This Man Is Dangerous is a 1936 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney.[1] It is the first in his series of ten novels featuring the FBI agent Lemmy Caution. A bestseller, it enabled Cheyney to leave his job as a policeman and become a full-time novelist.
.jpg) First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Peter Cheyney |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Lemmy Caution |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | William Collins, Sons 1936 (UK) Coward McCann 1938(US) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Followed by | Poison Ivy |
Adaptation
editIn 1953 it was made into a French film of the same title directed by Jean Sacha and starring Eddie Constantine as Caution along with Colette Deréal, Grégoire Aslan and Claude Borelli.[2]
References
editBibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Ward, Alfred Charles & Hussey, Maurice . Longman Companion to Twentieth Century Literature. Longman, 1981.
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