Jump to content

The Sucker Punch

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Sucker Punch
First edition
AuthorJames Hadley Chase
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherJarrolds
Publication date
1954
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
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

[edit]

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

[edit]
  1. ^ Goble p.79

Bibliography

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