The Go-Between (1971 film) envisaged Alec Guinness and Margaret Leighton in the leads and employed Nancy Mitford to write a script. L.P. Hartley later claimed Korda had no real intention to make a film of the book - he kept the rights hoping to re-sell them at a profit. Hartley says "I was so annoyed when I heard of this that I put a curse on him and he died, almost the next morning." Joseph Losey was interested in filming the novel. He tried to get financing for a version in 1963 after "The Servant" and says Pinter wrote "two thirds of a script".
The Scarecrow (Connelly novel) mother was an exotic dancer similar in appearance to the victims who needed to wear leg braces when not performing. The story closes with Carver in medical lockdown, deep in a coma, alone with his thoughts. Connelly wrote and produced a pre-release video for the novel and a series of three videos entitled "Conflict of Interest", directed by Terrill Lankford, presenting a connection between Rachel Walling and the events of this story prior to the start of the book. The videos have been posted on YouTube: The Scarecrow (Connelly novel) The Scarecrow is a 2009 novel written by American author