''The Traitor's Gate'' is a 1927 crime novel by the British writer

Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer of crime and adventure fiction. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was ...

.Goble p.488 It concerns a plot by a criminal mastermind to steal the

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from the

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Adaptations

It has been adapted into film twice: *''

The Yellow Mask ''The Yellow Mask'' is a 1930 British musical crime film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Lupino Lane, Dorothy Seacombe and Warwick Ward. A criminal plans to rob the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. It was based on the 1927 Edgar W ...

'', a 1930 British film directed by

Harry Lachman Harry B. Lachman (June 29, 1886 – March 19, 1975) was an American artist, set designer, and film director. He was born in La Salle, Illinois on June 29, 1886. Lachman was educated at the University of Michigan before becoming a magazine and b ...

* '' Traitor's Gate'', a 1964 British-German film directed by

Freddie Francis Frederick William Francis (22 December 1917 – 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director whose filmmaking career spanned over 60 years, from the late 1930s until the late 2000s. One of the most celebrated British cinemato ...

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

Full text of ''The Traitor's Gate'' at Project Gutenberg Australia
1927 British novels Novels by Edgar Wallace British novels adapted into films Novels set in London Hodder & Stoughton books Doubleday, Page & Company books Tower of London {{1920s-crime-novel-stub