After Midnight (Albrand novel)
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| Author | Martha Albrand |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Random House (New York) Chatto and Windus (London) |
Publication date | 1948 |
| Media type | |
After Midnight is a 1948 thriller novel by the German writer Martha Albrand, who had been living in the United States since 1937.[1] It was initially serialized in a slightly different version under the title Dishonored in The Saturday Evening Post.[2]
Synopsis[edit]
During World War II American OSS operative Webster Carr was betrayed to the Germans on a small Italian island. After the war he returns again to uncover who it was who gave him away.
Film adaptation[edit]
In 1950 it was adapted into the Hollywood film Captain Carey, U.S.A. directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix and Francis Lederer.
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Deutsch, James I. Coming Home from "The Good War": World War II Veterans as Depicted in American Film and Fiction. George Washington University, 1991.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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