The Good Companions The Good Companions The Good Companions is a novel by the English author J. B. Priestley. Written in 1929 (in Deal, Kent), it focuses on the trials and tribulations of a concert party in England between World War I and World War II. It is arguably Priestley's most famous novel, and the work which established him as a national figure. It won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was adapted twice into film. The novel is written in picaresque style, and opens with the middle aged, discontented Jess Oakroyd in the fictional Yorkshire town of Bruddersford. He opts to
Companions in Crime Companions in Crime Companions in Crime (A.K.A. Stryker Strikes Twice) is a 1954 British crime film directed by John Krish and starring Clifford Evans, George Woodbridge and Kenneth Haigh. The film is a spin-off from the television series "Stryker of the Yard", and features two cases transmitted as separate TV episodes: "The Case of the Two Brothers" and "The Case of the Black Falcon". Two cases for "Inspector Stryker". In the first case, the detective utilises the aid of young Martha to clear her fiance, John Kendall, who has been falsely convicted of murder. In the second, Stryker is tipped