After Midnight (Albrand novel) explained

After Midnight
Author:Martha Albrand
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Thriller
Publisher:Random House
(New York)
Chatto and Windus
(London)
Release Date:1948
Media Type:Print

After Midnight is a 1948 thriller novel by the German writer Martha Albrand, who had been living in the United States since 1937.[1] It was initially serialized in a slightly different version under the title Dishonored in The Saturday Evening Post.[2]

Synopsis

During World War II American OSS operative Webster Carr was betrayed to the Germans on a small Italian island. After the war he returns again to uncover who it was who gave him away.Author, Martha Albrand ; Edition, reprint ; Publisher, Random House, 1948 ; Original from, the University of Michigan ; Digitized, May 18, 2007.

Film adaptation

In 1950 it was adapted into the Hollywood film Captain Carey, U.S.A. directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix and Francis Lederer.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Reilly p.24-25
  2. Deutsch p.286