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An ordinary person stumbles onto something and is hunted for it — the chase is the plot.

How the idea moved: 10 landmark works

  1. 1886KidnappedRobert Louis StevensonEvolutionNovel
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  2. 1915The Thirty-Nine StepsJohn BuchanOriginNovel
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  3. 1939Rogue MaleGeoffrey HouseholdEvolutionNovel
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  4. 1959North by NorthwestAlfred HitchcockEvolutionFilm
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  5. 1974Three Days of the CondorJames GradyEvolutionNovel
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  6. 1980The Bourne IdentityRobert LudlumOriginNovel
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  7. 1991The FirmJohn GrishamOriginNovel
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  8. 1993The FugitiveAndrew DavisEvolutionFilm
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  9. 2003The Da Vinci CodeDan BrownEvolutionNovel
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  10. 2005No Country for Old MenCormac McCarthyEvolutionNovel
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