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4 unusual facts about Elleston Trevor


Elleston Trevor

Quiller (not his real name) occupies a literary middle ground between James Bond and John le Carré.

It was filmed in 1966 under its US title with a screenplay by Harold Pinter and starred George Segal and Alec Guinness.

Fairchild C-82 Packet

The Skytruck brand-name was allegedly the inspiration for Elleston Trevor's Skytruck in the 1964 novel, The Flight of the Phoenix.

Based on the novel by Elleston Trevor, the story centers around a C-82A Packet operated by the fictional Arabco Oil Company.



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