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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.
Alec Coppel was born on 17 September 1907 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was a writer, known for Vertigo (1958), The Captain's Paradise (1953) and Hell Below Zero (1954). He was married to Myra Coppel. He died on 22 January 1972 in London, England, UK.
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- September 17, 1907
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Alec Coppel was born on September 17, 1907 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was a writer, known for Vertigo (1958), The Captain's Paradise (1953) and Hell Below Zero (1954). He was married to Myra Coppel. He died on January 22, 1972 in London, England, UK.
- September 17, 1907
- January 22, 1972
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.
Vertigo is a 1958 American psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The story was based on the 1954 novel D'entre les morts ( From Among the Dead) by Boileau-Narcejac, with a screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor.
ALEC COPPEL was an Australian-born writer of screenplays, novels and stage plays. His first two produced plays - Short Circuit (1935) and The Stars Foretell (1936) - had only short runs, but I Killed The Count (1937) became a West End hit, racking up 185 performances.
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A Man About a Dog is a 1947 thriller novel by the British-Australian writer Alec Coppel. Driven to distraction by his wife's repeated affairs, her husband decides to kidnap her latest lover and commit the perfect murder, only to be thwarted by a dog.