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Old 01-21-2006, 05:35 AM   #99
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Originally Posted by Junkface
If a graphic novel counts as literary, John Looney, in Road to Perdition, became John Rooney for the movie, presumably to distance him from the real life gangster, who I'm not sure actually existed.
I was thinking of Ross MacDonald's private eye Lew Archer becoming the titular character of the excellent Harper, because the producers figured that recent Newman movies Hud and Hustler had both been successful, and wanted something beginning with the letter 'H' again. ( )

That said, your answer fits the question, and I learnt something new thanks to it, so I'll accept it.
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