Odd Man Out (novel)
Odd Man Out is a 1945 crime thriller novel by the British writer F. L. Green.[1] The novel is set in present-day Northern Ireland and portrays an IRA heist gone wrong.[2]
| Author | F. L. Green |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime thriller |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 1945 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
Film adaptation
In 1947 it was made into the British film of the same title directed by Carol Reed and starring James Mason, Kathleen Ryan and Robert Newton .[3] In 1969 it was loosely remade as The Lost Man an American film starring Sidney Poitier.
References
- Steel p.180
- Moore p.92
- Goble p.191
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Moore, Matthew Dwight. Watching Cosmic Time: The Suspense Films of Hitchcock, Welles, and Reed. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 26 Oct 2022.
- Steel, Jayne. Demons, Hamlets and Femmes Fatales: Representations of Irish Republicanism in Popular Fiction. Peter Lang, 2007.
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