| Venetian Bird | |
| Author: | Victor Canning |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Thriller |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Release Date: | 1950 |
| Media Type: | |
Venetian Bird is a 1950 thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning.
See main article: Venetian Bird. In 1952 the story was turned into a film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Richard Todd, Eva Bartok and Margot Grahame, with Canning adapting his own novel for the screenplay.[1] In 1975, the novel was adapted by screenwriter Alfred Hayes into a two-part, eighth season episode of the CBS private eye TV series Mannix entitled "Bird of Prey". It was shot on Catalina island, doubling for a fictional Latin American country. Most of the characters remain the same while Joe Mannix replaces Richard Mercer from the novel.