Adaptations
Kemelman also received $35,000 for the movie rights to Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, a made-for-TV adaptation of which was broadcast on NBC in 1976, starring Art Carney as Chief Lanigan and Stuart Margolin as Rabbi Small. A short-lived TV series, Lanigan's Rabbi, shown as part of NBC's Mystery Movie series in January 1977, was based on the book series. Art Carney played Chief Lanigan with Bruce Solomon as Rabbi Small.
In 2003, director Alvaro Brechner shot in Toledo (Spain) an adaptation of The Nine Mile Walk. The film was selected in more than a 100 International Film Festival, obtaining several awards.
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