The India-Rubber Men
![]() First edition | |
Author | Edgar Wallace |
---|---|
Language | English |
Series | Inspector Elk |
Genre | Crime |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1929 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type |
The India-Rubber Men is a 1929 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It was part of a series of books featuring the character Inspector Elk of Scotland Yard.
Synopsis
Police hunt for a gang called the India-Rubber Men, who wear gasmasks and rubber gloves, and carry gas bombs to stave off pursuit.
Film adaptations
In 1938 it was turned into a film The Return of the Frog starring Gordon Harker.[1]
It was loosely adapted into the 1962 West German film The Inn on the River, part of Rialto Film's long-running series of Wallace adaptations.
Characters
- William Elk - A retired inspector who comes out of hiding
- Harry Lime - The retired murderer Known as “The Frog” who faked his death
- Insp. Philo Johnstone - a man who is taking Elk’s place as inspector
- Mr. Wade - the officer patrolling the Mecca
- Leila Smith - the woman who is the target of The Indian Rubber Men
- Ned Acks - The mysterious man Who is trying to sell the Mecca
- Dr. Charles Ionn - A Doctor who Does the autopsy of the victims
- James - Richard Gordon’s Butler and Valet
- Richard Gordon - a friend of William Elk Who comes to solve the case
- Sir John Archibald - The Chief inspector of the police
- H.Kipp - A Spy Who stalks the river
References
- ^ Goble p.487
External links
- The India-Rubber Men at Faded Page (Canada)
- v
- t
- e
- The Four Just Men (1905)
- Angel Esquire (1908)
- The Council of Justice (1908)
- Captain Tatham (1909)
- The Duke in the Suburbs (1909)
- The Nine Bears (1910)
- Private Selby (1912)
- The Fourth Plague (1913)
- Grey Timothy (1913)
- The River of Stars (1913)
- The Man Who Bought London (1915)
- The Melody of Death (1915)
- A Debt Discharged (1916)
- The Tomb of Ts'in (1916)
- The Just Men of Cordova (1917)
- The Secret House (1917)
- The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1918)
- Down Under Donovan (1918)
- The Man Who Knew (1918)
- Those Folk of Bulboro (1918)
- The Green Rust (1919)
- Kate Plus Ten (1919)
- The Daffodil Mystery (1920)
- Jack O'Judgment (1920)
- The Book of All Power (1921)
- The Law of the Four Just Men (1921)
- The Angel of Terror (1922)
- The Crimson Circle (1922)
- The Flying Fifty-Five (1922)
- Mr. Justice Maxell (1922)
- The Valley of Ghosts (1922)
- The Clue of the New Pin (1923)
- The Green Archer (1923)
- The Missing Million (1923)
- The Dark Eyes of London (1924)
- Double Dan (1924)
- The Face in the Night (1924)
- Room 13 (1924)
- The Sinister Man (1924)
- The Three Oak Mystery (1924)
- Blue Hand (1925)
- The Fellowship of the Frog (1925)
- The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder (1925)
- The Strange Countess (1925)
- The Three Just Men (1925)
- The Avenger (1926)
- Barbara on Her Own (1926)
- The Black Abbot (1926)
- The Northing Tramp (1926)
- The Terrible People (1926)
- The Yellow Snake (1926)
- The Big Foot (1927)
- Terror Keep (1927)
- The Traitor's Gate (1927)
- The Squeaker (1927)
- The Forger (1927)
- Again the Three (1928)
- The Gunner (1928)
- Four Square Jane (1929)
- The Green Ribbon (1929)
- The India-Rubber Men (1929)
- The Calendar (1930)
- The Clue of the Silver Key (1930)
- The Lady of Ascot (1930)
- The Man at the Carlton (1931)
- The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories (1932)
- An African Millionaire (1904)
- M'Lady (1921)
- Double Dan (1927)
- The Terror (1927)
- The Man Who Changed His Name (1928)
- The Calendar (1929)
- Persons Unknown (1929)
- On the Spot (1930)
- The Mouthpiece (1930)
- Smoky Cell (1930)
- The Old Man (1931)
- The Valley of Ghosts (1928)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
- King Kong (1933)
J. G. Reeder |
|
---|---|
The Four Just Men |
|
Edgar Wallace Mysteries |
|
Rialto Films |
|
Other |
|
Television |
|
- Mary Jane Richards (mother)
- Marriott Edgar (half-brother)
- Bryan Edgar Wallace (son)
![]() | This article about a crime novel of the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. |
- v
- t
- e