premise: The Cry of the Owl is based solely on Patricia Highsmith's second novel.
hypothesis: The Cry of the Owl ( Original : Le cri du hibou ) is a 1987 French-Italian thriller film , adapted from the 1962 novel The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith . The Cry of the Owl is a 2009 thriller film based on Patricia Highsmith 's book of the same name .