The Dark Page

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The Dark Page
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Author Samuel Fuller
CountryU.S.
LanguageEnglish
Published1944 [1] Duell, Sloan and Pearce

The Dark Page is a 1944 novel by Samuel Fuller, who later went on to become a film director and helm the likes of I Shot Jesse James and the film noir The Naked Kiss .

It was written while Fuller was an infantryman in the army in WWII [2] and was filmed as Scandal Sheet (1952). [3]

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References

  1. "The Dark Page by Samuel Fuller".
  2. Interview with Sam Fuller by Gerald Peary accessed 1 November 2013
  3. Wim Wenders, 'Storytelling was his life's elixir', The Guardian, 28 September 2007 accessed 1 November 2013