Understanding Screenwriting #7: Miracle at St. Anna, The Tall Target, How I Met Your Mother, Ugly Betty, & More by Tom Stempel October 8, 2008 I have not read the novel, but James McBride’s screenplay is a mess.
B Noir: Reign of Terror, The Tall Target, He Ran All the Way, & More by Ed Gonzalez May 11, 2006 Look to He Ran All the Way and Tension as examples of how John Berry was trying to push a melo-noir style.