Mr. Denning Drives North (novel)

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Mr. Denning Drives North
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First edition
AuthorAlec Coppel
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherHarrap
Publication date
1950
Media typePrint

Mr. Denning Drives North is a 1950 thriller novel by the British-Australian writer Alec Coppel.[1] When successful and happily married aircraft manufacturer Tom Denning attempts to commit suicide by crashing a plane, detectives uncover a murder in his past background that has driven him insane with guilt.

Adaptation

In 1951 it was turned into a film of the same title directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring John Mills, Phyllis Calvert and Herbert Lom.[2] Although adapted by Coppel from his own play, elements of the plot are significantly different between the two.

References

  1. ^ Reilly p.352
  2. ^ Goble p.876

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Keaney, Michael F. British Film Noir Guide. McFarland, 2008.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.


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