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Alistair MacLean is a Scriptwriter British born on 21 april 1922 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Alistair Stuart MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacGill-Eain; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers or adventure stories, the best known of which are perhaps The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra and Where Eagles Dare, all three having been made into successful films. He also wrote two novels under the pseudonym Ian Stuart.
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(1968)
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Birth name Alistair Stuart MacLean
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 april 1922 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Death 2 february 1987 (at 64 years) at Munich (German)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 april 1922 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Death 2 february 1987 (at 64 years) at Munich (German)
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(1961)(Novel)
(1968)(Novel)
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Filmography of Alistair MacLean (18 films)
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Night Watch (1995)
, 1h41Directed by David Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Pierce Brosnan, Alexandra Paul, William Devane, Michael Shannon, Irene Ng, Benedict Wong
Roles Story
Rating51%
UN agents Mike Graham (Brosnan) and Sabrina Carver (Alexandra Paul) are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting, The Night Watch. The trail takes them from Amsterdam initially to Hong Kong and involves them in not only art theft and forgery, but in the more serious high-tech schemes of Martin Schraeder and his bald North Korean cohort Mao Yixin.
Death Train (1993)
, 1h40Directed by David Jackson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films
Actors Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart, Christopher Lee, Ted Levine, Alexandra Paul, John Abineri
Roles Novel
Rating51%
With the aid of a German nuclear physicist, dissident Russian General Konstantin Benin (Christopher Lee), a military casualty of the Soviet collapse, is conspiring to restore the Soviet Union to superpower status. His plan is to place a nuclear bomb on a train bound for Iraq, forcing the Russian army to invade Iraq to recover it and once again mobilize its might - creating a new military union in the process. Malcolm Philpott (Patrick Stewart), the head of UNACO (United Nations Anti-Crime Organisation), entrusts the mission of stopping the train and its deadly cargo to field operatives Mike Graham (Pierce Brosnan) and Sabrina Carver (Alexandra Paul) who are forced to form a reluctant partnership as the international balance of power hits crisis point.
River of Death (1989)
, 1h40Directed by Steve Carver
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Michael Dudikoffi, Robert Vaughn, Donald Pleasence, Herbert Lom, L. Q. Jones, Cynthia Erland
Roles Novel
Rating44%
Le docteur Manteuffel, a pour ignoble but de trouver un virus qui éliminerait les non-aryens, ou toutes personnes en situation de handicap. Afin de poursuivre ces recherches et expériences en secret, le sinistre docteur s'isole au cœur de la jungle sud-américaine. Seul l'aventurier John Hamilton semble capable de le trouver. Il faudra pour cela traverser l'infernale rivière de la mort...
River of Death (1989)
Directed by Steve Carver
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Michael Dudikoffi, Robert Vaughn, Donald Pleasence, Herbert Lom, L. Q. Jones
Roles Novel
Rating44%
Un aventurier décide d'aller à la recherche de la cité perdue dans la jungle amazonienne. Une équipe hétéroclite d'autres personnes avec des raisons de leur propre décident de se joindre à lui pour la richesse de la cité perdue. Mais à leur horreur, ils découvrent qu'ils ont peu plus qu'ils ne peuvent mâcher. Qu'est-ce avec un médecin faisant encore ses Nazie expériences sur les gens au même endroit.
The Hostage Tower (1980)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Heist films
Actors Peter Fonda, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Maud Adams, Billy Dee Williams, Keir Dullea, Britt Ekland
Roles Story
Rating50%
Criminal mastermind Mr Smith (Keir Dullea) is being pursued by Malcolm Philpott (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), the head of an international peace organisation. When Mr Smith captures the Eiffel Tower and kidnaps the mother of the President of the United States (Celia Johnson), Philpott must enlist the help of spies to take him down.
Bear Island (1979)
, 1h58Directed by Don Sharp
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Lloyd Bridges, August Schellenberg
Roles Novel
Rating58%
A UN expedition of scientists from different countries come to barren arctic Bear Island, between Svalbard and northern Norway, to study climate change. However, several of them turn out to be more interested in the fact that (according to the film) there was a German U-boat base on the island during World War II. American scientist Frank Lansing (Donald Sutherland) has come because his father was a U-boat commander who died there, and as accidents start to decimate the expedition he begins to realize that some of his colleagues are after a shipment of gold aboard the U-boat that his father commanded.
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
, 1h58Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Edward Fox, Barbara Bach, Carl Weathers, Franco Nero
Roles Novel
Rating63%
In 1943, after their successful mission on the Greek island of Navarone, Major Keith Mallory (Robert Shaw) and Sergeant Miller (Edward Fox) are sent to find and kill Nicolai. Originally thought to be a traitor who informed the Germans about Miller and Mallory during the Navarone mission, Nicolai is now known to be Colonel von Ingorslebon, a dedicated German spy believed to have infiltrated the Yugoslav Partisans as "Captain Lescovar" (Franco Nero).
Golden Rendezvous (1977)
, 1h49Directed by Freddie Francis
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Films about hijackings
Actors Richard Harris, Ann Turkel, Gordon Jackson, John Vernon, David Janssen, Burgess Meredith
Roles Novel
Rating54%
The Caribbean Star, a combination cargo ship and floating casino is hijacked by terrorists led by Luis Carreras (John Vernon), who installs an atomic bomb, holding both the passengers and the bomb hostage, hoping to exchange them for the gold bullion on an U.S. Treasury ship. However, First Officer John Carter (Richard Harris), Susan Beresford (Ann Turkel), and Dr. Marston (Gordon Jackson) join forces to foil the plan. David Janssen and Burgess Meredith also appear in supporting roles.
Breakheart Pass (1975)
, 1h35Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films about viral outbreaks, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland, Ed Lauter, Charles Durning
Roles Créateur de nouvelle
Rating66%
In the 1870s, residents of the garrison at the Fort Humboldt Army outpost are supposedly suffering from a diphtheria epidemic. A train is heading towards the fort filled with reinforcements and medical supplies. There are also civilian passengers on the train – Nevada Governor Fairchild (Richard Crenna) and his fiancée Marica (Jill Ireland), among others.
Caravan to Vaccarès (1974)
, 1h38Directed by Geoffrey Reeve
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors David Birney, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Lonsdale, Marcel Bozzuffi, Michael Bryant, Serge Marquand
Roles Novel
Rating46%
L'Américain Neil Bowman parcourt la France lorsqu'il rencontre la photographe britannique Lila. Ils sont engagés par le propriétaire foncier français Duc de Croyter pour escorter un scientifique hongrois à New York. Mais ils se rendent vite compte que le travail n'est pas un chiffre pépère, et doivent faire face à une bande de ravisseurs qui ne reculeront devant rien pour mettre la main sur le scientifique.
Fear Is the Key (1972)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Dolph Sweet, Ben Kingsley, Ray McAnally
Roles Novel
Rating62%
John Talbot is talking on radio to a girl and another man who are flying a plane. He hears them being machine gunned to death by another plane.
When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
, 1h34Directed by Étienne Périer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Nathalie Delon, Robert Morley, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Derek Bond
Roles Créateur de nouvelle
Rating59%
British Treasury secret agent Phillip Calvert (Anthony Hopkins) is sent to investigate the hijacking of five cargo ships in the Irish Sea, tracking the latest hijacked ship—the Nantesville, carrying £8 million in gold bullion—to the Scottish Highlands and the sleepy port town of "Torbay" on the "Isle of Torbay" (patterned after Tobermory, on the Isle of Mull).
Puppet on a Chain (1970)
, 1h38Directed by Don Sharp, Geoffrey Reeve
Genres Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Sven-Bertil Taube, Barbara Parkins, Alexander Knox, Patrick Allen, Vladek Sheybal, Ania Marson
Roles Writer
Rating59%
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
, 2h28Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Tony Bill, Lloyd Nolan, Alf Kjellin
Roles Novel
Rating65%
A satellite reenters the atmosphere and ejects a capsule which parachutes to the Arctic, coordinates 85N 21W (approx 320 miles WNW of Nord, Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean ice pack). During an ice storm, a figure soon approaches, guided by a homing beacon, while a second person secretly watches from nearby.
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
, 2h38Directed by Brian G. Hutton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, William Squire
Roles Novel
Rating75%
In the winter of 1943–44, U.S. Army Brigadier General George Carnaby (Robert Beatty), a chief planner of the second front, is captured by the Germans when his aircraft is shot down en route to Crete. He is taken for interrogation to the Schloss Adler, a fortress high in the Alps of southern Bavaria. A team of Allied commandos, led by British Major John Smith (Richard Burton) and U.S. Army Ranger Lieutenant Morris Schaffer (Clint Eastwood), is briefed by Colonel Turner (Patrick Wymark) and Admiral Rolland (Michael Hordern) of MI6. Their mission is to parachute in, infiltrate the castle, and rescue General Carnaby before the Germans can interrogate him. MI6 Agent Mary Elison (Mary Ure) accompanies the mission in secret, her presence known only to Major Smith.