The Flanagan Boy (novel)

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The Flanagan Boy
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Author Max Catto
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
Publisher Harrap
Publication date
1949
Publication place United Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Flanagan Boy is a 1949 crime thriller novel by the British author Max Catto. The plot has some similarities that of The Postman Always Rings Twice and its 1946 Hollywood film adaptation. [1]

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Film version

In 1953 it was adapted into the film noir The Flanagan Boy directed by Reginald Le Borg and Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk and Tony Wright. [2]

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References

  1. Grant p.240-41
  2. Goble p.75

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