FOOLS’ PARADE (1971 )

THE FILM

FILM DIRECTOR: Andrew V. McLaglen

SCREENWRITER: James Lee Barrett

FILM STARS: James Stewart, George Kennedy, Anne Baxter, Strother Martin, Kurt Russell, William Windom, Mike Kellin, David Huddleston

COUNTRY: USA

THIS BOOK

AUTHOR: Davis Grubb

TYPE: Novel

PUBLISHER: Signet

THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1970

COUNTRY: USA COVER: Paperback

THE ORIGINAL BOOK

ORIGINAL AUTHOR: As Above

YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED: 1969

ORIGINAL BOOK TITLE: The film title

NOTES

GENRE: Crime

WORDS: The film was strange, endearing, but strange, in its shifts between drama and humour. It is, perhaps, Jimmy Stewart’s oddest role but one that he owns. George Kennedy was, as always, solid. And Strother martin (always good) and a young Kurt Russell help. The novel I haven’t read but seems to be more strident and dark, as you would expect from author Davis Grubb (who wrote “The Night of the Hunter”).