A Swell-Looking Babe

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A Swell-Looking Babe
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First edition
Author Jim Thompson
LanguageEnglish
Genre Crime fiction
Publisher Lion Books
Publication date
1954
Publication placeUnited States

A Swell-Looking Babe is an American crime novel by Jim Thompson. [1]

Contents

Plot

Dusty, a bellboy looking to raise enough money for medical school, falls for the wrong woman.

Film adaptation

A Swell-Looking Babe was adapted into the 1996 film Hit Me starring Elias Koteas as the bellboy, who is renamed "Sonny" in the film adaptation. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Block, Lawrence (October 14, 1990). "CRIME/MYSTERY; A Tale of Pulp and Passion: The Jim Thompson Revival". The New York Times .
  2. ↑ "Hit Me". Variety . December 21, 1996.
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