I recently read the book that this movie was based on, and found the contrast interesting. The scene is moved from California to Louisiana, the woman in distress is now an ex-lover of Harper (Archer), the homosexuality of her husband is played down to innuendo, and some major character development is lost due to time limitations. I ended up just giving the movie a passing grade because there was really no emotional involvement in any of it, nor any real mystery like there was in the book. ( )