Roderick Mayne Thorp Jr. (September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999) was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedural/crime novels. His novel...
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Nothing Lasts Forever is a 1979 action thriller novel by American author Roderick Thorp, a sequel to his 1966 novel The Detective. The novel is mostly known...
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Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. It stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, and Bonnie...
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American action film series and media franchise that originated with Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever. All five films revolve around the...
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Aaron Rosenberg, it is based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Roderick Thorp. Co-stars include Lee Remick, Jacqueline Bisset, Jack Klugman, William...
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circles overhead, and has 58 minutes to do so before the plane crashes. Roderick Thorp, who wrote the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever, upon which Die Hard...
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The Detective is a thriller/detective novel by American author Roderick Thorp, first published hardcover in 1966. It was made into the 1968 movie of the...
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character was Rickman's first film role. Die Hard was adapted from Roderick Thorp's 1979 thriller Nothing Lasts Forever, and the character Anton Gruber...
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the protagonist of the Die Hard franchise, based on Joe Leland from Roderick Thorp's action novel Nothing Lasts Forever. McClane was portrayed in all five...
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Picoult novel House Rules (ISBN 978-0743296441). The novel River by Roderick Thorp is subtitled "A Novel of the Green River Killings" (ISBN 044990704X)...
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Marconi Based on "A Farewell to Arms" by John Carlin Characters by Roderick Thorp Produced by Michael Fottrell Starring Bruce Willis Justin Long Timothy...
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a 1974 animated TV series by Hanna-Barbera Devlin, a 1988 novel by Roderick Thorp The Devil and Max Devlin, a 1981 American film starring Elliott Gould...
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John McTiernan Screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh Based on Characters by Roderick Thorp Produced by John McTiernan Michael Tadross Starring Bruce Willis Jeremy...
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Bruce Willis), are based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. The reluctant hero in the series. John McClane is a New York City cop...
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Directed by John Moore Written by Skip Woods Based on Characters by Roderick Thorp Produced by Alex Young Wyck Godfrey Starring Bruce Willis Jai Courtney...
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Showtime Cable Network. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Roderick Thorp. Rainbow Drive was given a very limited theatrical release. It was released...
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Die Hard November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29) Participants: Stephen Thorp, Son of Roderick Thorp Jeb Stuart, Screenwriter Beau Marks, Unit Production Manager...
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being terminated by their original writers, such as by the family of Roderick Thorp whose novel Nothing Lasts Forever was adapted into Die Hard. United...
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Wilhelm "Entire and Perfect Chrysolite" by R. A. Lafferty "Sunburst" by Roderick Thorp "The Creation of Bennie Good" by James Sallis "The End" by Ursula K...
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revised by veteran screenwriter Steven E. de Souza. Adapted from the Roderick Thorp 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever, the film was a massive financial and...
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planes, which are all circling overhead, in 58 minutes. Die Hard 2 Roderick Thorp Nothing Lasts Forever "Walter Wager, 79; Spy Novels Were Turned Into...
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rebranded to tie in with their film adaptation. As an example, after Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever was adapted into the 1988 film Die...
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sinister whirl of passion, surveillance, and deceit. George Segal as Gil Roderick Thorp as Cook Chris Young as Andy Mathew Valencia as Boy Lisa Rhoden as Holly...
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American Dream, Norman Mailer Easy Street, Susan Berman The Detective, Roderick Thorp The Ecstasy Business, Richard Condon The Good Thief, Hannah Tinti I've...
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Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games), Oscar winner (1983), cancer. Roderick Thorp, 62, American novelist (Nothing Lasts Forever), heart attack. Arvo Viitanen...
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adapted for a 1995 TV miniseries Nothing Lasts Forever (Thorp novel), a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp, basis for the film Die Hard Nothing Lasts Forever (Defiance...
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by Hans Gruber by Jeb Stuart Steven E. de Souza Anton Gruber by Roderick Thorp In-universe information Alias Artemis the Hunter Artemis Fowl, Jr. F...
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(1932) Destry Rides Again (1939) Destry (1954) The Detective (1966), Roderick Thorp The Detective (1968) Detective (1997), Arthur Hailey Detective (2005)...
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French writer, journalist and film director (died 2025) September 1 – Roderick Thorp, American novelist (died 1999) September 2 – Károly Krajczár, Hungarian...
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town Thorp, Washington Thorp, Wisconsin, a city Thorp, Clark County, Wisconsin, a town Thorp Branch Thorp Ridges Angie Thorp Ash Thorp Bert D. Thorp (1869–1937)...
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