THE FILM
FILM DIRECTOR: Robert Aldrich
SCREENWRITER: Lukas Heller
FILM STARS: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea, George Kennedy, Gabriele Tinti
COUNTRY: USA
THIS BOOK
AUTHOR: Elleston Trevor
TYPE: Novel
PUBLISHER: Pan
THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1965
COUNTRY: Great Britain
COVER: Paperback
THE ORIGINAL BOOK
ORIGINAL AUTHOR: As Above
YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED: 1964
ORIGINAL BOOK TITLE: The film title
NOTES
GENRE: Disaster, Adventure
WORDS: What a cast! I loved the film as a kid, and now have watched it with my kids (who loved it). The film follows the book pretty closely though some of the nationalities of the central characters have been changed to suit the international cast designed to appeal to international movie markets. There was a 2004 remake which is less based on the novel and nowhere near as good.
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That’s a relatively arty cover for a Pan imprint. Or is that more typical of their mid 60s’ onward cover designs?
Richard, yes it is. I didn’t think of that. But yes, the Pan film tie-ins weren’t normally this elaborate. I checked the film poster art and the 1st Ed sleeve art and nothing seems to be similar to this. Not sure where they got the idea from. F