Stealing Through Time: On the Writings of Jack Finney (31 page)

Swelled Head.
Collier's.
July 14, 1951.

Quit Zoomin' Those Hands Through the Air.
Collier's.
August 4, 1951.

I'm Scared.
Collier's.
September 15, 1951. 

Sounds in the Night.
Collier's.
November 24, 1951.

1952

Stopover at Reno.
Collier's.
January 5, 1952.

Obituary.
Collier's.
February 2, 1952 (with C.J. Durban).

Tiger Tamer.
Collier's.
May 31, 1952.

There Is a Tide.
Collier's.
August 2, 1952.

Man of the Cocktail Hour.
Collier's.
September 20, 1952.

Diagnosis Completed.
Collier's.
October 18, 1952 (with F.M. Barratt).

Behind the News.
Good Housekeeping.
November 1952.

1953

5 Against the House (part one).
Good Housekeeping.
July 1953. 

5 Against the House (part two).
Good Housekeeping.
August 1953.

5 Against the House (part three).
Good Housekeeping.
September 1953.

1954

The Body Snatchers (part one).
Collier's.
November 26, 1954. 

The Body Snatchers (part two).
Collier's.
December 10, 1954. 

The Body Snatchers (part three).
Collier's.
December 24, 1954.

1955

Legal and Tender.
Good Housekeeping.
February 1955. 

Of Missing Persons.
Good Housekeeping.
March 1955. 

Tattletale Tape.
Collier's.
March 4, 1955. 

A Man of Confidence.
Good Housekeeping.
August 1955.

1956

Second Chance.
Good Housekeeping.
April 1956.

The House of Numbers.
Cosmopolitan.
July 1956.

Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket.
Collier's.
October 26, 1956.

1957

Rainy Sunday.
Good Housekeeping.
April 1957. 

Expression of Love.
Good Housekeeping.
June 1957. 

Fast Buck.
Good Housekeeping.
September 1957. 

A Dash of Spring.
The Third Level.
1957.

1958

Vive La Différence!
Good Housekeeping.
June 1958.

1959

Seven Days to Live.
Saturday Evening Post.
January 10, 1959.

Bedtime Story.
Good Housekeeping.
May 1959.

All My Clients Are Innocent.
Cosmopolitan.
July 1959.

The Love Letter.
Saturday Evening Post.
August 1, 1959.

The U-19's Last Kill (part one).
Saturday Evening Post.
August 22,1959.

The U-19's Last Kill (part two).
Saturday Evening Post.
August 29,1959.

The U-19's Last Kill (part three).
Saturday Evening Post.
September 5, 1959.

The U-19's Last Kill (part four).
Saturday Evening Post.
September 12, 1959.

The U-19's Last Kill (part five).
Saturday Evening Post.
September 19, 1959.

The U-19's Last Kill (part six).
Saturday Evening Post.
September 26, 1959.

Take One Rainy Night ...
McCall's.
October 1959.

1960

The Other Wife.
Saturday Evening Post.
January 30, 1960. 

Crazy Sunday.
McCall's.
February 1960. 

I Love Galesburg in the Springtime.
McCall's.
April 1960.

1961

An Old Tune.
McCall's.
October 1961.

1962

Where the Cluetts Are.
McCall's.
January 1962.

The Man with the Magic Glasses.
McCall's.
March 1962.

Old Enough for Love.
McCall's.
May 1962.

Hey, Look at Me!
Playboy.
September 1962.

The Sunny Side of the Street.
McCall's.
October 1962.

Time Has No Boundaries.
Saturday Evening Post.
October 13, 1962.

1963

No Time for the Billiard Ballet.
Playboy.
October 1963.

1965

Double Take.
Playboy.
April 1965.

Nonfiction

Where Has Old-Fashioned Fun Gone?
New York Times.
Sept. 24, 1970: 47.

Off to the Golden West.
New York Times.
Oct. 29, 1970: 43. 

St. Nicholas Monthly's Xmas List.
New York Times.
December 18,1970: 39.

When Felony Had Style.
New York Times.
February 5, 1971: 31.

Getting It Right This Time.
New York Times.
June 11, 1973: 35. 

Man's First Flight: Over Manhattan, 1876.
New York Times.
Aug. 1, 1973: 39.

Esprit de Postal Corp.
New York Times.
Dec. 21, 1973: 35.
 

Forgotten News: The Crime of the Century and Other Lost Stories.
1983.

Short Story and Novel Collections

The Third Level.
1957. 

Contents: The Third Level. Such Interesting Neighbors. I'm Scared. Cousin Len's Wonderful Adjective Cellar. Of Missing Persons. Something in a Cloud. There Is a Tide ... Behind the News. Quit Zoomin' Those Hands Through the Air. A Dash of Spring. Second Chance. Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets.
 

I Love Galesburg in the Springtime.
1962.

Contents: I Love Galesburg in the Springtime. Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere. Where the Cluetts Are. Hey, Look at Me! A Possible Candidate for the Presidency. Prison Legend. Time Has No Boundaries. The Intrepid Aeronaut. The Coin Collector. The Love Letter.

About Time: Twelve Stories.
1986.

Contents: The Third Level. I Love Galesburg in the Springtime. Such Interesting Neighbors. The Coin Collector. Of Missing Persons. Lunch-Hour Magic. Where the Cluetts Are. The Face in the Photo. I'm Scared. Home Alone. Second Chance. Hey, Look at Me!

Three by Finney.
1987. 

Contents:
The Woodrow Wilson Dime. Marion's Wall. The Night People.

Plays

Telephone Roulette.
Dramatic Publishing. 1956.
 

This Winter's Hobby.
1966.

Film Adaptations

Five Against the House.
1955.
 

Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
1956.
 

House of Numbers.
1957.
 

Good Neighbor Sam.
1964.
 

Assault on a Queen.
1966.
 

Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
1978.
 

Maxie.
1985.
 

Body Snatchers.
1993.

The Invasion.
2007.

Television Adaptations

"Time Is Just a Place." (Adaptation of "Such Interesting Neighbors.") 
Science Fiction Theatre.
First broadcast on April 16, 1955. 

"All My Clients Are Innocent."
Alcoa Premiere.
First broadcast on April 17, 1962.

"Such Interesting Neighbors."
Amazing Stories.
First broadcast on March 20, 1987.

"The Love Letter."
Hallmark Hall of Fame.
First broadcast on February 1, 1998.

Appendix II.

Credits for Adaptations of Jack Finney's Work

Film

5 Against the House

Released in 1955 by Columbia Pictures

Screenplay by Stirling Silliphant, William Bowers, John Barnwell

Based upon the
Good Housekeeping
Magazine story by Jack Finney

Produced by Stirling Silliphant, John Barnwell

Directed by Phil Karlson

• Cast •

Al Mercer — Guy Madison

Kay Greyleg — Kim Novak

Brick — Brian Keith

Roy — Alvy Moore

Ronnie — Kerwin Mathews

Eric Berg — William Conrad

Francis Spieglebauer — Jack Diamond

Virginia — Jean Willes

Robert Fenton — John Zaremba

Jack Roper — George Brand

Brad Lacey — Mark Hanna

Mrs. Valent — Carroll McComas

Pat Winters — Hugh Sanders

(Additional cast information from "5 Against the House (1955)." 3 Sept. 2003 movies.go.com)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Released in 1956 by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation

Screenplay by Daniel Mainwaring

Based on the
Collier's
Magazine serial by Jack Finney

Produced by Walter Wanger Pictures, Inc.

Directed by Don Siegel

• Cast •

Dr. Miles Bennell — Kevin McCarthy

Becky Driscoll — Dana Wynter

Dr. Dan Kauffman — Larry Gates

Jack Belicec — King Donovan

Theodora Belicec — Carolyn Jones

Nurse Sally Withers — Jean Willes

Police Chief Nick Grivett — Ralph Dumke

Wilma Lentz — Virginia Christie

Uncle Ira Lentz — Tom Fadden

Stanley Driscoll — Kenneth Patterson

Officer Sam Janzek — Guy Way

Anne Grimaldi — Eileen Stevens

Grandma Driscoll — Beatrice Maude

Eleda Lentz — Jean Andren

Jimmy Grimaldi — Bobby Clark

Dr. Ed Pursey — Everett Glass

Mac Lomax — Dabbs Greer

Baggage man — Pat O'Malley

Restaurant owner — Guy Rennie

Martha Lomax — Marie Selland

Charlie, the meter reader — Sam Peckinpah

Pod carrier in Miles's office — Harry J. Vejar

Dr. Harvey Bassett — Richard Deacon

Dr. Hill — Whit Bissell

Ambulance driver — Robert Osterloh

with Frank Hagney

(Additional cast information from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)."
Amazon.com.
11 Sept. 2003.)

House of Numbers

Released in 1957 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Screenplay by Russell Rouse and Don M. Mankiewicz

Based on the
Cosmopolitan
magazine novel by Jack Finney

Produced by Charles Schnee

Directed by Russell Rouse

• Cast •

Bill Judlow/Arnie Judlow — Jack Palance

Henry Nova — Harold J. Stone

Warden — Edward Platt

Ruth Judlow — Barbara Lang

(Additional cast information from "House of Numbers (1957)." 29 Sept. 2003 movies.go.com.)

Good Neighbor Sam

Released in 1964 by Columbia

Screenplay by James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum, and David Swift

From the novel by Jack Finney

Produced and directed by David Swift

• Cast •

Sam Bissel — Jack Lemmon

Janet Lagerlof — Romy Schneider

Minerva Bissel — Dorothy Provine

Howard Ebbets — Michael Connors

Mr. Burke — Edward Andrews