Evan Hunter

1926–2005 · American author and screenwriter

Evan Hunter was an American author of crime and mystery fiction. He is best known as the author of the 87th Precinct novels, published under the pen name Ed McBain, which are considered staples of the police procedural genre.

Evan Hunter, in order

1. 1955 Blackboard Jungle: wrote · directed by Richard Brooks · critics 72%, audiences 77%
2. 1959 Cop Hater: wrote · directed by William Berke · audiences 40%
3. 1960 Strangers When We Meet: wrote · directed by Richard Quine
4. 1963 The Birds: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 96%, audiences 83%
5. 1971 Cry of the Cormoran: wrote · directed by Michel Audiard
6. 1972 Fuzz: wrote · directed by Richard A. Colla
7. 1979 Walk Proud: wrote · directed by Robert L. Collins · audiences 88%
8. 1992 Columbo (TV series): wrote · audiences 83% · streaming on Tubi, Fandango at Home (free), Prime Video
9. 1995 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning: wrote · directed by Bruce Paltrow · streaming on Tubi
10. Sposob ubiystva: wrote · directed by Oleg Goyda