▁C ards , ▁Frank ▁was ▁cred ited , ▁together ▁with ▁her ▁husband , ▁under ▁the ▁pen ▁name ▁of ▁" James ▁P . ▁Bon ner ". ▁Frank ▁and ▁Rav etch ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁William ▁Fa ulk ner , ▁writing ▁the ▁screen play ▁for ▁a ▁film ▁adaptation ▁of ▁his ▁last ▁novel ▁The ▁Re ivers ▁( 1 9 6 9 ). ▁ ▁Frank ▁and ▁Rav etch ▁wrote ▁the ▁screen play ▁for ▁The ▁Cow bo ys ▁( 1 9 7 2 ), ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁novel ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name , ▁and ▁The ▁Care y ▁Tre at ment ▁( also ▁ 1 9 7 2 ), ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁novel ▁A ▁Case ▁of ▁Need ▁by ▁Michael ▁Cr icht on . ▁For ▁the ▁latter , ▁the ▁couple ▁were ▁cred ited ▁under ▁" James ▁P . ▁Bon ner ", ▁the ▁last ▁time ▁they ▁would ▁adopt ▁the ▁pen ▁name . ▁The ▁couple ▁reun ited ▁once ▁again ▁with ▁Martin ▁R itt ▁to ▁write ▁the ▁screen play ▁for ▁Con rack ▁( 1 9 7 4 ), ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁aut obi ographical ▁book ▁The ▁Water ▁Is ▁W ide , ▁with ▁Frank ▁also ▁working ▁as ▁producer . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁commer cially ▁and ▁crit ically ▁well - rece ived , ▁winning ▁a ▁B AF TA ▁award . ▁The ▁couple ▁wrote ▁for ▁an ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁The ▁Bank ▁Rob ber , ▁released ▁as ▁The ▁Sp ikes ▁Gang ▁( also ▁ 1 9 7 4 ). ▁Ar ound ▁this ▁time , ▁Frank ▁also ▁wrote ▁two ▁nov els , ▁Single : ▁a ▁novel