Premise: Apocalypse Now . The screenplay , written by Milius , adapts the story of Joseph Conrad 's novella Heart of Darkness changing its setting from late 1800 's Congo to the Vietnam War . Guys and Dolls . It is based on `` The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown '' and `` Blood Pressure `` two short stories by Damon Runyonand also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon storiesmost notably `` Pick the Winner '' . The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals , as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando , Jean Simmons , Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine . Marlon Brando . ( 1952 ) , Julius Caesar ( 1953 ) , The Wild One ( 1953 ) , Guys and Dolls ( 1955 ) , Sayonara ( 1957 ) , Reflections in a Golden Eye ( 1967 ) , Last Tango in Paris ( 1972 ) , and Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ) . The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy , based on Mario Puzo 's best-selling novel of the same name .
Hypothesis: Marlon Brando was in a film adapted from a work.
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