▁are ▁attacked ▁by ▁Pope ye . ▁ ▁Ada pt ations ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁San ctu ary ▁was ▁adapted ▁into ▁the ▁Pre - Code ▁film ▁The ▁Story ▁of ▁Temple ▁Dra ke ▁st arring ▁Mi ri am ▁Hop kins , ▁with ▁the ▁rap ist ▁character ▁" P ope ye " ▁renamed ▁" Trigger " ▁for ▁copy right ▁reasons . ▁According ▁to ▁film ▁historian ▁William ▁K . ▁E vers on , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁largely ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁Mot ion ▁Picture ▁Production ▁Code ▁crack down ▁on ▁ris que ▁and ▁controvers ial ▁subject ▁matter . ▁ ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁later ▁a ▁co - source , ▁with ▁its ▁sequ el ▁Re qu iem ▁for ▁a ▁N un ▁( 1 9 5 1 ), ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁film ▁San ctu ary , ▁st arring ▁Lee ▁Rem ick ▁as ▁Temple ▁and ▁Y ves ▁Mont and ▁as ▁her ▁rap ist , ▁now ▁renamed ▁" C andy ▁Man ". ▁ ▁Fa ulk ner ▁stated ▁that ▁initially ▁he ▁wished ▁to ▁end ▁the ▁plot ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁San ctu ary ▁but ▁he ▁decided ▁that , ▁in ▁D egen fel der ' s ▁words , ▁" Tem ple ' s ▁re inter pret ation ▁would ▁be ▁dram atic ▁and ▁worth while ." ▁D egen fel der ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁he ▁may ▁have ▁got ten ▁insp iration ▁for ▁the ▁sequ el ▁from ▁The ▁Story ▁of ▁Temple ▁Dra ke ▁due ▁to ▁common ▁elements ▁between ▁the ▁two . ▁ ▁Phill ips ▁wrote ▁that ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁difficulties ▁of ▁adapt