The Squeaker

First edition
Author	Edgar Wallace
Language	English
Genre	Crime
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton (UK) Doubleday Doran (US)
Publication date	1927
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

The Squeaker is a 1927 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace.,^[1] published in the US as The Squealer in 1928.^[2] In the story, an ex-detective goes undercover to find out the identity of a notorious informer who betrays his criminal associates to the police for his own gain.

The novel has been adapted for the screen several times:

• The Squeaker (1930 film), a British film
• The Squeaker (1931 film), a German film
• The Squeaker (1937 film), a British film
• The Squeaker (1963 film), a West German film

• Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

• The Squeaker at Faded Page (Canada)

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