Desperate Moment (novel) explained

Desperate Moment
Author:Martha Albrand
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Thriller
Publisher:Random House
(New York)
Chatto and Windus
(London)
Release Date:1951
Media Type:Print

Desperate Moment is a 1951 thriller novel by the German writer Martha Albrand, then living in the United States.[1] It takes place in postwar Europe where a man breaks out of prison to try and find the men who set him up.

Film adaptation

In 1953 it was made into a British film of the same title directed by Compton Bennett and starring Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling and Albert Lieven.[2]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Reilly p.22
  2. Goble p.5