Venetian Bird (novel)
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.jpg) First edition cover (showing the Lion of Venice) | |
| Author | Victor Canning |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1950 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Venetian Bird is a 1950 thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning.
Film adaptation
[edit]In 1952 the story was turned into a film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Richard Todd, Eva Bartok and Margot Grahame, with Canning adapting his own novel for the screenplay.[1] In 1975, the novel was adapted by screenwriter Alfred Hayes into a two-part, eighth season episode of the CBS private eye TV series Mannix entitled "Bird of Prey". It was shot on Catalina island, doubling for a fictional Latin American country. Most of the characters remain the same while Joe Mannix replaces Richard Mercer from the novel.
References
[edit]- ^ Goble p.69
Bibliography
[edit]- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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