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Neil Paterson
Writer 1916 - 1995

Neil Paterson

Greenock, Scotland, UK

Neil Paterson was Scottish novelist and screenwriter. He originally attended university with the intention of following in his father’s footsteps and becoming a solicitor, but quickly realized his passion laid with football after joining Edinburgh University AFC. He played for... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

5 titles
The Little Kidnappers

The Little Kidnappers

Donald Shebib 1990 1h 32m 5.0

Two young orphans have to relocate to Nova Scotia and endure their bitter and jerky grandfather, but when they find a baby washed up on the beach, everything changes.

The Spiral Road

The Spiral Road

Robert Mulligan 1962 2h 20m 6.0

A selfish and prideful young Dutch doctor, through a series of circumstances, comes to learn that he does indeed "need" a higher spiritual being and other people.

Room at the Top

Room at the Top

Jack Clayton 1959 1h 55m 7.2

British film based on the novel of the same name by John Braine. The novel was adapted by Neil Paterson with uncredited work by Mordecai Richler. It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by James Woolf and John Woolf.

The Shiralee

The Shiralee

Leslie Norman 1957 1h 39m 6.0

An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding.

Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope

Elia Kazan 1953 1h 45m

Elia Kazan's 1953 film stars Fredric March as the owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia who plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him. The cast also includes Gloria Grahame, Terry Moore, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Boone and Adolphe Menjou.

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