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Which of Elmore Leonard’s works were adapted into films?

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Novels by Elmore Leonard that were adapted into films include Fifty-two Pickup (1974; as the 1984 film The Ambassador and the 1986 film 52 Pick-Up), The Switch (1978; as the 2013 film Life of Crime), Rum Punch (1992; as the 1997 film Jackie Brown), Get Shorty (1990; film 1995), and Out of Sight (1996; film 1998). Leonard’s short story “Fire in the Hole” served as the basis for the television series Justified (2010–15).

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