The White South

Last updated

The White South
The White South.jpg
First edition
Author Hammond Innes
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
Publisher William Collins & Sons
Publication date
1949
Publication place United Kingdom
Media typePrint

The White South is a 1949 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. It is set on a factory ship operation in the Antarctic Ocean.

In 1954 it was adapted into the film Hell Below Zero directed by Mark Robson and starring Alan Ladd and Stanley Baker. [1] [2]

In his obituary of Innes, Jack Adrian described The White South as "the book that was instrumental in lifting him out of the general ruck of thriller writers, establishing him as a writer that serious critics (such as Elizabeth Bowen and J.W. Lambert) took seriously". [3]

References

  1. ↑ Goble p.238
  2. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (8 December 2025). "Forgotten British Film Moguls: Cubby Broccoli and Irving Allen". Filmink. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Obituary: Hammond Innes - Arts & Entertainment - The Independent

Bibliography

Thrillerbook.png

This article about a thriller novel of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.