Alec Coppel

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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. He is best known for the films Vertigo (1958), The Captain's Paradise (1953), Mr Denning Drives North (1951) and Obsession (1949), and the plays I Killed the Count and The Gazebo.

Most Popular Alec Coppel Trailers

Total trailers found: 23

Jo Trailer (2019)

09 November 2019

A writer plots to murder a blackmailer.

Vertigo Trailer (1958)

28 May 1958

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

The Gazebo Trailer (1960)

15 January 1960

TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.

The Black Knight Trailer (1954)

26 August 1954

John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeoniland, so he creates a secret alternate identity as the Black Knight.

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom Trailer (1968)

11 September 1968

Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her.

Mr. Denning Drives North Trailer (1951)

18 December 1951

When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls.

Hell Below Zero Trailer (1954)

13 January 1954

Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through, partly to help Judie Nordhall find her father.

Joe: The Busybody Trailer (1971)

31 August 1971

A writer accidentally shoots his blackmailer and tries to hide the body.

The Swordsman of Siena Trailer (1962)

19 October 1962

A 16th-century Spanish overlord hires Thomas Stanswood (Stuart Granger) to protect his, less than eager, fiancee (Sylva Koscina) from rebels.

Moment to Moment Trailer (1966)

27 January 1966

When an erring wife's supposedly dead lover turns up an amnesiac, it's her unsuspecting shrink husband who's enlisted to get those memories back.

Two on the Tiles Trailer (1951)

01 September 1951

A married couple both face temptations while separated for a few days. The husband meets an attractive female fellow traveler in Paris while the wife accidentally spends a night aboard a Royal Navy ship with a male friend after she is stranded following a party.

Brass Monkey Trailer (1948)

01 December 1948

Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft.

Smart Alec Trailer (1951)

01 March 1951

A young artist plots "the perfect murder" in order to inherit his wealthy uncle's fortune.

Woman Hater Trailer (1948)

13 October 1948

A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.

Appointment with a Shadow Trailer (1957)

01 September 1957

George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.

Obsession Trailer (1949)

03 August 1949

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

Unfinished Crime Trailer (1990)

19 March 1990

Essam takes a loan from a contractor to buy a house, but the contractor starts blackmailing and threatening him to pay his debt.

Just like a Woman Trailer (1939)

16 November 1939

A group of private detectives working for a jeweler pursue a gang of thieves in Argentina.

The Laughing Crime Trailer (1963)

14 October 1963

A comedy about a television director who gets provoked by his uncle to avenge his dead father, but he prefers to let things go and get married to Layla.

I Killed the Count Trailer (1939)

06 May 1939

Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Davidson is trying to determine who murdered the much-hated Count Matton.

The Captain's Paradise Trailer (1953)

28 September 1953

Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers.

No Highway in the Sky Trailer (1951)

28 June 1951

James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant.

Over the Moon Trailer (1939)

12 October 1939

Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she suggests they marry, but almost at once finds she has inherited eighteen million pounds.