Eric Ambler

Eine Art von Zorn

An Iraqi secret service agent is murdered. The only witness is a woman, but she disappeared without a trace. The journalist Piet Maas actually tracks down Lucia, the murdered man's lover, and does a sensational interview with her. Piet should stick to the matter. He has the feeling that Lucia is hiding the important thing. His suspicions are confirmed. She is in possession of the murdered man's valuable records, which she wants to sell. Piet offers himself to Lucia as a broker...

Release Date:1984-09-18

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Journey into Fear

U.S geologist discovers something about Oil that proves VERY threatening to the Turkish and Arab business people.

Release Date:1975-08-08

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:10

Love Hate Love

Ryan O'Neal plays Russ Emery, a glib engineer who steals the heart of a fashion model named Sheila Blunden. She in turn leaves her jet setter fiance who turns out to be a psychotic who will not let go of Sheila that easily.

Release Date:1971-02-09

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:5

Topkapi

Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.

Release Date:1964-09-02

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:188

Checkmate

Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure. The show aired on CBS Television from 1960 to 1962 for a total of 70 episodes and was produced by Jack Benny's production company, "JaMco Productions" in co-operation with Revue Studios. Guest stars included Charles Laughton, Peter Lorre, and Lee Marvin, among many other commensurately prominent performers.

Release Date:1960-09-17

Department:Crew

Job:Creator

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:7

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.

Release Date:1959-11-17

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:37

A Night to Remember

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.

Release Date:1958-07-03

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:256

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.

Release Date:1957-04-01

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:10

Lease of Life

The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.

Release Date:1954-10-18

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:7

The Purple Plain

An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior, and is feared by his comrades, who consider him a madman. Dr. Harris, the squadron physician, is determined to help him heal his tormented soul.

Release Date:1954-09-14

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:61

Rough Shoot

An American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful English countryside, only to discover the area is a hotbed of spies and secret agents.

Release Date:1953-03-30

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:5

The Cruel Sea

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer

Release Date:1953-02-24

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:66

The Card

A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite so. If he can just manage to avoid a certain very predatory woman.

Release Date:1952-02-25

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:39

The Magic Box

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.

Release Date:1952-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:21

Encore

Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.

Release Date:1951-06-11

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:11

Highly Dangerous

A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

Release Date:1950-12-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:12

The Passionate Friends

A woman is torn between the love of her life, who is married to someone else, and her older husband.

Release Date:1949-01-26

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:49

The October Man

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.

Release Date:1947-08-28

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:23

United States

Military training film, narrated by David Niven during his time away from Hollywood to serve in the Army, and produced to instruct British troops in the history of their American allies.

Release Date:1944-08-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The Mask of Dimitrios

A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.

Release Date:1944-06-23

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:49

The Way Ahead

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.

Release Date:1944-06-09

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:36

Hotel Reserve

A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.

Release Date:1944-06-01

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:16

Background to Danger

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Release Date:1943-07-03

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:24

Journey into Fear

An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.

Release Date:1943-01-07

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:96

The New Lot

A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.

Release Date:1943-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Bren Gun Instructor