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2 unusual facts about James Aldridge


Gavdos

Gavdos is featured in James Aldridge's 1944 novel The Sea Eagle, which tells the story of the escape of a Greek partisan and two Australian soldiers after the Battle of Crete.

Ride a Wild Pony

Ride a Wild Pony, also known as Born to Run, is a 1975 Walt Disney Productions film directed by Don Chaffey adapted from the James Aldridge novel A Sporting Proposition.


A Captive in the Land

A Captive in the Land is a 1991 film based on a novel by James Aldridge, starring Sam Waterston as Royce, Aleksandr Potapov as Averyanov, and Keir Giles as Squadron Leader Cook.


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Paul Strand

Although he was never officially a member of the Communist Party, many of Strand’s collaborators were either Party members (James Aldridge; Cesare Zavattini) or were prominent socialist writers and activists (Basil Davidson).