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   David Matthews to All   
   Re: Classic TV Westerns   
   06 Dec 07 15:42:40   
   
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   XPost: rec.arts.movies.past-films, rec.arts.tv   
   From: dmatthews03@sympatico.ca   
      
   > I once saw an episode of 77 Sunset Strip (another Warners series) that   
   > redid Strangers On A Train, with no credit to Hitchcock, Chandler or   
   > Highsmith....   
      
      
   I remember that.  I was surprised at it but I guess Warners owned the   
   property outright so could do what they liked with it.  According to   
   Hitchcock very little of Chandler's work remained in the final screenplay   
   for the original movie version.   
      
   Dave in Toronto   
      
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