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(Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images)Getty Images—2012 Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Aug 20, 2013 3:51 PM UTC The writer Elmore Leonard, [who died this morning at 87 of complications from a stroke](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/08/20/best-selling-author-elmore-leonard-dies-at-87/?iid=ent-main-lead), worked in many genres—including Westerns and suspense thrillers—but he’s best known for his crime novels. But even those who never picked up his books might be familiar with his work through the movies: of the more than 40 book he wrote over a six-decade career, 19 were adapted for the big screen. _Get Shorty_, above, is the prime example. The 1995 film, based on a 1990 book, stars John Travolta as a mobster who gets caught up in the movie business; Danny DeVito plays an actor who hopes to play Travolta’s character in a film. The movie was a success among critics and at the box office. (**MORE**: [10 Questions for Elmore Leonard, 2005](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1071265,00.html)) But, though _Get Shorty_ is probably the title that garnered Leonard the movie cinematic attention, it was not the beginning. The author’s first Hollywood credit came all the way back in 1956, when he wrote the story for an episode of _Schlitz Playhouse_. One year later, his Western story _3:10 to_ _Yuma_, about a rancher attempting to help bring an outlaw to justice (and to a specific train),received its first on-screen treatment; it was adapted again in 2007. (**VIDEO**: [10 Questions for Elmore Leonard, 2010](http://detroit.blogs.time.com/2010/03/19/elmore-leonard-10-questions/)) More recently, Leonard’s 1992 novel _Rum Punch_ provided the source material for Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 thriller _Jackie Brown_, about a flight attendant caught up in an arms-smuggling operation. (Note: clip below slightly NSFW.) Leonard’s cinematic legacy will continue after his death. His story _Fire in the Hole_ is the basis for the the TV show _Justified;_ his story _When the Women Come Out to Dance_ will become the TV movie _The Arrangement_, currently in post-production; and the upcoming _Jackie Brown_ prequel _Life of Crime—_premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival this September—is based on his novel _The Switch._ And there’s no reason to believe his story will stop there: more than a dozen of his books are still waiting to be adapted. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7118016/elmore-leonard-on-film-three-great-scenes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7118016/elmore-leonard-on-film-three-great-scenes/"},"headline":"Elmore Leonard on Film: Three Great Scenes","datePublished":"2013-08-20T15:51:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-25T05:55:01.511Z","description":"The writer Elmore Leonard, who died this morning at 87 of complications from a stroke, worked in many genres—including Westerns and suspense thrillers—but he's best...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7118016/elmore-leonard-on-film-three-great-scenes/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92c12cde1b3c6bda/698a8e8acabb1df7dce59c5a/g.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92c12cde1b3c6bda/698a8e8acabb1df7dce59c5a/g.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"John Travolta In 'Get Shorty'","caption":"John Travolta In 'Get Shorty'","creditText":"Getty Images—2012 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7118016/elmore-leonard-on-film-three-great-scenes/","name":"Elmore Leonard on Film: Three Great Scenes"}}]}] ```