The Clue of the Silver Key is a 1930 thriller novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace.[1]
 First US edition | |
| Author | Edgar Wallace |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton (UK) Doubleday Doran (US) |
Publication date | 1930 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
Surefoot Smith of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate when petty thief Tom Tickler is killed and left in a taxi with £100 in his pocket. His discoveries eventually lead him towards the mysterious businessman Washington Wirth.
Adaptation
editIn 1961 it was made into a film Clue of the Silver Key directed by Gerard Glaister and starring Bernard Lee and Finlay Currie.[2] It was made as part of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries film series produced by Anglo-Amalgamated.
References
editBibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Kiddle, Charles. A Guide to the First Editions of Edgar Wallace. Ivory Head Press, 1981.
External links
edit- The Clue of the Silver Key at Faded Page (Canada)
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