Steven Spielberg co-wrote the 1974 crime film The Sugarland Express.
Past Perfect is a 1984 novel by Israeli novelist Yaakov Shabtai .. Yaakov Shabtai. Yaakov Shabtai. The original Hebrew title , Sof Davar -LRB- Hebrew  : סוף דבר -RRB- can be translated literally as The End Result or Epilogue .. Hebrew. Hebrew. Shabtai died in 1981 , before completing a final draft .. The novel was published posthumously , edited for publication by the literary scholar Dan Miron and Shabtai 's wife Edna .. Dan Miron. Dan Miron. An English translation was published in 1987 by Viking Press .. Viking Press. Viking Press. English. English Language