Marvin H. Albert, was a writer of mystery

Mystery fiction

Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...

, crime

Crime fiction

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 and adventure

Adventure

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 novel

Novel

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s including ones featuring Pete (Pierre-Ange [French: Stone Angel) Sawyer, a French-American

French American

French Americans or Franco-Americans are Americans of French or French Canadian descent. About 11.8 million U.S. residents are of this descent, and about 1.6 million speak French at home.An additional 450,000 U.S...

 private investigator

Private investigator

A private investigator , private detective or inquiry agent, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private detectives/investigators often work for attorneys in civil cases. Many work for insurance companies to investigate suspicious claims...

 living and working in France

France

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During World War II Albert served in the US Merchant Marine and began writing full time over the success of his 1956 Western novel The Law and Jake Wade

The Law and Jake Wade

The Law and Jake Wade is a 1958 western released by MGM, based on the 1956 novel by Marvin H. Albert and directed by the legendary John Sturges. The title name, Jake Wade is a now reformed town sheriff marshal with a past that will soon catch up with him...

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Novels in the Stone Angel Series, featuring Pete Sawyer:

• The Pink Panther (1964) – Movie novelization
  Novelization
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• The Don is Dead (1972)
• The Dark Goddess
  The Dark Goddess
  -Plot introduction:Archaeologist Moira Rhalles is kidnapped by the KGB while she is on a dig in France.Her historian husband and her ex-boyfriend team up to try to rescue her.-Explanation of the novel's title:...
  
  (1978)
• Stone Angel (1986)
• Back in the Real World (1986)
• Get Off at Babylon (1987)
• Long Teeth (1987)
• The Untouchables (1987) – Movie novelization
• The Last Smile (1988)
• The Midnight Sister (1989)
• Bimbo Heaven (1990)
• The Zig-Zag Man (1991)
• The Riviera Contract (1992)

He also wrote film

Film

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 novelization

Novelization

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s (e.g., What's New, Pussy Cat? and All the Young Men

All the Young Men

All the Young Men is a 1960 Korean War feature film starring Alan Ladd and Sidney Poitier dealing with desegregation in the United States Marine Corps.-Plot:...

) and many other novels. He sometimes wrote under pseudonym

Pseudonym

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s such as Albert Conroy, Ian McAlister, Nick Quarry and Anthony Rome. Settings for his novels include France (where he lived for some time), Miami and the Old West

American Old West

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His novel Miami Mayhem was the basis for the 1967 Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...

 film Tony Rome

Tony Rome

Tony Rome is a 1967 detective film starring Frank Sinatra and directed by Gordon Douglas, adapted from Marvin Albert's novel Miami Mayhem. Filming took place on location in Miami, Florida, with some scenes being shot during the day at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, where Sinatra was performing in...

 and he converted his 1957 novel Apache Rising into the screenplay for the film Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo is a 1966 western film starring James Garner in his first Western since leaving Maverick and Sidney Poitier in his first Western. Based on Marvin H. Albert's 1957 novel Apache Rising, the film was written by Albert and Michael M. Grilikhes and directed by Ralph Nelson who had...

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External links

• http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/Marvin-Albert.html
• http://www.mysteryfile.com/GM_Albert/goldmedal_albert.html