Alan Hackney

Filmes

Go for a Take
Writer
Two inept gamblers on the run from their debts and a gang of crooks find refuge in a film studio.
Arabella
Dialogue
A young woman uses her womanly wiles to seduce older men in order to aid her debt-ridden grandmother.
The Quiet Racket
Writer
This short film tells the amusing tale of a man who feels the common urge to escape the city's noise for the weekend. Made without words, but with a wide range of other sounds, this film tracks our hero to a perfect haven of pandemonium. The countryside, it turns out, is not as unspoiled and quiet as the poets proclaim.
You Must Be Joking
Story
A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items
You Must Be Joking
Screenplay
A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items
Operation Snatch
Writer
Legend has it that if the famous Barbary Apes leave the Rock of Gibraltar, it's a sign that the British will lose control of it. During World War II, a British officer is put in charge of the apes. When he detects that the animals' morale is slipping, he hatches a plan to go behind the German lines to "kidnap" a new ape for his charges to lift their spirits before the Germans find out about their condition and use it as propaganda.
Robin Hood – O Invencível
Screenplay
O Xerife de Nottingham planeja confiscar a propriedade do Senhor de Bawtry, um nobre que morreu na Cruzada. O Arcebispo de Canterbury, Hubert Walter, é contra este plano e o xerife planeja eliminá-lo. Robin Hood é convidado a realizar o assassinato do arcebispo para os conspiradores, liderados pelo Conde de Newark e Lord Melton, mas, ao perceber quem é o alvo pretendido, resolve ajudar o Arcebispo. Lady Marian também quer conhecer o Arcebispo para que ela possa conceder liberdade à família de um homem assassinado pelos homens do Xerife e ela também está ansiosa para encontrar Robin novamente, pois o conheceu quando achava que ele era um fora da lei comum, mas agora percebe que ele está do lado do bem.
Watch Your Stern
Writer
When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to show to a visiting scientist.
Simpático Idiota
Author
Quando Stanley Windrush deixa o Exército, vê o seu futuro como um executivo na indústria. Infelizmente, nem tudo corre bem e a indústria pode passar muito bem sem a contribuição de um idiota simpático como Stanley. Em desespero, este procura os conselhos do seu tio Bertram, o director de uma fábrica de armamento, que planeia um negócio desonesto para enriquecer depressa. Stanley vai trabalhar para o seu tio e sem querer destrói o esquema elaborado e fraudulento.
Private's Progress
Novel
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends wily Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confused world of the British Army. And Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle seems to be up to something more than a bit shady too - and they are both soon working for him, behind the enemy lines.