''The World in My Pocket'' is a 1959

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by the British writer

James Hadley Chase James Hadley Chase (24 December 1906 – 6 February 1985) was an English writer. While his birth name was René Lodge Brabazon Raymond, he was well known by his various pseudonyms, including James Hadley Chase, James L. Docherty, Raymond ...

Film adaptation

In 1961 it was adapted into the French-German film '' World in My Pocket'' directed by

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.Goble p.79 The novel was adapted into a three-episode Soviet Latvian

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titled ''MIrāža'' (''Mirage''), directed by , in 1983.

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. 1959 British novels Novels by James Hadley Chase British thriller novels British novels adapted into films Robert Hale books {{1950s-thriller-novel-stub