When Eight Bells Toll
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When Eight Bells Toll is a 1966 thriller novel by Alistair MacLean that follows a British agent investigating a series of mysterious ship hijackings off the coast of Scotland.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| When Eight Bells Toll canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | When Eight Bells Toll (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Alistair MacLean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | When Eight Bells Toll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
armed confrontations at sea
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remote Scottish islands ⓘ undercover infiltration of a ship ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtFeature | maritime imagery ⓘ |
| director | Etienne Périer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
spy fiction
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Charlotte
NERFINISHED
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Sir Anthony Skouras NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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e-book ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later maritime spy thrillers ⓘ |
| hasMotiveInPlot | gold bullion hijacking ⓘ |
| hasReception | commercially successful thriller of the 1960s ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
espionage
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maritime crime ⓘ suspense ⓘ undercover investigation ⓘ |
| languageStyle | concise and action-driven prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Philip Calvert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | fast-paced maritime action scenes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Alistair MacLean bibliography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A British agent investigates mysterious hijackings of ships carrying gold bullion off the coast of Scotland. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | British secret agent ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| publisher | Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| setIn |
Scotland
NERFINISHED
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Scottish coast ⓘ |
| starring | Anthony Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | nautical term referring to the end of a watch ⓘ |
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