I know that's an unlikely pair of titles, but I have two unrelated
queries.  Was there a film version of the Fowles's novel
The Magus?  Was Peter O'Toole in it?  Is it available on cassette?
 
I'm counting all that as one query.  Number Two:  Does anyone know
if the 1956 (I think) film Beat the Devil can be purchased for
less than $50, and if so, from whom?  I know it's on tape, I rented
it once.  Thanks!
 
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| Rick Francis        | "...The present era grabs everything that was ever
| C47805NF@WUVMD      | written in order to transform it into films, TV
| Dep't of Comp Lit,  | programs, or cartoons.  What is essential in a novel
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| Washington Univ.    | and so every adaptation contains nothing but the
| St. Louis, MO       | nonessestial.  If a person is still crazy enough to
|         63130       | write novels nowadays and wants to protect them, he
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                        adapted, in other words, in such a way that they can-
                        not be retold.  "
                                      (From "Immortality" by Milan Kundera)