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Roderick Mayne Thorp Junior (* 1. September 1936 in New York; † 28. April 1999 in Oxnard) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Er schrieb Kriminalromane, darunter die Romanvorlagen für die Filme Der Detektiv und Stirb langsam
Occupation. Novelist, writer. Genre. Crime. Notable works. The Detective. Nothing Lasts Forever. Roderick Mayne Thorp Jr. (September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999) was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedural/ crime novels. His novel The Detective was adapted into a film of the same name in 1968.
Nothing Lasts Forever is a 1979 action thriller novel by American author Roderick Thorp, a sequel to his 1966 novel The Detective. The novel is mostly known through its 1988 film adaptation Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis. In 2012, the book was brought back into print and released as an ebook for the 24th anniversary of the film.
- Roderick Thorp
- 1979
The Detective is a thriller/detective novel by American author Roderick Thorp, first published hardcover in 1966. It was made into the 1968 movie of the same name , starring Frank Sinatra , as Detective Joe Leland.
Roderick Mayne Thorp, Jr., né le 1 er septembre 1936 dans le Bronx à New York et mort le 28 avril 1999 à Oxnard , est un écrivain et scénariste américain. Auteur de plusieurs romans policiers et historiques, il est notamment connu pour sa série consacrée aux aventures du détective Joe Lelland.
Roderick Thorp. Writer: Die Hard. Novelist, short-story writer, teacher -- and private detective. He wrote two novels that would be turned into theatrical films, "The Detective" (1966), which became The Detective (1968); and "Nothing Lasts Forever" (1979), which became Die Hard (1988).
Die Hard is an American action film series that originated with Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever. All five films revolve around the main character of John McClane, a police detective who continually finds himself in the middle of a crisis where he is the only hope against disaster.
