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| Author | F. L. Green |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime thriller |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 1945 |
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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]
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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