''The Floating Dutchman'' is a 1950
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
Nicolas Bentley
Nicolas Clerihew Bentley (14 June 1907 – 14 August 1978) was a British writer and illustrator, best known for his humorous cartoon drawings in books and magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. The son of Edmund Clerihew Bentley (inventor of the clerih ...
.
Film adaptation
In 1952 it was made into
film of the same title directed by
Vernon Sewell
Vernon Campbell Sewell (4 July 1903 – 21 June 2001) was a British film director, writer, producer and, briefly, an actor.
Sewell was born in London, England, and was educated at Marlborough College. He directed more than 30 films during his c ...
and starring
Dermot Walsh
Dermot Walsh (10 September 1924 – 26 June 2002) was an Irish stage, film and television actor, known for portraying King Richard the Lionheart in the 1962 television series '' ''Richard the Lionheart'.
Early life
Born in Dublin, Walsh was t ...
,
Sydney Tafler
Sydney Tafler (31 July 1916 – 8 November 1979) was an English actor who after having started his career on stage, was best remembered for numerous appearances in films and television from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Personal life
Tafler was bor ...
and
Mary Germaine
Mary Germaine is an English film actress.
Filmography
References
External links
*
1933 births
English film actresses
People from Westcliff-on-Sea
Living people
Actresses from Essex
20th-century English actresses
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.
[Goble p.36]
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015.
1950 British novels
British crime novels
British thriller novels
British mystery novels
British novels adapted into films
Michael Joseph books
Novels set in London
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