The Squeaker (novel)
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Author | Edgar Wallace |
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Language | English |
Genre | Crime |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton (UK) Doubleday Doran (US) |
Publication date | 1927 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type |
The Squeaker is a 1927 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace.,[1] published in the US as The Squealer in 1928.[2] In the story, an ex-detective goes undercover to find out the identity of a notorious informer who betrays his criminal associates to the police for his own gain.
Film adaptations
The novel has been adapted for the screen several times:
- The Squeaker (1930 film), a British film
- The Squeaker (1931 film), a German film
- The Squeaker (1937 film), a British film
- The Squeaker (1963 film), a West German film
References
- ^ Bergfelder p.145
- ^ Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook Retrieved 20/9/22.
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- The Squeaker at Faded Page (Canada)
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