HER OWN)
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Counting by decade, we get: 1930s--1; 1940s--14; 1950s--9, 1960s--8, 1970s--2, 1980s--2, 2000s--2.
Note that there are no theatrical films from the USA using Woolrich source materials during the 1960s, they are all foreign. That streak continues until 1980, when a trickle of US-produced theatrical films commence.
We'll look at TV episodes and TV movies tomorrow.
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