CRISP, Frank R(obson)

(1915-)

   UK writer, at one time in the Merchant Navy. His sf novels, The Ape of London (1959) and The Night Callers (1960), are routine adventures deploying thriller and horror elements; their sf displacement is inconsiderable. The latter, involving an alien INVASION, was filmed as The NIGHT CALLER (1965).

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