Jack Higgins

Nacimiento : 1929-07-27, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, UK

Películas

The Windsor Protocol
Writer
Based on the novels by Jack Higgins, Sean Dillon is a maverick British agent who uncovers a plot to take over the presidency of the United States.
Thunder Point
Novel
Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe. Dillon's assignment is to protect her until the plans can be properly destroyed.
Midnight Man
Author
British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. President. But the spy isn't in long before he realizes that the first plot is but a ruse for a more sinister scheme that could result in trouble between China and Great Britain. - Written by Ørnås
On Dangerous Ground
Writer
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. Vusi goes to Johannesburg to find him, but at first can only find his neighbor/girlfriend, Karin, a stripper. Vusi proceeds to learn how conditions have changed since the end of apartheid, not always for the better for black men.
La noche del zorro
Novel
Un veterano agente secreto británico debe rescatar a cualquier precio a un coronel norteamericano que ha naufragado cerca de la isla de Jersey, ocupada por los alemanes. El éxito de la operación resulta aún más problemático por la presencia en la isla de un doble del mariscal Rommel. Este hecho exigirá que el agente Martineau despliegue toda su astucia y su inteligencia.
Réquiem por los que van a morir
Novel
Martin Fallon, un activista del IRA, abandona la organización tras una crisis de conciencia que lo lleva a cuestionarse los ideales por los que había luchado. Con el propósito de emprender una nueva vida, se traslada a Londres, pero sus antiguos compañeros del IRA lo siguen hasta allí. Un gángster le ofrece ayuda, pero, a cambio, tendrá que matar a uno de sus rivales. Fallon accede, pero un sacerdote católico es testigo del asesinato.
Roseland
Sound Mixer
"Roseland" is made up of three stories, sometimes connecting, all set in the famed New York dance palace, and all having the same theme: finding the right dance partner.
Ha llegado el águila
Novel
En plena Segunda Guerra Mundial, Hitler se propone asestar un golpe mortal a la moral inglesa: el asesinato de Winston Churchill. Para ello, el alto mando alemán envía a Inglaterra a un comando de paracaidistas de élite, disfrazados como soldados norteamericanos, cuya misión es acabar con la vida del Primer Ministro aprovechando los planes de este de pasar un fin de semana en una apartada mansión en la campiña.
La ira de Dios
Writer
Un contrabandista y un estrafalario sacerdote lucharán unidos en defensa de una revolución que tiene lugar en los años 20 en un país centroamericano.
The Violent Enemy
Novel
During the troubles in Ireland an IRA bomb plot is hatched to blow up a British power station. Sean Rogan (Tom Bell) is an IRA bomb expert and escapes from prison to try and stop the destruction.