List of fiction works made into feature films (D–J)
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This is a list of works of fiction that have been made into feature films, from D to J. The title of the work and the year it was published are both followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.
↑ Works adapted from the series in chronological order: Bar-20 (1906), The Orphan (1908), Hopalong Cassidy (1910), Buck Peters, Ranchman (1912), The Man from Bar-20 (1918), The Bar-20 Three (1921), Tex (1922), Bring Me His Ears (1922), H. C. Returns (1923) Black Buttes (1923), Rustlers' Valley (1924), Cottonwood Gulch (1925), Hopalong Cassidy's Protege (1926), The Bar-20 Rides Again (1926), Corson of the J.C. (1927), Me an' Shorty (1929), Hopalong Cassidy and the Eagle's Brood (1931), Mesquite Jenkins, Tumbleweed (1932) The Round-Up (1933), Trail Dust (1934), On the Trail of the Tumbling T (1935) and Hopalong Cassidy Serves a Writ (1941).
↑ Film adapted from the sequel novel The Lost World (1995) by the same author.
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