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Alec Coppel

Alec Coppel

Personal Info:

KNOWN FOR

Writing

GENDER

male

BIRTHDAY

1907-09-17

DAY OF DEATH

1972-01-22

PLACE OF BIRTH

Melbourne, Australia

BIOGRAPHY

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

writing