Film Version
Film rights were sold and initial plans called for a movie to be directed by Richard Lester and produced by Stanley Baker. Lester was unable to obtain financing for the project. He later hired Fraser to write the screenplay for The Three Musketeers (1973). The two of them worked together on Royal Flash (1975).
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