
1955 film noir directed by Charles Laughton – his only direction
screenplay by James Agee, adapted from the 1953 novel by David Grubb

1955 film noir directed by Charles Laughton – his only direction
screenplay by James Agee, adapted from the 1953 novel by David Grubb


Alexis Smith is a woman not to be trifled with in ‘Undercover Girl’.

1959 Fawcett paperback original
3rd with Southern Californian private eye Joe Puma
cover art by Robert Abbett
cover art kept for later edition

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir, showing actors William Holden and Barry Fitzgerald.
A woman suspects several fellow train passengers of being the culprits in a highly publicized kidnapping case.
8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear to the corners.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1963. First Edition.
Basis for the 1966 film noir, starring Glenn Ford, Ricardo Montalban and Rita Hayworth.

cover art by Harry Barton
better image than previously posted


1947 Farrar Strauss hardcover


1948 Penguin/Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Jonas


1954 Signet reissue – cover art by Saul Tepper



Mitchell Hooks (American, 1923-2013)
Gouache on board, 30 x 18-1/4 inches (76.2 x 46.4 cm)
Initialed center right: MH
