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Alistair MacLean
Writer 1922 - 1987

Alistair MacLean

Glasgow, Scotland

Alistair Stuart MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacGill-Eain; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. His works include The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra and Where Eagles Dare – all three were made... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

5 titles
Night Watch

Night Watch

David Jackson 1995 1h 34m 5.0

UN agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting, "The Night Watch". The trail takes them from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and involves them in not only art theft and forgery, but the high-tech schemes of Martin Schraeder and his Korean cohort Mao Yixin

The Hostage Tower

The Hostage Tower

Claudio Guzmán 1980 1h 40m

Criminal takes hostages on the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Breakheart Pass

Breakheart Pass

Tom Gries 1975 1h 35m 5.7

At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote army post. But one by one the passengers are being murdered, and their only hope is the mysterious John Deakin, who's being transported to face trial for murder.

Puppet on a Chain

Puppet on a Chain

Don Sharp, Geoffrey Reeve 1970 1h 38m 6.0

Special agent Taube is on the case of a deadly heroin smuggling operation. This one is notable for an amazing power boat chase through the canals and waterways of Amsterdam

Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare

Brian G. Hutton 1968 2h 35m 7.9

World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.

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