The Squeaker (novel) explained

The Squeaker
Author:	Edgar Wallace
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Genre:	Crime
Publisher:	Hodder & Stoughton (UK) Doubleday Doran (US)
Release Date:	1927
Media Type:	Print

The Squeaker is a 1927 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace.,^[1] published in the US as The Squealer in 1928.^[2] In the story, an ex-detective goes undercover to find out the identity of a notorious informer who betrays his criminal associates to the police for his own gain.

Film adaptations

The novel has been adapted for the screen several times:

• The Squeaker (1930 film), a British film
• The Squeaker (1931 film), a German film
• The Squeaker (1937 film), a British film
• The Squeaker (1963 film), a West German film

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

Notes and References

1. Bergfelder p.145
2. https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks12/1203551h.html Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook