Michael Crichton: Tracking His Storied Career

The late best-selling author had a gift for writing page-turners, many of which were made into successful Hollywood productions like ''Jurassic Park,'' ''The Andromeda Strain,'' and ''ER''

By Marc Bernardin, Wook Kim | Nov 05, 2008

Image credit: Everett Collection

A CASE OF NEED (1968)
Adaptation: The Carey Treatment (1972)

First published by then med student Crichton under a pseudonym, Jeffrey Hudson, Case deals with a doctor who is accused of performing an illegal abortion, which then leads to the death of a woman from a very powerful Boston family.

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