Tag: Roger L. Simon

Neo-Noir Trois: The Big Fix (1978)

Neo-Noir Trois: The Big Fix (1978)

May 23, 2019 | By

Review of the private eye thriller THE BIG FIX (1978), the oddball adaptation of Roger L. Simon’s novel, new on Blu from Twilight Time.

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BR: Big Fix, The (1978)

BR: Big Fix, The (1978)

May 23, 2019 | By

Roger L. Simon adapted his novel and probably retained the same tonal shifts which suggest both the author and director Jeremy Paul Kagan wanted to play with the private detective formula…

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Film: Jennifer on My Mind (1971)

Film: Jennifer on My Mind (1971)

August 26, 2015 | By

Anthony Spinner and Barry Shear reportedly bought the film rights to Roger L. Simon’s 1968 novel Heir in 1969, after which it was developed at United Artists with final producer Bernard Schwartz (Coal Miner’s Daughter, Roadgames, Psycho II) guiding what probably seemed like the right mix of cast & crew for a dark, black comedy-drama about spoiled heirs whose young lives and romantic interludes are ultimately turned upside-down by heroin…

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