1st Edition 1952. Very uncommon. He Was Found in the Road is a 1952 thriller novel by the British author Anthony Armstrong. In 1956 it was adapted into the British film The Man in the Road directed by Lance Comfort and starring Derek Farr, Ella Raines and Donald Wolfit. Book is very good and quite bright. Contents good. Page edges age toned and foxed. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. White rear age toned. Small rubbing loss to spine tips. Edges rubbed and nicked.