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Alec Coppel

Screenwriter / Dramaturge / Novelist | * 09/17/1907 († 64, 01/22/1972) | Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)
Alec Coppel (17 September 1907 – 22 January 1972) was an Australian-born screenwriter, novelist and playwright. He spent the majority of his career in London and Hollywood, specialising in light thrillers, mysteries and sex comedies. He is best known for the films Vertigo (1958), The Captain's Paradise (1953), Mr Denning Drives North (1951) and Obsession (1949), and the plays I Killed the Count and The Gazebo. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

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Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers. A per ...

The Captain's Paradise

Certification unknown

1953 | 2.8/5 | 1h 34min
Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama
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A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her. ...

Vertigo

PG

1958 | 4.1/5 | 2h 8min
Mystery, Romance / Love, Thriller
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Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through, partly to help Judie Nordhall find her father. Rumor has it that her father may have been murdered by Eri ...

Hell Below Zero

NR

1954 | 3.0/5 | 1h 30min
Adventure, Action
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When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calli ...

Mr. Denning Drives North

Certification unknown

1951 | 3.1/5 | 1h 33min
Drama
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Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as Frankenstein, starring Lon Chaney, ...

Tales of Tomorrow

TV-G

1951 | 2.9/5 | 30min per episode
Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Alec Coppel

Academy Award for Best Story
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Movies with Alec Coppel as Crew(27)

Writing/Author2019 Jo
Writing/Theatre Play1971 Jo
Writing/Theatre Play1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Writing/Screenplay1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Writing/Screenplay1966 Moment to Moment
Writing/Story1966 Moment to Moment
Writing/Screenplay1962 The Swordsman of Siena
Writing/Novel1960 The Gazebo
Writing/Screenplay1958 Vertigo
Writing/Screenplay1957 Appointment with a Shadow
Writing/Screenplay1954 Hell Below Zero
Writing/Screenplay1954 The Black Knight
Writing/Story1953 The Captain's Paradise
Writing/Screenplay1953 The Captain's Paradise
Writing/Writer1951 Smart Alec
Writing/Novel1951 Mr. Denning Drives North
Writing/Screenplay1951 Mr. Denning Drives North
Writing/Writer1951 Two on the Tiles
Writing/Writer1951 No Highway
Writing/Novel1949 Obsession
Writing/Screenplay1949 Obsession
Writing/Dialogue1949 Obsession
Writing/Screenplay1948 Brass Monkey
Writing/Story1948 Woman Hater
Writing/Theatre Play1939 I Killed the Count
Writing/Writer1939 Over the Moon
Writing/Writer1939 Just like a Woman

TV Shows/Series with Alec Coppel as Crew(4)

Writing/Writer1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Writing/Story1957 Alcoa Theatre
Writing/Writer1957 Alcoa Theatre
Writing/Story1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Full Name: Alec Coppel
Citizenship: Australia
Born: Tuesday, 09/17 1907 (September) in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)
Died: Saturday, 01/22 1972 (January) in London (aged: 64)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Alec Coppel frequently works together with these people:
Alfred Hitchcock (13x, Crew)
Norman Lloyd (11x, Actor)
Raymond Bailey (11x, Actor)
Harry Tyler (11x, Actor)
Russell Collins (10x, Actor)
Patricia Hitchcock (10x, Actress)
Bartlett Robinson (10x, Actor)
John Zaremba (9x, Actor)
Phyllis Thaxter (9x, Actress)
Robert H. Harris (9x, Actor)
Tyler McVey (9x, Actor)
Doris Lloyd (8x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:236331, Added: 08/06/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024