| The Eye of the Tiger | |
| Author: | Wilbur Smith |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Heinemann |
| Release Date: | 1975 |
The Eye of the Tiger is a 1975 novel by Wilbur Smith set among the islands of the Indian Ocean and in England and the waters offshore.[1]
Film rights were bought by producer Michael Klinger who had made two films based on Smith novels. Although Smith did a screenplay, no movie has resulted as of 2016.[2] Klinger almost got the film financed in 1986 as part of an eight-picture deal but this film apart when the proposed star, Michael Caine, was unavailable.[3] [4]
A UK film The Tiger's Eye, directed by Brian Hutton, screenplay by Wilbur SMith, is (or was) in production.[5]