Victor Canning

Películas

La trama
Novel
Blanche Tyler, una mujer que se gana la vida haciéndose pasar por vidente, sabe que Arthur Adamson es hijo ilegítimo de una rica anciana que desea dejarle su herencia. Adamson se ha convertido en un estafador con la complicidad de su amante Fran.
The Runaways
Novel
A story about a teenage boy who runs away from his foster home after wrongly being accused of theft and soon crosses paths with a young leopard which has escaped from a wild-animal compound during a lightning storm.
Arma de dos filos
Novel
Cane, un contrabandista de armas (Burt Reynolds), está a punto de ser arrestado en el norte de África durante una de sus operaciones. Tras huir milagrosamente, consigue trabajo como buzo para un biólogo marino (Arthur Kennedy), pero pronto se dará cuenta de que el interés real de su jefe es hacerse con un tesoro sin más guardián que los tiburones. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Limbo Line
Novel
The Limbo Line tells a story of Cold War double-crossing with British secret agent Manston trying to break up a group of Russian agents who return defectors to Moscow for brainwashing. When a Russian ballerina defects to Germany, Manston goes after the head of The Limbo Line in an effort to stop the group from kidnapping the defectors. Acting against the orders of his boss, Manston is faced with killing the communist leader of the movement in Germany or allowing the dancer to be turned over for interrogation and reprisals for her political beliefs. Matters are further complicated when Manston finds himself falling for the ballerina…
The Limbo Line
Writer
The Limbo Line tells a story of Cold War double-crossing with British secret agent Manston trying to break up a group of Russian agents who return defectors to Moscow for brainwashing. When a Russian ballerina defects to Germany, Manston goes after the head of The Limbo Line in an effort to stop the group from kidnapping the defectors. Acting against the orders of his boss, Manston is faced with killing the communist leader of the movement in Germany or allowing the dancer to be turned over for interrogation and reprisals for her political beliefs. Matters are further complicated when Manston finds himself falling for the ballerina…
The Scorpio Letters
Novel
A spy thriller involving an American who is enlisted by British intelligence to replace one of its recently murdered agents and smash a ring of blackmailers -- James Bond style -- headed by a nefarious figure known as Scorpio.
Agentes dobles
Novel
Diplomáticos británicos están a pocas semanas de concluir un acuerdo con un país del Oriente Medio para un nuevo contrato del petróleo favorable para sus intereses. Sólo hay un problema, el hombre con el que debían cerrar el trato, el Príncipe Jamil, heredero al trono de este rico país, aún no ha llegado a la edad mínima necesaria para gobernar. El gobierno británico tiene miedo a que, durante las semanas que faltan antes de su cumpleaños, el joven sea asesinado. Para evitar que esto ocurra, la Oficina Británica en el Exterior echa mano del Coronel Drexel, un veterano héroe de guerra, y de David Frazer, un soldado americano. (FILMAFFINITY)
La casa de los siete halcones
Novel
Un hombre misterioso le ofrece una gran suma de dinero al dueño de un pequeño barco para que lo lleve a un puerto holandés. Cuando el capitán de la embarcación va a despertar al pasajero, descubre que ha muerto y que tiene en su poder el plano de un tesoro. (FILMAFFINITY)
Venetian Bird
Screenplay
Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his local contact. In his quest to clear his name, Mercer uncovers a conspiracy. Even the local magistrate seems to be working against him, and Mercer begins to suspect the man he came to find is behind it all.
Venetian Bird
Novel
Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his local contact. In his quest to clear his name, Mercer uncovers a conspiracy. Even the local magistrate seems to be working against him, and Mercer begins to suspect the man he came to find is behind it all.
Spy Hunt
Story
Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden a microfilm in the collar of one of the animals. But when the train is derailed in the Swiss Alps and the panthers escape, she is forced to involve him in her mission, which now includes enemy agents hunting the microfilm, the animals, Catherine and Roger. Corrected from an original submission by Guy Bellinger.
La salamandra de oro
Novel
Un arquéologo se encuentra con una organización terrorista en un viaje a África.
La salamandra de oro
Writer
Un arquéologo se encuentra con una organización terrorista en un viaje a África.