The Angry Hills
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The Angry Hills is a novel written by the American
novelist Leon Uris
. It was adapted into a motion picture by the same name
in 1959.
Michael "Mike" Morrison is an American author and recent widower who is in Greece
during World War II
to receive an inheritance. When everything is almost finished, the Greek lawyer asks him to take a letter to a friend in London. Soon everything is turned into a living Hell to Morrison as the Germans invade Greece and the letter turns out to be of extreme importance to the resistance movement.
In the movie version, set in Athens, in Piraeus and in village areas, Mike is played by Robert Mitchum, as a journalist. He happens to have met a leading figure of the Hellenic resistance movement years earlier and now that gentlemen sees him as the means to get the list of useful Hellenic figures to British Intelligence.
Along the way he joins resistance fighters keen to liberate their nation from Nazi oppression but must also deal with at least one British traitor named Bluey and several Greek traitors or collaborators.
He achieves his goal due to help from a local Greek woman and the great Sebastian Cabot.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
novelist Leon Uris
Leon Uris
Leon Marcus Uris was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. His two bestselling books were Exodus, published in 1958, and Trinity, in 1976.-Life:...
. It was adapted into a motion picture by the same name
The Angry Hills (film)
-Cast:* Robert Mitchum as Mike Morrison* Stanley Baker as Conrad Heisler* Elisabeth Müller as Lisa Kyriakides* Gia Scala as Eleftheria* Theodore Bikel as Dimitrios Tassos* Sebastian Cabot as Chesney* Peter Illing as Leonides* Leslie Phillips as Ray Taylor...
in 1959.
Michael "Mike" Morrison is an American author and recent widower who is in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
to receive an inheritance. When everything is almost finished, the Greek lawyer asks him to take a letter to a friend in London. Soon everything is turned into a living Hell to Morrison as the Germans invade Greece and the letter turns out to be of extreme importance to the resistance movement.
In the movie version, set in Athens, in Piraeus and in village areas, Mike is played by Robert Mitchum, as a journalist. He happens to have met a leading figure of the Hellenic resistance movement years earlier and now that gentlemen sees him as the means to get the list of useful Hellenic figures to British Intelligence.
Along the way he joins resistance fighters keen to liberate their nation from Nazi oppression but must also deal with at least one British traitor named Bluey and several Greek traitors or collaborators.
He achieves his goal due to help from a local Greek woman and the great Sebastian Cabot.