Venetian Bird (novel)
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![]() First edition cover (showing the Lion of Venice) | |
Author | Victor Canning |
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Language | English |
Genre | Thriller |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1950 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type |
Venetian Bird is a 1950 thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning.
Film adaptation
In 1952 the story was turned into a film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Richard Todd, Eva Bartok and Margot Grahame, with Canning adapting his own novel for the screenplay.[1] In 1975, the novel was adapted by screenwriter Alfred Hayes into a two-part, eighth season episode of the CBS private eye TV series Mannix entitled "Bird of Prey". It was shot on Catalina island, doubling for a fictional Latin American country.
References
- ^ Goble p.69
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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