September 19, 1980
City Primeval
by Elmore Leonard
Arbor House, 1980
A number of films have been made from Elmore Leonard's novels and short stories, beginning with THE TALL T and 3:10 TO YUMA in 1957, but the major motion picture based on City Primeval has yet to be produced. However, lead character Raymond Cruz makes an appearance in another Leonard novel, Out of Sight, and is played by Paul Calderon in Steven Soderbergh's 1998 film adaptation.