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Murray Leinster is a Scriptwriter American born on 16 june 1896 at Norfolk (USA)
Murray Leinster (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975) was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history. He wrote and published over 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays.
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Birth name William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Nationality USA
Birth 16 june 1896 at Norfolk (USA)
Death 8 june 1975 (at 78 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 16 june 1896 at Norfolk (USA)
Death 8 june 1975 (at 78 years)
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Filmography of Murray Leinster (4 films)
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The Terrornauts (1967)
, 1h15Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Space opera
Actors Zena Marshall, Max Adrian, Simon Oates, Charles Hawtrey, Patricia Hayes, Charles Hawtrey
Roles Novel
Rating48%
Project Star Talk is based at a UK radio telescope site, its mission is to listen for radio signals from other intelligences. Dr. Joe Burke (Simon Oates) is the head of the project assisted by his small team consisting of electronics expert Ben Keller (Stanley Meadows) and office manager Sandy Lund (Zena Marshall). Due to the lack of success reported by the Site Manager, Dr. Henry Shore (Max Adrian), Project Star Talk is given 90 days in order to report positive results. During this period an accountant, Mr. Yellowlees (Charles Hawtrey) is sent to look over the project's accounts. As luck would have it, a repeating signal is received by the project, but the signal is only coming from a small asteroid with no atmosphere in the outer Solar System. Despite this, Dr. Burke spends the balance of his grant to equip the telescope with a powerful transmitter to contact the source of the signals. The night of the transmission, Mr. Yellowlees and Mrs. Jones (Patricia Hayes) who runs the tea trolley, stay to witness this historic event. While waiting for a response, Dr. Burke tells of his father's discovery at an archaeological dig in France of a cube that gave him strange dreams as a boy, inspiring him to become an astronomer. The signal is sent and reaches the asteroid. The asteroid has on it a huge installation that receives the radio signal and answers it with a spaceship sent riding down the radio beam to the point of transmission. When the spacecraft arrives at Project Star Talk, it picks up the transmitter shed and carries it, the project staff and the 2 witnesses to the alien installation. The telescope staff's leader believes, despite eyewitnesses that the transmitter shed exploded, killing the Star Talk team.
, 1h27Directed by Jon Hall, Michael A. Hoey
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Anthony Eisley, Biff Elliot, Billy Gray, Bobby Van, Pamela Mason
Roles Novel
Rating36%
A group of scientists with Operation Deep Freeze discover frozen prehistoric trees and other specimens in the Antarctic dating back to the first Ice Age. They collect samples of each for further study and load them aboard their C-47 military transport.
Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
Directed by William Beaudine
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, Henry O'Neill, Patric Knowles, James Stephenson
Roles Story
Rating60%
Murder Will Out (1930)
, 1h9Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee, Noah Beery Sr., Malcolm McGregor, Tully Marshall, Alec B. Francis
Leonard Staunton (Mulhall), a young wealthy New York club-man is engaged to Jeanne Baldwin (Lee), daughter of a U.S. Senator (Francis). Mulhall is preparing to spend a weekend at the Senator's estate. He becomes involved in the affairs of a gang of blackmailers through his efforts to help a fellow club member. When Alan Fitzhugh (Allister), a fellow club-member, arrives with a note, imprinted with a purple hieroglyph, in which he, Fitzhugh, is threatened with a horrible death. Since Fitzhugh is nervous and terrified, Leonard agrees to stay with him at his apartment that night.