The Net is a 1952 thriller novel by the British writer John Pudney.Hammond p.19

Synopsis At an isolated, secret research centre a group of scientists work on a prototype new aircraft, but feel the strains of their tight confinement.

Film adaptation In 1953 it was made into a British film of the same title directed by Anthony Asquith and starring James Donald, Phyllis Calvert and Herbert Lom.Goble p.377

References

Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Hammond, Andrew. Cold War Stories: British Dystopian Fiction, 1945-1990. Springer, 2017. Ryall, Tom. Anthony Asquith. Oxford University Press, 2013.