In the later part of the book, Uris devotes some time writing prologues about Devereaux’s adventures during WW2.

Leon Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Jewish-American parents Wolf William and Anna. Leon Uris actually helped with the script, but he and Alfred butt heads over the character development of the villains in the story, and another writer, more conducive to Hitchcock’s ideas, is found. His two bestselling books were Exodus, published in 1958, and Trinity, in 1976. He happens to have met a leading figure of the Hellenic resistance movement years earlier and now that gentleman sees him as the means to get the list of useful Hellenic figures to British Intelligence.Īlong the way he joins resistance fighters keen to liberate their nation from Nazi oppression but must also deal with at least one British traitor named Bluey and several Greek traitors or collaborators. Leon Marcus Uris (AugJune 21, 2003) was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. In the movie version, set in Athens, in Piraeus and in village areas, Mike is played by Robert Mitchum, as a journalist. Soon everything is turned into a living Hell to Morrison as the Germans invade Greece and the letter turns out to be of extreme importance to the resistance movement. When everything is almost finished, the Greek lawyer asks him to take a letter to a friend in London. Michael 'Mike' Morrison is an American author and recent widower who is in Greece during World War II to receive an inheritance. It was adapted into a motion picture by the same name in 1959. He was a writer and producer, known for Topaz (1969), Exodus (1960) and The Angry Hills (1959).

The Angry Hills (1955) is a novel written by the American novelist Leon Uris. Leon Uris was born on 3 August 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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