Odd Man Out (novel)

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Odd Man Out
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Author F. L. Green
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime thriller
Publisher Michael Joseph
Publication date
1945
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Odd Man Out is a 1945 crime thriller novel by the British writer F. L. Green. [1] The novel is set in present-day Northern Ireland and portrays an IRA heist gone wrong. [2]

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Film adaptation

In 1947 it was made into the British film of the same title directed by Carol Reed and starring James Mason, Kathleen Ryan and Robert Newton . [3] In 1969 it was loosely remade as The Lost Man an American film starring Sidney Poitier.

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References

  1. Steel p.180
  2. Moore p.92
  3. Goble p.191

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