Odd Man Out (novel)Odd Man Out is a 1945 crime thriller novel by the British writer F. L. Green. The novel is set in present-day Northern Ireland and portrays an IRA heist gone wrong.Film adaptationIn 1947, it was made into the British film of the same title directed by Carol Reed and starring James Mason, Kathleen Ryan, and Robert Newton. In 1969, it was loosely remade as The Lost Man an American film starring Sidney Poitier.