Max Catto(1907-1992)

Writer

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Max Catto was born on 29 July 1907 in Manchester, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Visa pour Hong Kong (1959), Trapèze (1956) and Le diable à 4 heures (1961). He died on 12 March 1992.

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Known for

Orson Welles, Curd Jürgens, and Sylvia Syms in Visa pour Hong Kong (1959)

Visa pour Hong Kong

5.5

Writer

1959

Trapèze (1956)

6.8

Writer

1956

Le diable à 4 heures (1961)

Le diable à 4 heures

6.4

Writer

1961

L'Aventurier du Kenya (1965)

L'Aventurier du Kenya

6.0

Writer

1965

Credits

Writer

La guerre de Murphy
6.7
- novel
- 1971
L'Aventurier du Kenya
6.0
- novel
- 1965
Le diable à 4 heures
6.4
- novel
- 1961
Les sept voleurs
6.5
- novel
- 1960
Visa pour Hong Kong
5.5
- based upon the novel by
- 1959
L'enfer des tropiques
6.0
- novel "Fire Down Below"
- 1957
Commando en Corée
6.1
- from his novel by
- 1956
Trapèze
6.8
- based upon the novel "The Killing Frost" by
- 1956
Hold-up en plein ciel
5.9
- novel "A Prize of Gold"
- 1955
A l'ouest de Zanzibar
5.6
- screenplay
- 1954
The Flanagan Boy
5.7
- novel 'Kid Flanagan'
- 1953
Take Me to Paris
4.2
- original screenplay
- 1951
Kid Flanagan
TV Movie
- play
- 1948
Fille maudite
6.6
- play "They Walk Alone"
- screenplay
- 1948

Personal details

Alternative names
- Max Finkell
Born
- July 29, 1907
- Manchester, England, UK
Died
- March 12, 1992
Other works
Playwright: "They Walk Alone". NOTE: Filmed as Fille maudite (1948).

Did you know

Trivia
Served with the Royal Air Force during World War II.

Nicknames
- Max Finkell
- Simon Kent

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