On the Night of the Fire (novel)
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| Author | F. L. Green |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 1939 |
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On the Night of the Fire is a 1939 crime drama novel by the British writer F. L. Green.[1] It was Green's second published novel and his breakthrough work.
Film adaptation[edit]
The same year it was adapted into a British film of the same title directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Ralph Richardson and Diana Wynyard.[2] It is considered an early film noir.[3]
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Grant, Kevin. Roots of Film Noir: Precursors from the Silent Era to the 1940s. McFarland, 2002.
- Moore, Matthew Dwight. Watching Cosmic Time: The Suspense Films of Hitchcock, Welles, and Reed. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 26 Oct 2022.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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