 First edition | |
| Author | Emeric Pressburger |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | William Collins, Sons |
Publication date | 1961 |
| Media type | |
Killing a Mouse on Sunday is a 1961 thriller novel by the British-Hungarian writer Emeric Pressburger, best known as a film producer. In Francoist Spain a Civil Guard officer attempts to lure a notorious exiled guerilla fighter back across the border from France.
The anarchist Quico Sabaté's death inspired the book.[1]
Adaptation
In 1964 it was adapted into a Hollywood film Behold a Pale Horse directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, and Omar Sharif.[2]
References
- ^ Puertas, Emeterio Diez (15 April 2018). Cine y comunicación política en Iberoamérica: Diez estrategias de poder ante el imperio de la imagen. ISBN 9788491801368.
- ^ Gable p.375
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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