When Eight Bells Toll

E888062

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
When Eight Bells Toll canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film
novel
adaptation When Eight Bells Toll (film) NERFINISHED
author Alistair MacLean NERFINISHED
basedOn When Eight Bells Toll NERFINISHED
containsElement armed confrontations at sea
remote Scottish islands
undercover infiltration of a ship
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverArtFeature maritime imagery
director Etienne Périer NERFINISHED
genre spy fiction
thriller
hasCharacter Charlotte NERFINISHED
Sir Anthony Skouras NERFINISHED
Uncle Arthur NERFINISHED
hasFormat audiobook
e-book
hardcover
paperback
hasInfluenceOn later maritime spy thrillers
hasMotiveInPlot gold bullion hijacking
hasReception commercially successful thriller of the 1960s
hasTheme espionage
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
Scottish coast
starring Anthony Hopkins NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting 20th century
titleOrigin nautical term referring to the end of a watch

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alistair MacLean notableWork When Eight Bells Toll