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One of mine, too- I always wished he had gotten wider exposure and appreciation.

I know. A couple of McGee books were made into movies and the TV one The Empty Coppper Sea starring Sam Elliott was pretty mediocre. I never saw Darker Than Amber, although I heard that was also mediocre.

Of course, Cape Fear (the original anyway) is a classic.

I can't belive they never tried more McGee movies or never made a film of Last One Left or One More Sunday which were works of art.

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Darker Than Amber was supposed to be the start of a whole series of Travis McGee movies, but it did so poorly that the idea died out. It was a case of the filmmaker's poor job being blamed on the source material, which happens quite frequently, unfortunately.

Have you ever seen the two Tony Rome movies with Frank Sinatra? I could've SWORN that those were direct Mcgee ripoffs with the names changed.