Indirectly. A Japanese Submarine figured in ( private navy of Sergeant O"Farrell, Bob Hope playing the title character. It should be noted that the NCO rank of Sergeant is Not used in the Navy- CPO...
There was a TV movie called "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble", which premiered in 1976. It was a medical drama starring John Travolta as an immunity-deficient lad who lived in an artificial habitat...
An excellent question? in what way? often they will take considerable slack or literary license from the originals. Look at Verne"s Journey to the Center of the Earth. In the novel there were no...