Desperate Moment (novel)
{{short description|1951 novel}}
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| author = Martha Albrand
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre =Thriller
| publisher = Random House
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Chatto and Windus
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| release_date = 1951
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Desperate Moment is a 1951 thriller novel by the German writer Martha Albrand, then living in the United States.Reilly p.22 It takes place in postwar Europe where a man breaks out of prison to try and find the men who set him up.
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.Goble p.5
References
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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.
Category:Novels by Martha Albrand
Category:German thriller novels
Category:Novels set in Germany
Category:German novels adapted into films
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