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The plotline is also unique, because he has a british national teaming up with russian spies in precold war europe. When he finds himself on a train bound for austria with insufficient funds after a bad night of gambl. Eric amblers intriguing novel uncommon danger is brought down to a republic serial level in warner bros. Buy the paperback book background to danger by eric ambler at indigo. Based on the novel uncommon danger by eric ambler and set in politically neutral turkey, the screenplay was credited to w.

Background to danger is a 1943 world war ii spy film starring george raft and featuring brenda marshall, sydney greenstreet, and peter lorre. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Amblers chapters can easily be broken into scenes and you can practically see the shot as it would appear before the camera. It is easy to see how eric ambler came to enjoy so much success in hollywood. Kentons career as a journalist depended on his facility with languages, his knowledge of european politics, and his quick judgment. Background to danger opens at strand two tickets to. It is amazing that ambler wrote this book before the outcome of the war could be known. Burnett, although william faulkner and daniel fuchs also contributed. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes. Kentons career as a journalist depended on his facility with languages, his knowledge of european. Background to danger ebook by eric ambler rakuten kobo. Background to danger is about an ordinary civilian, a freelance reporter, caught up in prewar intrigue he does not understand. Background to danger by eric ambler, paperback barnes. Background to danger when kenton, a downandout journalist, agrees to deliver some mysterious papers, he unknowingly becomes the target of killers, spies.

Kentons career as a journalist depended on his facility with languages, his knowledge of european politics, and his qui. Sultry osa massen passes on some valuable secret papers to raft just before she is killed. I recorded the film background to danger on tcm a while ago and i like this movie. Eric ambler was a prolific and talented suspense writer. Background to danger is an anomoly for pulp spy novel. Read background to danger by eric ambler available from rakuten kobo. George raft, who always seems miscast, plays an american undercover intelligence agent operating in turkey. Background to danger, book by eric ambler paperback. Those two experts at espionage and intrigue, sydney greenstreet and peter lorre, are at it again in the warner film, background to danger, which came to the strand yesterday.

Kentons career as a journalist depended on his facility with. Ambler provides a fantastic critique of western capitalisms covert dealings on the international stage. Background to danger by raoul walsh george raft, brenda. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. The film was designed to capitalize on the runaway success of casablanca, which had also featured lorre and greenstreet. Where his judgment sometimes failed him was in his personal life. And he does so, here, with background to danger, in a fashion as strong as any other book he wrote, including a coffin for dimitrios. A compelling book on budgetbalancing, past and present.