Carol Reed by Peter William Evans ranges over the director's entire career, combining observation on general trends with detailed analysis of key films. The films are placed in their autobiographical, socio-political and cultural contexts. Archival material illuminates Reed's relations with his creative team, financial backers and others and is used to compare various screenplay drafts. Keywords: Bank Holiday (1938), A Girl Must Live (1939), Climbing High (1938), The Stars Look Down (1940), Night Train to Munich (1940), Kipps (1941), The Way Ahead (1944), Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), Our Man in Havana (1959), Outcast of the Islands (1952), The Man Between (1953), A Kid for Two Farthings (1955), The Key (1958), The Running Man (1963), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), Trapeze (1956), Oliver! (1968)

Item number 13053
Category Book
Type Biography
Language English
Country of origin UK
Related people Peter William Evans (Author)
Carol Reed (Subject)

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection