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| Author | Marjorie Bowen |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | War |
| Publisher | The Bodley Head |
Publication date | 1928 |
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General Crack is a 1928 historical novel by the British writer Marjorie Bowen, written under her pen name of George Preedy. [1]
In 1929, it was adapted into a Hollywood film of the same title directed by Alan Crosland. Produced as an early talkie during the conversion from silent film it starred John Barrymore, Lowell Sherman and Marian Nixon. [2]
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