Troy Kennedy Martin(1932-2009)

In his later years, he claimed to dislike strongly "The Italian Job", the best-known of the films he scripted, saying it was offensively sexist.

On the famous ending of The Italian Job (1969): "None of us liked the ending at the time. I didn't even write the final scene in the film. Michael Deeley added it after they'd run out of money. Peter Collinson hated it so much he wouldn't film it and made the assistant director do it instead."