''The Gunner'' is a 1928

crime novel Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a profession ...

by the British writer

Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer of crime and adventure fiction. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was ...

Film adaptation

In 1962 it was turned into the film '' Solo for Sparrow'', directed by

Gordon Flemyng Gordon William Flemyng (7 March 1934 – 12 July 1995) was a Scottish director, producer and writer. He directed six theatrical features, several television movie, television films and numerous episodes of television series, some of which he als ...

as part of a long-running series of Wallace films made at Merton Park Studios.Goble p.486

References

Bibliography

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

External links

Full text of ''The Gunner''
at Google Books 1928 British novels Novels by Edgar Wallace British crime novels British novels adapted into films John Long Ltd books {{1920s-crime-novel-stub