Desperate Moment (novel)

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| author = Martha Albrand

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| language = English

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| genre =Thriller

| publisher = Random House
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Chatto and Windus
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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:1951 American novels

Category:1951 German novels

Category:Novels by Martha Albrand

Category:German thriller novels

Category:Novels set in Germany

Category:German novels adapted into films

Category:Random House books

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