Venetian Bird (novel)

1950 novel by Victor Canning

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Venetian Bird

First edition cover (showing the Lion of Venice)

Author| Victor Canning
Language| English
Genre| Thriller
Publisher| Hodder & Stoughton

Publication date

| 1950
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print

Venetian Bird is a 1950 thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning.

## Film adaptation

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In 1952 the story was turned into a film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Richard Todd, Eva Bartok and Margot Grahame, with Canning adapting his own novel for the screenplay.[1] In 1975, the novel was adapted by screenwriter Alfred Hayes into a two-part, eighth season episode of the CBS private eye TV series Mannix entitled "Bird of Prey". It was shot on Catalina island, doubling for a fictional Latin American country. Most of the characters remain the same while Joe Mannix replaces Richard Mercer from the novel.

## References

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1. ^ Goble p.69

## Bibliography

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

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