relatively few newspaper interviews. Canning was born in Plymouth, Devon, the eldest child of a coach builder, Fred Canning, and his wife May, née Goold. During...
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Vanishing Point is a 1982 novel by Victor Canning. This is one of Canning's last books and is lively and entertaining. The central character, Maurice Crillon...
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Canning is a name. It may refer to: Alfred Canning (1860–1936), Australian surveyor Andrea Canning (born 1972), North American TV news reporter Brendan...
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American espionage film noir, based on the novel Panther's Moon by Victor Canning, directed by George Sherman, and starring Howard Duff and Märta Torén...
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directed by Basil Dearden based on the 1954 novel Castle Minerva by Victor Canning. It stars Cliff Robertson and Jack Hawkins and was filmed in the U.K...
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The Rainbird Pattern (category Novels by Victor Canning)
Pattern is a thriller novel by Victor Canning, published by Heinemann in 1972. The novel has been described as Canning's best work in the thriller genre...
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Victor Henry Douglas Cannings (3 April 1919 – 27 October 2016) was an English cricketer, cricket coach and colonial police officer. Born in Hampshire...
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Barry as Runt The film was based on the novel His Bones are Coral by Victor Canning. This was serialized in 1954 and published in 1955. The original screenplay...
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from a book by Roger McDermott The Man Inside (1956) from a novel bu Victor Canning The Last Pursuit (1956) It's Not Cricket (1956) by Lawrence Brollings...
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Carver is a fictional British private eye created by the prolific writer Victor Canning. He appeared in four fast-paced, irreverently narrated novels in the...
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Hudson, edited by D. Shrubsall Birds of a Feather, a 1985 novel by Victor Canning Birds of a Feather, a 1985 novel by Peggy Webb Birds of a Feather, a...
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directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his final directing role. It was based on Victor Canning's 1972 novel The Rainbird Pattern, which Ernest Lehman adapted for the...
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all of Victor's requests would be reduced to 1 in 220, or 9.54 × 10−7. Thus, if Peggy repeatedly appears at the exit Victor names, then he can conclude...
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Chelsea Cain Tom Cain Brian Callison Ramsey Campbell Stephen J. Cannell Victor Canning Caleb Carr John le Carré Leslie Charteris Charlie Charters James Hadley...
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Waits' 1983 album Swordfishtrombones The Rainbird Pattern, 1972 novel by Victor Canning "Rain Bird", 1980s song by Love and Rockets The Rainbirds, 1968 novel...
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Salamander may refer to The Golden Salamander, a 1949 thriller novel by Victor Canning Golden Salamander (film), a 1950 film adaptation starring Trevor Howard...
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Operation Big Fish Written by Victor Canning Everything is set for the big kill but Hurst and Smith are still in the dark over it. Can they stop one of history's...
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Victor Wembanyama (/ˌwɛmbənˈjɑːmə/ WEM-bən-YAH-mə; French: [viktɔʁ wɛmbanjama]; born 4 January 2004), nicknamed "Wemby" or "the Alien", is a French professional...
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Sylvester The House of the Seven Hawks (1959), based on a novel by Victor Canning As the Sea Rages (1959), based on a novel by Werner Helwig Mistress...
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Iva Shepard The Hidden Face (US title Burden of Proof), 1956 book by Victor Canning Hidden Faces (American TV series), a 1968–1969 American soap opera television...
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Venetian Bird (novel) (category Novels by Victor Canning)
Venetian Bird is a 1950 thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning. In 1952 the story was turned into a film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring...
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Matthew Silverman (novel) (category Novels by Victor Canning)
Matthew Silverman is a 1937 novel by the British writer Victor Canning, his sixth. Canning had made his name with the comedy novel Mr. Finchley Discovers...
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The Chasm (novel) (category Novels by Victor Canning)
The Chasm is a 1947 thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning. It was his first novel since the Second World War during which he had served in...
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three comic novels by Victor Canning, a novelist who later gained great success with thrillers. He first appears in Canning's very first book, Mr. Finchley...
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Panther's Moon (category Novels by Victor Canning)
Panther's Moon is a 1948 spy thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning. It was his second post-war novel, following The Chasm, as he had largely...
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Sarah Whitman; The Runaways; Nunaga; The Winds of War (1972) (with Victor Canning, Duncan Pryde and Herman Wouk) Proof; The Old Man of the Sea; Stillwatch...
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Gregson, and directed by Ralph Thomas. The screenplay was adapted by Victor Canning from his own 1950 novel of the same title. It was shot at Pinewood Studios...
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Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright,...
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The Golden Salamander (category Novels by Victor Canning)
The Golden Salamander is a 1949 thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning. In 1949 the novel was adapted into a film Golden Salamander directed...
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Victor Newman is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He has been portrayed by Eric Braeden since 1980. Initially...
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