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Troy Kennedy-Martin

Screenwriter | * 02/15/1932 († 77, 09/15/2009) | Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland (United Kingdom (UK))
Troy Kennedy Martin (15 February 1932 – 15 September 2009) was a Scottish-born film and television screenwriter. He created the long-running BBC TV police series Z-Cars (1962–1978), and the award-winning 1985 anti-nuclear drama Edge of Darkness. He also wrote the screenplay for the original version of The Italian Job (1969). His last film was Ferrari (2023), which was posthumously released. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Action

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Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal ...

The Italian Job

PG

2003 | 3.4/5 | 1h 50min
Action, Crime
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As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's kil ...

Edge of Darkness

16

2010 | 3.2/5 | 1h 57min
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very fa ...

The Italian Job

K

1969 | 3.5/5 | 1h 39min
Action, Crime, Comedy, Thriller
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Set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage str ...

Ferrari

Certification unknown

2023 | 3.4/5 | 2h 10min
Drama, History
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Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in J ...

Z-Cars

Certification unknown

1962 | 3.5/5 | 50min per episode
Drama
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Movies with Troy Kennedy-Martin as Crew(12)

Writing/Screenplay2023 Ferrari
Writing/Writer2023 Ferrari
Writing/Writer2004 Red Dust
Writing/Original Story2003 The Italian Job
Writing/Screenplay1999 Bravo Two Zero
Writing/Screenplay1997 Hostile Waters
Writing/Screenplay1988 Red Heat
Writing/Writer1980 Fear of God
Writing/Writer1978 Sweeney 2
Writing/Writer1972 The Jerusalem File
Writing/Screenplay1970 Kelly's Heroes
Writing/Writer1969 The Italian Job

TV Shows/Series with Troy Kennedy-Martin as Crew(12)

Writing/Writer1985 Edge of Darkness
Writing/Writer1983 The Old Men at the Zoo
Writing/Teleplay1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies
Writing/Writer1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies
Writing/Writer1975 The Sweeney
Writing/Writer1974 Fall of Eagles
Creator/Creator1973 Jack the Ripper
Creator/Creator1971 Barlow
Creator/Creator1966 Softly, Softly
Writing/Writer1962 Z-Cars
Creator/Creator1962 Z-Cars
Writing/Adaptation1955 ITV Play of the Week

Full Name: Troy Martin
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 02/15 1932 (February) in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Tuesday, 09/15 2009 (September) in Ditchling (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Trinity College Dublin, Finchley Catholic High School
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Other names for Troy Kennedy-Martin (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Troy Kennedy Martin"
Troy Kennedy-Martin frequently works together with these people:
Marius Goring (7x, Actor)
Stratford Johns (6x, Actor)
Frederick Jaeger (5x, Actor)
Allan Prior (5x, Crew)
Frank Windsor (5x, Actor)
Bernard Kay (5x, Actor)
Walter Hill (4x, Crew)
Brian Blessed (4x, Actor)
John Woodvine (4x, Actor)
Michael Sheard (4x, Actor)
Derek Francis (4x, Actor)
James Dyer (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:768461, Added: 11/04/2018, Last updated: 04/24/2024