This Man Is Dangerous (novel)

This Man Is Dangerous is a 1936 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney.[1] It is the first in his series of ten novels featuring the FBI agent Lemmy Caution. A bestseller, it enabled Cheyney to leave his job as a policeman and become a full-time novelist.

This Man Is Dangerous
AuthorPeter Cheyney
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLemmy Caution
GenreThriller
Publication date
1936
Media typePrint
Followed byPoison Ivy 

Adaptation

In 1953 it was made into a French film of the same title directed by Jean Sacha and starring Eddie Constantine as Caution along with Colette Deréal, Grégoire Aslan and Claude Borelli.[2]

References

  1. Ward & Hussey p.124
  2. Goble p.82

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Ward, Alfred Charles & Hussey, Maurice . Longman Companion to Twentieth Century Literature. Longman, 1981.
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