The India-Rubber Men Explained

The India-Rubber Men
Author:Edgar Wallace
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Series:Inspector Elk
Genre:Crime
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Release Date:1929
Media Type:Print

The India-Rubber Men is a 1929 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It was part of a series of books featuring the character Inspector Elk of Scotland Yard.

Synopsis

Police hunt for a gang called the India-Rubber Men, who wear gasmasks and rubber gloves, and carry gas bombs to stave off pursuit.

Film adaptations

In 1938 it was turned into a film The Return of the Frog starring Gordon Harker.[1]

It was loosely adapted into the 1962 West German film The Inn on the River, part of Rialto Film's long-running series of Wallace adaptations.

Characters

Notes and References

  1. Goble p.487