The House of the Arrow

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name = The House of the Arrow
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author = A. E. W. Mason
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language = English
series = Inspector Hanaud
genre = Detective fiction
publisher = George H. Doran Company
release_date = 1924
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media_type = Print ()
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preceded_by = "At the Villa Rose"
followed_by = "The Prisoner in the Opal"

"The House of the Arrow" is a 1924 detective novel by British writer A.E.W. Mason that has inspired several films of the same title.

Plot summary

When Boris Waberski, brother-in-law of the wealthy widow Mrs. Harlowe, attempts to talk her English solicitors into advancing him money on his expectations as her heir, he is ignored. Unknown to Waberski, he has been disinherited in favour of Betty Harlowe, the niece of Mrs. Harlowe's late husband. But when Mrs. Harlowe dies suddenly and Waberski accuses Betty of murder, junior partner Jim Frobisher is sent to the estate to find out what's really going on.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

The various film versions are as follows:

"La Maison de la Fléche" (France) (1930)

Directed by Henri Fescourt

Black-and-white.

"The House of the Arrow" (UK) (1930)

Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott

Black-and-white.

"Castle of Crimes" (US) (1940)

Also known as "The House of the Arrow" (UK). Directed by Harold French.

Black-and-white.

"The House of the Arrow" (UK) (1953)

Directed by Michael Anderson.

External links

*imdb title|id=0252679|title=La Maison de la Fléche (1930)
*imdb title|id=0141235|title=The House of the Arrow (1930)
*imdb title|id=0032314|title=Castle of Crimes (1940)
*imdb title|id=0045889|title=The House of the Arrow (1953)