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3	''Perilous Passage'' is a 1976 novel written by Bruce Nicolaysen. A Basque shepherd is hired by LaResistance to help get scientist Dr. Bergman and his family out of Nazi-occupied France and into neutral Spain through a [[TitleDrop perilous passage]]. Action and adventure is had along the way.
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5	The novel was originally published in hardcover by Playboy Press (yes, ''that'' Magazine/{{Playboy}}) and achieved some small success, enough to end up being adapted into a FilmOfTheBook titled ''Film/ThePassage'' in a fairly expensive international co-production. It starred Creator/AnthonyQuinn, James Mason, Creator/MalcolmMcDowell and Creator/ChristopherLee, and the script was written by Nicolaysen himself.
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8	!! Perilous Tropes:
9	* AlliterativeTitle: A Basque shepherd is hired by LaResistance to help get scientist Dr. Bergman and his family out of Nazi-occupied France and into neutral Spain through a [[TitleDrop perilous passage]].
10	* EvilOverlooker: Most covers feature von Berkow standing behind the main characters and glowering evil down at them, CoolShades included.
11	* EyeScream: When von Berkow is torturing [[spoiler:the gypsy leader]], he gouges one of his eyes out.
12	* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: Mrs. Bergman is convinced she is nothing but TheLoad.
13	* NaziNobleman: Von Berkow.
14	* NoNameGiven: Several characters, particularly the Basque. Nicolaysen seems to like the slight anonymity this lends to them, so that even characters who ''do'' get identified by name are consistently referred to afterward by descriptors rather than proper nouns. For example, von Berkow is often called "The German," even though he is pointedly one of several.

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