The Sucker Punch
First edition
AuthorJames Hadley Chase
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherJarrolds
Publication date
1954
Media typePrint

The Sucker Punch is a 1954 thriller novel by the British writer James Hadley Chase, writing under the pen name Raymond Marshall. Set in Nice, France, an ambitious young man marries a wealthy woman he has no desire for, then plots to kill her for her money.

Adaptation

In 1957 it was made into a French film A Kiss for a Killer directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot and Isa Miranda.[1] The 1997 Indian thriller Aar Ya Paar also drew inspiration from the novel.

References

  1. Goble p.79

Bibliography

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


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