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Eric Ambler

Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born June 28, 1909Died October 22, 1998 (89 years)
Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an influential British author of thrillers, in particular spy novels who introduced a new realism to the genre. He also worked as a screenwriter.

Known For

  • A Night to Remember
  • Topkapi
  • Journey Into Fear
  • The Mask of Dimitrios
  • Oliver Twist
  • The Cruel Sea
  • Mutiny on the Bounty
  • The Wreck of the Mary Deare
  • The Purple Plain
  • Background to Danger
  • The Passionate Friends
  • The October Man
  • The Magic Box
  • The Way Ahead
  • The Promoter
  • Hotel Reserve
  • Highly Dangerous
  • Shoot First
  • Suspicion
  • Journey Into Fear
  • The New Lot
  • The Care of Time

Filmography

1975
Journey Into Fear · as Novel
1971
Love Hate Love · as Screenplay
1964
Topkapi · as Novel
1962
1960
Checkmate (TV Series)
1959
1958
A Night to Remember · as Screenplay
1957
Suspicion (TV Series)
1957
Battle Hell · as Screenplay
1954
The Purple Plain · as Screenplay
1954
1954
Climax! (TV Series) · as Novel
1953
The Cruel Sea · as Screenplay
1953
Shoot First · as Screenplay
1952
The Promoter · as Screenplay
1951
Encore · as Screenplay
1951
The Magic Box · as Screenplay
1950
1949
The Passionate Friends · as Screenplay
1947
The October Man · as Novel
1944
1944
Hotel Reserve · as Novel
1943
1943
Journey Into Fear · as Novel
1943

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