Francis Durbridge (Writer)
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TV Intim
Release Date1969-12-23
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Der Besuch
Release Date1984-03-18
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Wie ein Blitz
It all begins when the wealthy real estate shark Gordon Stuart is murdered in a lonely villa by his wife Diana and his closest collaborator Mark Paxton. When Mark wants to get rid of the corpse, it suddenly disappears. A nerve-wracking game of "cat and mouse" turns the perpetrators into victims. Inspector Clay investigates and soon stumbles across more corpses
Release Date1970-04-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
The Doll
Peter Matty a successful has his world is turned upside down when he meets the beautiful Phyllis Du Salle on a flight to London. Soon after she disappears, and Matty will stop at nothing to find her.
Release Date1975-11-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
Portrait of Alison
An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.
Release Date1955-11-29
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count16
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
Mike Hilton served eight years in prison for being innocent. When he is released from prison early, he wants revenge on the men who were responsible. But the ex-commissioner in charge at the time, Jack Bellamy, has given in to drunkenness. And Mike's lawyer Cunningham continues to make crooked deals. He holds the key to solving the case. When Bellamy picks himself up again, he and Hilton are able to bring Cunningham and the gangster Whity to justice.
Release Date1963-12-31
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count10
Ein Mann namens Harry Brent
A man shrouded in mystery. His name is Harry Brent. Not even his fiancée knows much about him. All she knows is that he runs a small travel agency. In a puzzling turn of events, he becomes involved in the murder of his fiancée's boss. The first thing that becomes clear to Detective Inspector James Wallace is that Harry Brent is obviously a key figure in the case...
Release Date1968-01-15
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count1
Un certo Harry Brent
Release Date1970-11-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Melissa
Award-winning war correspondent Guy Foster, distraught after the loss of his first wife, joins a cruise to Cape Town, where he meets beautiful and mysterious Melissa. A sophisticated blonde PR girl, Melissa is travelling with an exuberant group of media friends. Guy falls desperately in love with the exotic Melissa and she suggests they marry. But while they celebrate, dark events begin to take place. An elderly widower is ‘accidentally’ lost overboard. The bodies of a middle-aged couple are discovered in Cape Town. Then one of Melissa’s friends is brutally killed. The finger of suspicion falls on Guy – and when Melissa herself is killed, he is found bending over her bloodied corpse.
Release Date1997-05-12
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Episode Count5
Vote Count2
Melissa
Always on the hunt for news, journalist Guy Foster has no idea that he will soon be the subject of the city's crime pages: when his wife Melissa is found strangled in Regent's Park, he will be the first on the list of suspects. His innocence remains to be proven, as does the phone call the journalist claims to have received from his wife shortly before her body was discovered. A second murder and an attempted murder will further complicate matters...
Release Date1966-11-23
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Paul Temple
Paul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, the fictional detective created by Francis Durbridge, who solves crimes with the assistance of his wife Steve. Paul Temple used overseas locations in France, Malta, Germany and elsewhere. T
Release Date1969-11-23
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count3
Mord am Pool
Release Date1986-05-11
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Plötzlich und unerwartet
Release Date1985-01-20
DepartmentWriting
JobTheatre Play
Tim Frazer - Der Fall Salinger
Release Date1964-01-10
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
La Mort d'un touriste
Release Date1975-10-03
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Episode Count6
Es ist soweit
Janet Freeman, the daughter of the English nuclear researcher Clive and his wife Lucy, is kidnapped.
Release Date1960-10-21
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Paul Temple's Triumph
A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father--a prominent scientist--has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".
Release Date1950-05-31
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count1
The Vicious Circle
When Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress whom he had just met at the London Airport murdered in his flat, he is led into a world of murder, blackmail, and a fake passport scam.
Release Date1957-09-01
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count18
Calling Paul Temple
Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.
Release Date1948-04-29
DepartmentWriting
JobCharacters
Vote Count4
The Doll
A Francis Durbridge Mystery.
Release Date1975-11-25
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Das Messer
Three agents stir up a hornet's nest of greed, betrayal, and intrigue.
Release Date1971-11-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count1
Breakaway
Detective Inspector Sam Harvey investigates intricate murder cases while contemplating retirement to pursue his passion for writing children's books.
Release Date1980-01-11
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count12
Bat Out of Hell
Bat Out of Hell is a British thriller television serial created by Francis Durbridge and originally aired on BBC Two from 26 November to 24 December 1966. The series followed two lovers, Diana Stewart and Mark Paxton, who are haunted by the voice of Diana's husband over the telephone after he is murdered by the couple. Inspector Clay, played by Dudley Foster, was the detective inspector who headed the police investigation.
Release Date1966-11-26
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count3
Halsduken
This is a Swedish remake based on The Scarf, the British original from 1959 (script : Francis Durbridge). The English script was translated to Swedish by Ulla Berthel and Börje Lindell. The Swedish version retains the English setting.
Release Date1962-11-20
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count8
Vote Count2
The Desperate People
Famous photographer Larry Martin receives a visit from his brother Philip, on leave from military service in West Germany. Philip is trying to find the wife of a deceased friend and his search takes him to Dublin. Sometime later, Larry learns that Philip never went to Dublin, but instead has disappeared.
Release Date1963-02-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Vote Count1
Melissa
Three-part thriller serial by Francis Durbridge. BBC. BAFTA winner Peter Barkworth stars in this captivating BBC murder mystery as Guy Foster, a journalist turned wannabe novelist who finds himself ensnared in a puzzling homicide case when he's framed for the brutal murder of his wife. Facing a life sentence, Guy races against the clock and launches his own investigation into the slaying, only to discover that he's at the center of a twisted web of intrigue and deceit.
Release Date1974-12-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count1
Die Schlüssel
German miniseries.
Release Date1965-01-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count1
The Passenger
A Francis Durbridge mystery.
Release Date1971-10-23
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Der Andere
Italian frogman and scientist Paolo Rocello is found dead on a houseboat. The owner of the boat, Mr. Cooper, has disappeared without a trace. The English boarding school town of Medlow is now in turmoil. Of all people, the likeable boarding school teacher David Henderson is increasingly suspected of murder. This is because Katherine Walter, the niece of Dr. Sheldon, saw him on the boat on the day of the murder. However, Dr. Sheldon himself also becomes a suspect. Inspector Ford and Sergeant Broderick are in the dark – until another murder occurs and a completely new perspective on the events emerges...
Release Date1959-10-05
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count1
Come un uragano
Release Date1971-11-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count5
A Man Called Harry Brent
The director of an engineering company in a small town near London has been murdered by a perfect stranger. Inspector Alan Milton is put in charge of the case. He is the former fiancé of Carol Vyner, the victim's secretary. She is now about to marry Harry Brent, a mysterious figure with a connection to the murder suspect...
Release Date1965-03-22
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count1
Das Halstuch
Release Date1962-01-03
DepartmentWriting
JobBook
Episode Count6
Vote Count3
Tim Frazer
Engineer Tim Frazer is hired by the mysterious Mr. Ross to search for his missing business partner Harry Denston. Denston appears to be involved in a case of espionage.
Release Date1963-01-14
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Episode Count6
A Game of Murder
The once famous athlete Bob Kerry dies mysteriously on a golf course. His son Jack, a detective, suspects murder and decides to investigate the case. He gets caught up in a web of intrigue set in the Soho red-light district in London, with its pimps and prostitutes.
Release Date1966-02-26
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Die Kette
German miniseries
Release Date1977-12-18
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Episode Count2
Melissa
Three-part TV crime drama based on Francis Durbridge's novel.
Release Date1966-01-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count1
Melissa
Melissa is a 1964 British thriller television series which originally aired in six parts on BBC 2 in 1964. It was shown under the umbrella title Francis Durbridge Presents, and was one of a number of serials written by Francis Durbridge during the period.
Release Date1964-04-26
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Breakaway - The Family Affair
Release Date1980-01-11
DepartmentWriting
JobAuthor
Episode Count6
Paul Temple Returns
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, but he and his glamorous wife Steve can never refuse a good mystery.
Release Date1952-11-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count5
Operation Diplomat
A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.
Release Date1953-12-01
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count7
The Teckman Mystery
A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a series of murders.
Release Date1954-10-27
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count17
Send for Paul Temple
Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.
Release Date1946-12-23
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count8
The Broken Horseshoe
When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.
Release Date1953-01-10
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Series Creator
Vote Count1
Breakaway - A Local Affair
Release Date1980-02-22
DepartmentWriting
JobAuthor
Episode Count6
Vote Count1
Tagebuch für einen Mörder
Only a short time left until Max Telligan's diary is finished. Hollywood is already interested in the book's film rights. US producer Terry Wilde makes the successful British author a lucrative offer. But shortly after the negotiations, the American is found dead at the airport and a fierce battle for the diary begins. Telligan's wife Harriet and daughter Marsha also feel the effects. Terrorists, the CIA and Scotland Yard suddenly take an interest in the book. But Telligan's beautiful secretary Liz Ferber defies all threats and saves the manuscript from shady characters and brutal intruders. Will she uncover the secret of the book?
Release Date1988-07-04
DepartmentWriting
JobTheatre Play
Dies Bildnis ist zum Morden schön
Release Date1987-11-23
DepartmentWriting
JobTheatre Play