Which author who died in 1998 wrote the thrillers 'The Mask of Dimitrios' and 'Journey into Fear'?
Journey into Fear (novel) Douglas, remade the movie as a film installation with a recombinant soundtrack. Journey into Fear (novel) Journey into Fear is a 1940 spy thriller novel by Eric Ambler. Film adaptations were released in 1943 and 1975. The first part of the novel focuses on Colonel Haki, the dour but basically likable head of Turkish Security, who already made his first appearance in "The Mask of Dimitrios" and returns in later Ambler stories as a general. The protagonist is a British engineer traveling back from Turkey, where he had completed high-level technical talks which could help cement a Turkish-British alliance in
The Mask of Dimitrios example of "film noir" with an immensely entertaining cast." "TV Guide" calls the movie "One of the great film noir classics to come out of the 1940s, "The Mask of Dimitrios" boasts no superstars, just uniformly fine talents, a terrific script full of subtle intrigue and surprises, and Negulesco's exciting direction. It's an edge-of-the-seater all the way." "The Mask of Dimitrios" was adapted as a radio play aired on the April 16, 1945 broadcast of "The Screen Guild Theater", with Greenstreet and Lorre reprising their roles. The character Dimitrios Makropoulos in Ambler's book is based somewhat on the early career