Stanislas-André Steeman
Stanislas-Andre Steeman (Liege on 23 January 1908 – Menton on 15 December 1970) is an author and Belgian illustrator of French expression. Despite he was a Wallonian, but his family roots actually from Flemish stubs which had settled in Liège for centuries.
He wrote many mystery novels, some of those were adapted to the screen, such as The Murderer Lives at Number 21 or Mystère à Shanghai. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Quai des Orfèvres is based on his novel Légitime Défense.
Partial bibliography
- Six hommes morts (1931)
- La Nuit du 12 au 13 (1931)
- Le Mannequin assassiné (1932)
- Les Atouts de Monsieur Wens (1932)
- L'Ennemi sans visage (1934)
- L'assassin habite au 21 (1939)
- Légitime Défense (1942)
- Crimes à vendre (1951)
- 18 Fantômes (1952)
- Six hommes à tuer (1956)
Filmography
- The Riverside Murder, directed by Albert Parker (1935, based on the novel Six hommes morts)
- Le Dernier des six, directed by Georges Lacombe (1941, based on the novel Six hommes morts)
- The Murderer Lives at Number 21, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot (1942, based on the novel L'assassin habite au 21)
- L'Ennemi sans visage, directed by Robert-Paul Dagan and Maurice Cammage (1946, based on the novel L'Ennemi sans visage)
- Les Atouts de Monsieur Wens, directed by E.G. de Meyst (1947, based on the novel Les Atouts de Monsieur Wens)
- Quai des Orfèvres, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot (1947, based on the novel Légitime Défense)
- Le Mannequin assassiné, directed by Pierre de Hérain (1948, based on the novel Le Mannequin assassiné)
- La muerte camina en la lluvia, directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen (1948, based on the novel L'assassin habite au 21)
- Le Furet, directed by Raymond Leboursier (1950, based on the novel Crimes à vendre)
- Mystère à Shanghai, directed by Roger Blanc (1950, based on the novel La Nuit du 12 au 13)
- Brelan d'as , directed by Henri Verneuil (1952, Anthology film about Jules Maigret, Lemmy Caution and Inspector Wens)
- Dortoir des grandes, directed by Henri Decoin (1953, based on the novel 18 Fantômes)
- Que personne ne sorte, directed by Ivan Govar (1964, based on the novel Six hommes à tuer)
See also
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