Philip MacDonald

출생 : 1901-11-05, London, England, UK

사망 : 1980-12-10

참여 작품

아드리안 메신저
Story
연쇄 살인마를 쫒는 전 영국 정보부 요원이 조사에 나서지만 용의자는 변장의 귀재로 좀처럼 정체를 드러내지 않는데...
Five Fingers : Thin Ice
Writer
Sebastian must either deliver a young Arab prince to Russia or get him back safely to his own country. The episode aired in the US in 1959, and in theaters in the UK in 1961 -- supporting the movie Wild in the Country with Elvis Prestley
23 Paces to Baker Street
Novel
Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to track down the crooks.
Tobor the Great
Screenplay
To avoid the life-threatening dangers of manned space exploration, Professor Nordstrom creates highly advanced form of artificial intelligence capable of piloting a starship to other worlds. In order to transmit alien data, the extraordinary robot is infused with a powerful telepathic device that enables it to instantly read and even feel emotions. Danger strikes when a sinister band of covert agents kidnaps Gadge, the professor's 10-year-old grandson. But Gadge has a powerful ally. For he has developed a psychic, emotional bond with his grandfather's robot. And now Gadge's captors must suffer the wrath of his protective friend. They must face a mechanical monstrosity bent on a killing rampage of revenge and destruction.
Ring of Fear
Screenplay
Mystery writer Mickey Spillane tries to help Clyde Beatty deal with a plot to sabotage his circus.
The Hour of 13
Novel
1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief Nicholas Revel unwittingly becomes the chief suspect, he must use his guile and wits to prove he’s not the killer; whilst also not getting caught for a jewel robbery he has just committed.
Mask of the Avenger
Adaptation
Costume swashbuckler with heroic John Derek battling evil Anthony Quinn.
Circle of Danger
Screenplay
An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid.
Circle of Danger
Novel
An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid.
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Screenplay
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
The Dark Past
Writer
A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.
Love from a Stranger
Screenplay
Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel Lawrence. A stranger, Manuel Cortez, comes to rent her flat and she falls in love with him, and they are married. For their honeymoon, they go to an isolated English college where she, unlike the audience, doesn't realize she has married a fortune-hunting Bluebeard with a few murdered wives in his past. The question is will she be able to repent in leisure her decision to marry in haste.
Dangerous Intruder
Story
A female hitchiker is taken in by a family after a horrible car accident. While she recovers, she begins to unravel a murder mystery involving the woman of the house.
신체 강탈자
Screenplay
19세기 스코틀랜드의 어느 마을, 유명한 교수이자 의사인 맥팔레인 박사의 조수로 일하게 된 의학생 페티스는 해부학에 쓰일 시체를 가져다주는 그레이(보리스 칼로프)라는 괴상한 마부를 알게 된다. 무슨 영문인지 맥팔레인 박사는 그레이에게 뭔가 약점이 잡힌 듯한 모습이고 정체 모를 그레이는 맥팔레인 박사의 인생에서 악마같은 존재로 어슬렁거리고 있다. 또한 그가 가져오는 시체들도 정부에서 받아오는 노숙자의 시체가 아니라 무덤을 도굴하여 가져온다는 사실을 알게 된다. 불길한 예감에 페티스는 박사의 곁을 떠나려고 하나 인간의 도덕적 양심과 의학의 발달이 가져다주는 기여 사이에서 혼동을 느끼며 결국 맥팔레인 박사와 그레이 사이에서 머물게 된다. 그들의 행동을 감시하듯 지켜보는 늙은 하인 조셉(벨라 루고시), 그리고 젊고 착한 청년 페티스의 장래를 걱정하는 박사의 부인, 거기에 박사에게 꼭 수술을 받아서 하반신 마비가 된 딸을 걷게 만들려는 마시 부인 등 주변인물들과의 복잡한 관계가 얽히게 되면서 상황은 뭔가 불길한 결말을 향해서 달리게 되고 결국 무시무시한 비극이 일어나게 되는데...
Strangers in the Night
Story
In this Gothic tale, a returning WW2 vet goes looking for a small-town girl whom he knows only from letters. Its the pretext for an off-beat treatment of sexual frustration morphing into a dangerous delusion, and eventually murder.
Action in Arabia
Screenplay
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
사하라 전차대
Story
조건 하사관(험프리 보가트 역)은 본부와 연락이 끊긴 채 낡은 탱크와 와코, 그리고 지미 병사를 이끌고 사하라 사막을 떠돈다. 본부로 향하던 이들 일행은 사막 한 가운데서 역시 낙오된 채 지원군의 도착만 기다리고 있던 일련의 병사들을 만나게 된다. 영국군 군의관, 할리데이 병장은 모든 지휘권을 군 하사관에게 맡기고 한 대 남은 탱크를 타고 본부를 찾아 떠난다. 이들 일행은 매번 우물을 찾아 나서지만 뜨거운 사하라 사막의 태양 아래 모든 우물은 고갈된 상태였다. 그러는 가운데 우연히 탱크를 발견한 독일군 전투기 조종사가 이들을 향해 사격을 가하고 사상자가 발생한다. 반격을 가한 총탄에 맞아 쓰러진 독일군을 포로로잡고 이들은 다시 우물을 찾아 나서고 마침내 몇 방울씩 떨어지고 있는 우물을 찾고 안도의 한숨을 내쉰다. 한편 독일군과 이탈리아 연합군 역시 우물을 찾아 사하라 사막을 헤매던 중 마침내 군 하사관이 이끄는 부대가 머물고 있는 우물까지 공격해 온다. 군하사관은 자신의 부하인 와코를 본부로 보내고 모두 남아 독일군에 맞서 싸울 것을 다짐하지만 9명으로 100여명의 적과 맞서 싸우기란 쉬운 일이 아니다. 끈질긴 싸움 끝에 결국 독일군은 갈증을 이기지 못하고 몇 안되는 이들 일행에 항복을 한다. 하지만 이미 할리데이 군의관, 프렌치, 윌리엄스, 마이크, 지미 등 대부분의 동료가 전사한 상태였다. 군하사관은 치열했던 전투지 사하라 사막을 둘러보며 이들의 죽음이 결코 헛된 것이 아니었음을 깨닫는데...
Nightmare
Story
An ex-gambler helps a beautiful widow, and becomes involved with a murder, secret agents, and saboteurs.
Whispering Ghosts
Story
A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the decade-old murder of a sea captain.
레베카
Adaptation
평범하고 수줍음 잘 타는 그녀는 몬테 카를로에서 몇년 전 아내 레베카와 사별한 부유한 신사 맥심을 만나 사랑에 빠진다. 그녀는 아직도 전처를 잃은 슬픔에 다소 불안정한 심리 상태의 맥심과 결혼 후 그의 대저택 '맨덜리'에 입성한다. 아름답지만 음산하고 기묘한 분위기를 풍기는 대저택 ‘맨덜리’는 죽은 레베카가 마치 살아 숨쉬고 있는 것처럼 레베카에게 깊게 물들어 있다. 집사 댄버스 부인 마저 시종일관 무표정함을 유지하며 경계심을 드러내 그녀를 노이로제 상태로 몰아간다. 하지만 남편 맥심은 자신의 심적 고통 때문에 미처 그녀에게 신경을 쓰지 못하고 그들 부부의 결혼 생활은 위기를 맞이하게 된다. 어느 비 바람 몰아치던 저녁, ‘맨덜리’ 저택의 비밀이 드러날 사건이 일어나는데…
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Screenplay
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
A Gentleman's Gentleman
Screenplay
A valet thinks his master is a murder, and tries a little blackmail.
Blind Alley
Screenplay
A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Novel
An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Screenplay
A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr. Moto is already in Port Said, investigating a conspiracy against the British and French governments.
Mysterious Mr. Moto
Screenplay
The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.
Yours for the Asking
Writer
Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear he may follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.
The Princess Comes Across
Story
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America, and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.
The Last Outpost
Screenplay
During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on the battle front as much as on a more personal level.
프랑켄슈타인의 신부
Adaptation
프랑켄슈타인 박사는 오랜 시간의 연구 끝에 그의 두번째 창조물로 아름다운 여인을 만들어 낸다. 첫번째 창조물인 빅터와, 두번째 창조물인 젊고 아름다운 에바는 모두 인간 신체의 각 부분들을 프랑켄슈타인 박사가 조합해 새로운 생명체로 만드는 과정을 거쳐 탄생했다.어느날, 프랑켄슈타인 박사의 집과 연구실에 불이 나고 폭풍우가 치면서 그들의 거처가 파괴되는 사건이 발생한다. 빅터는 혼자 힘으로 트랜실베니아로 가서 살기 시작하고, 에바는 프랑켄슈타인 박사의 인도 아래 그와 함께 살게 된다. 프랑켄슈타인은 세상에 대해 아무것도 모르는 에바를 교육시키면서 마치 상류계급의 젊고 매력적인 숙녀처럼 만들어 나가는데...
Charlie Chan in Paris
Story
Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.
Mystery Woman
Screenplay
A French military officer is convicted of treason and sent to Devil's Island. His wife takes it upon herself to obtain the stolen document and prove his innocence.
Menace
Story
A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's death.
Charlie Chan in London
Writer
After receiving congratulations from the Home Secretary for solving his most recent case, Charlie is sought out by Pamela Gray, a beautiful but desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits execution for the murder of a weapons inventor. She is so convinced of his innocence that she becomes distraught when she overhears Neil Howard, her brother's lawyer and her fiancee, confide to the detective his belief in his client's guilt. Angered at this disclosure, she returns his ring and breaks off the engagement. Although the execution will take place in 65 hours, Charlie pledges to expose the murderer. All potential suspects are reassembled in the country mansion of family friend Geoffrey Richmond, where the murder took place, as Charlie tries to expose the real murderer before time runs out.
The Mystery of Mr. X
Adaptation
A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
The Mystery of Mr. X
Novel
A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
더 로스트 패트롤
Story
1차 대전이 한창인 무렵의 메소포타미아. 이곳을 지나던 영국 사막정찰대의 지휘관이 아랍저격병에 의해 살해된다. 지휘관을 대신하게 된 하사관은 대원들을 이끌고 가까스로 오아시스에 도착한다. 그는 병사들에게 죽은 지휘관으로부터 부대의 임무와 목적지에 대해 전해 들은 바 없으며 심지어 현 위치 및 앞으로 가야 할 방향 조차 알지 못한다고 털어놓는다. 보초를 서던 신병 하나가 시체로 발견된 데 이어 적의 위치를 살피기 위해 나무에 올라갔던 병사마저 총에 맞고 떨어진다. 집단으로 버티다가는 살 수 없다고 판단한 하사관은 원군을 청하기 위해 병사들을 선발해 은밀히 보낸다. 그러나 그들 모두 싸늘한 시신으로 발견되고, 이들의 죽음을 앙갚음하기 위해 뛰어들었던 대원들 또한 적병들에게 노출되며 차례로 쓰러지는데...
The Rasp
Story
When cabinet minister John Hoode is murdered at his country house, his secretary, Alan Deacon, is the prime suspect and is arrested. Reporter Anthony Gethryn determines to unmask the real murderer.
Hotel Splendide
Story
Jerry Mason inherits the Hotel Splendide at Speymouth but is disappointed when he sees it is a quiet place with few permanent residents. Gentleman Charlie, a jewel thief arrives after a long spell in prison expecting to be able to dig up the pearls he had buried - only to find the hotel has been built on the site.
C.O.D.
Story
A man assists a woman to dispose of the body of her stepfather....
The Star Reporter
Story
Major Starr is an ambitious newspaper reporter who has taken undercover employment as chauffeur to Lady Susan Loman in the hope of witnessing high-society goings-on which he can use in a feature article he is planning.
The Star Reporter
Screenplay
Major Starr is an ambitious newspaper reporter who has taken undercover employment as chauffeur to Lady Susan Loman in the hope of witnessing high-society goings-on which he can use in a feature article he is planning.
Rynox
Novel
Wealthy businessman F.X. Benedik, Head of the Rynox company, claims to have been receiving threats from a mysterious stranger named Boswell Marsh. Benedik is subsequently found murdered and the hunt is on for the elusive Marsh. Benedik's son Tony takes over the running of the business and tries to find some lead on Marsh, and why he should have borne a murderous grudge against Benedik Senior. His investigations lead him to the unexpected finding that Marsh never existed.
Raise the Roof
Screenplay
The wealthy Rodney Langford, who dreams of going on the stage, hopes to fulfil his ambitions by buying a failing revue called 'Raise the Roof', starring Maisie Grey. His father, fearing scandal, bribes amoral actor Atherley Armitage to sabotage the show. But, when all hope seems lost, Maisie comes up with an ingenious idea to try and save the day.
Lost Patrol
Writer
A patrol of twelve soldiers is lost in the desert and killed by the tribesmen, but the sergeant makes sure that one of the tribesmen dies for every one of his men.