- The Ravagers
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name = The Ravagers
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image_caption = 1964 paperback edition
author =Donald Hamilton
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country =United States
language = English
series =Matt Helm
genre =Spy novel
publisher =Fawcett Publications
release_date = 1964
media_type = Print (Paperback )
pages = 144 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by =The Shadowers
followed_by =The Devastators "The Ravagers" is the title of a novel by
Donald Hamilton that was first published in 1964. It was the eighth novel in his long-running series of adventures featuring secret agentMatt Helm .Plot summary
Matt Helm is sent to
Canada where his assignment is to stop a scheme to bring a Soviet submarine within striking distance of the United States.Film adaptation plans
In the 1960s, a series of popular motion pictures based upon the Matt Helm series were produced starring
Dean Martin . These films only loosely adapted their source material, choosing to adopt a comedic tone, rather than the serious tone of Hamilton's books. At the end of the fourth film, 1969's "The Wrecking Crew", it is announced that Matt Helm's next cinematic adventure would be "The Ravagers" (presumably based upon this novel). Martin, however, declined to return to the role for a fifth time and the film was never made.External links
* [http://members.aol.com/MacBorden/ravagers.html Synopsis and summary]
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