Victor Canning (Writer)
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Works
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Release Date1955-10-02
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Episode Count1
Vote Count242
Spy Hunt
Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden a microfilm in the collar of one of the animals. But when the train is derailed in the Swiss Alps and the panthers escape, she is forced to involve him in her mission, which now includes enemy agents hunting the microfilm, the animals, Catherine and Roger.
Release Date1950-06-08
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count9
Golden Salamander
An archaeologist stumbles into the territory of an evil crime syndicate and struggles to set things right.
Release Date1950-02-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count18
Masquerade
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Release Date1965-04-13
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count16
Venetian Bird
Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his local contact. In his quest to clear his name, Mercer uncovers a conspiracy. Even the local magistrate seems to be working against him, and Mercer begins to suspect the man he came to find is behind it all.
Release Date1952-10-01
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count17
The Limbo Line
The Limbo Line tells a story of Cold War double-crossing with British secret agent Manston trying to break up a group of Russian agents who return defectors to Moscow for brainwashing. When a Russian ballerina defects to Germany, Manston goes after the head of The Limbo Line in an effort to stop the group from kidnapping the defectors. Acting against the orders of his boss, Manston is faced with killing the communist leader of the movement in Germany or allowing the dancer to be turned over for interrogation and reprisals for her political beliefs. Matters are further complicated when Manston finds himself falling for the ballerina…
Release Date1969-03-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
The House of the Seven Hawks
A ship's captain gets mixed up with murder during the hunt for lost Nazi treasure.
Release Date1959-10-29
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count12
Drama 61-67
Drama 61-67 is anthology drama series which took a different title, based on year of transmission, each year. It alternated with Armchair Theatre from ABC in the Sunday evening slot. The series was described at the time as epitomising ATV drama.
Release Date1961-03-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Family Plot
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Release Date1976-04-09
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count485
Breaking Point
A secret service agent is assigned to protect an expert metallurgist. All five episodes are believed to be lost.
Release Date1966-10-22
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count5
Shark
A gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he's stuck there. When a woman hires him to raid a sunken ship in the shark-infested waters, he sees a chance to compensate for his losses. He's not the only one.
Release Date1969-10-08
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count29
Curtain of Fear
Release Date1964-10-28
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Contract to Kill
Release Date1965-05-03
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
The Runaways
A story about a teenage boy who runs away from his foster home after wrongly being accused of theft and soon crosses paths with a young leopard which has escaped from a wild-animal compound during a lightning storm.
Release Date1975-04-01
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
The Scorpio Letters
A spy thriller involving an American who is enlisted by British intelligence to replace one of its recently murdered agents and smash a ring of blackmailers -- James Bond style -- headed by a nefarious figure known as Scorpio.
Release Date1967-09-01
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count2