''The Black Abbot'' is a
crime novel
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...
by the British writer
Edgar Wallace which was first published in 1926 about the ghost of an abbot haunting the grounds of an old abbey and protecting a lost treasure.
The following year Wallace turned the story into a play ''
The Terror'' which itself had several film adaptations.
Film adaptation
It was adapted in 1963 by the German studio
Rialto Film
Rialto Film is a German motion-picture production company headquartered in Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make ...
as ''
The Black Abbot'' as part of a long-running series of Wallace adaptations made by the company.
[Goble p.486]
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
*
*
The Black Abbot' at Project Gutenberg Australia
1926 British novels
British crime novels
British novels adapted into films
Novels by Edgar Wallace
Hodder & Stoughton books
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