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Angus MacPhail(1903-1962)

  • Writer
  • Additional Crew
  • Producer
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London-born Angus MacPhail worked as a screenwriter for many years with producer Michael Balcon, but he wrote for many of Britain's most prestigious studios, such as Gainsborugh, Gaumont-British and Ealing. He is probably best known for his script for the classic British feature Au coeur de la nuit (1945), but also worked for Alfred Hitchcock, writing Le faux coupable (1956). MacPhail had a reputation as one of the British film industry's best collaborators and "script doctors", and in fact of his 23 scripts for Ealing Studios, he had sole credit on only one.
BornApril 8, 1903
DiedApril 22, 1962(59)
BornApril 8, 1903
DiedApril 22, 1962(59)
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Known for

Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck in La maison du docteur Edwardes (1945)
La maison du docteur Edwardes
7.5
  • Writer
  • 1945
Le faux coupable (1956)
Le faux coupable
7.4
  • Writer
  • 1956
L'auberge fantôme (1944)
L'auberge fantôme
6.6
  • Writer(as Angus Macphail)
  • 1944
George Formby in Trouble Brewing (1939)
Trouble Brewing
6.3
  • Writer
  • 1939

Credits

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Writer



  • Gregor Fisher, Eddie Izzard, and Naomi Battrick in Whisky Galore (2016)
    Whisky Galore
    5.9
    • based on the original motion picture, screenplay by
    • 2016
  • Le faux coupable (1956)
    Le faux coupable
    7.4
    • screen play by
    • 1956
  • Doris Day, James Stewart, and Daniel Gélin in L'homme qui en savait trop (1956)
    L'homme qui en savait trop
    7.4
    • contributing writer (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955)
    The Scarlet Pimpernel
    7.0
    TV Series
    • screenplay
    • 1955–1956
  • The Passing Show
    TV Series
    • script
    • 1953
  • Irina Baronova, John Clements, Valerie Hobson, Susan Shaw, and Jack Warner in Train of Events (1949)
    Train of Events
    6.6
    • original screenplay (as Angus Macphail)
    • 1949
  • Whisky à gogo (1949)
    Whisky à gogo
    7.1
    • screenplay (as Angus Mac Phail)
    • 1949
  • Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood in Sarabande (1948)
    Sarabande
    6.5
    • screenplay collaborator (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Il pleut toujours le dimanche (1947)
    Il pleut toujours le dimanche
    7.1
    • screenplay
    • 1947
  • Mai Zetterling in Frieda (1947)
    Frieda
    7.1
    • screenplay (as Angus Macphail)
    • 1947
  • The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
    The Loves of Joanna Godden
    6.7
    • adaptation (as Angus Macphail)
    • 1947
  • J'étais un prisonnier (1946)
    J'étais un prisonnier
    7.0
    • screenplay
    • 1946
  • Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck in La maison du docteur Edwardes (1945)
    La maison du docteur Edwardes
    7.5
    • adaptation
    • 1945
  • Au coeur de la nuit (1945)
    Au coeur de la nuit
    7.5
    • original story
    • screen play
    • 1945
  • Frances Day and Tommy Trinder in Néron et les Deux Marins (1944)
    Néron et les Deux Marins
    5.4
    • original screenplay (as Angus Macphail)
    • 1944

Additional Crew



  • Jessie Matthews in Vendredi treize (1933)
    Vendredi treize
    6.6
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933)
    A Cuckoo in the Nest
    5.6
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Constance Cummings and Edmund Gwenn in Channel Crossing (1933)
    Channel Crossing
    5.6
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Just Smith
    5.6
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Madeleine Carroll and Conrad Veidt in J'étais une espionne (1933)
    J'étais une espionne
    6.6
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Boris Karloff in Le Fantôme vivant (1933)
    Le Fantôme vivant
    5.8
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Drusilla Wills in Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
    Britannia of Billingsgate
    5.7
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Charlotte Greenwood in Orders Is Orders (1933)
    Orders Is Orders
    5.7
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Ivor Novello in Sleeping Car (1933)
    Sleeping Car
    6.4
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Jack Hulbert in Falling for You (1933)
    Falling for You
    5.6
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • It's a Boy (1933)
    It's a Boy
    6.0
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Jessie Matthews in The Good Companions (1933)
    The Good Companions
    6.8
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Gordon Harker and Clifford Mollison in The Lucky Number (1932)
    The Lucky Number
    5.4
    • production personnel
    • 1932

Producer



  • A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933)
    A Cuckoo in the Nest
    5.6
    • producer
    • 1933
  • Constance Cummings and Edmund Gwenn in Channel Crossing (1933)
    Channel Crossing
    5.6
    • co-producer (uncredited)
    • 1933

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Angus Macphail
  • Born
    • April 8, 1903
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • April 22, 1962
    • Sussex, England, UK

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    Reputed to have introduced the term "McGuffin" to Alfred Hitchcock during the production of Les 39 marches (1935).

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