Immortal_Sergeant_(novel)

<i>Immortal Sergeant</i> (novel)

Immortal Sergeant (novel)

1942 novel


Immortal Sergeant is a 1942 war novel by the British writer John Brophy.[1] The novel is set during the North African campaign of the Second World War and seen through the eyes of a British corporal fighting across the Libyan desert whose comrade, a sergeant, is killed.

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Film adaptation

In 1943 it was adapted into a Hollywood film Immortal Sergeant directed by John M. Stahl and starring Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara and Thomas Mitchell.[2] The plot was then recycled for a 1951 film Fixed Bayonets! about American troops set during the Korean War.


References

  1. Watson & Willison p.539
  2. Goble p.57

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Watson, George & Willison, Ian R. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Volume 4. CUP, 1972.



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