Rum Punch

Rum Punch is a 1992 novel written by Elmore Leonard that was adapted into the film Jackie Brown (1997) by director Quentin Tarantino.

The characters Ordell Robbie, Louis Gara and Melanie Ralston first appeared in Leonard's novel The Switch, which itself has also been adapted as a film, Life of Crime, first shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, with Isla Fisher as Melanie and Gara portrayed by John Hawkes.