Desperate Moment (novel)

Desperate Moment is a 1951 thriller novel by the German writer Martha Albrand, then living in the United States.[1] It takes place in postwar Europe where a man breaks out of prison to try and find the men who set him up.

Desperate Moment
First edition (US)
Author Martha Albrand
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherRandom House
(New York)
Chatto and Windus
(London)
Publication date
1951
Media typePrint

Film adaptation

In 1953 it was made into a British film of the same title directed by Compton Bennett and starring Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling and Albert Lieven.[2]

References

  1. Reilly p.22
  2. Goble p.5

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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