''The Rage of the Vulture'' is a 1948 novel by the Australian-British writer

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. It is set in a fictional princely state, modelled on Kashmir, at the time of the Partition of India in 1947. As a war correspondent, Moorehead had himself been present at the time the events depicted.

Film adaptation

The novel was adapted by the Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures into the 1951 film '' Thunder in the East'' directed by Charles Vidor and starring Alan Ladd, Deborah Kerr,

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and

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.Goble p.332

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * McCamish, Thornton. '' Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead''. Black Inc., 2017. 1948 British novels 1948 Australian novels Australian thriller novels British thriller novels Novels set in India Australian novels adapted into films British novels adapted into films Hamish Hamilton books {{1940s-thriller-novel-stub