Paper Orchid is a 1948 crime novel by the British writer Arthur La Bern. He had made his name three years earlier with It Always Rains on Sunday and also enjoyed success with this novel set amongst newspaper journalists on Fleet Street. It was adapted into a 1949 film of the same title directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Hugh Williams and Hy Hazell. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Mayer, Geoff. Roy Ward Baker. Manchester University Press, 2004. Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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Paper Orchid was adapted into a 1949 film.
Paper Orchid1949 · film · 86 min · dir. Roy Ward Baker · IMDb ↗IMDb5.9Paper Orchid is a 1949 British crime film directed by Roy Ward Baker, with a script written by Val Guest. It featured Hugh Williams, Hy Hazell and Garry Marsh. It is perhaps most notable for an early film appearance of Sid James, later to find success through the Carry On series.
