Overview
The Squeaker is a 1927 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace., published in the US as The Squealer in 1928. In the story, an ex-detective goes undercover to find out the identity of a notorious informer who betrays his criminal associates to the police for his own gain.
Film adaptations
The novel has been adapted for the screen several times:
The Squeaker (1930 film), a British film
The Squeaker (1931 film), a German film
The Squeaker (1937 film), a British film
The Squeaker (1963 film), a West German film
References
Bibliography
Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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