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Any relation to the Joseph Conrad novel?


Hi, can anyone tell me if this film has anything to do with the Conrad novel of the same name? Thanks.

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No. This was from the Somerset Maugham novel "Ashenden: Or The British Agent".

In fact, the film bears only a very superficial relationship to the book. "Ashenden - The British Agent" is really a collection of short stories, based loosely on Maugham's own experiences as an espionage operative in Switzerland during WWI.

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Hitchcock DID make a film of the Conrad novel the same year (1936) called it "Sabotage".
https://moviechat.org/tt0028212/Sabotage

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