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| Author | Martha Albrand |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Random House (New York) Chatto and Windus (London) |
Publication 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.[1] 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.[2]
References
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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