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Graham Greene on Film: How a Novelist Rewrote Cinema’s Moral Playbook

He wrote novels that felt like movies. Greene’s visual prose, moral ambiguity, and restless travel turned into some of the 20th century’s most enduring films—from The Third Man to Brighton Rock and The Quiet American. His partnership with Carol Reed set the standard, while his Catholic doubts and MI6 past gave his characters an edge that still grips directors and audiences.