Guy Morgan (writer)
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Edward Guy Trice Morgan (6 February 1908 – 20 July 1964) was a British
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. Morgan was educated at
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and
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, graduating in 1929. He worked as a journalist and film critic for the ''
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''. During the
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, Morgan served in the
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; he was wounded in a raid on a Yugoslav island, and became a
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. After the war he wrote his
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, ''The Captive Heart'', which he sold to Ealing, launching his career. His other books included ''Only Ghosts Can Live'' (1945) and ''Adventures of the Sea Hawk''. He was co-author of the play '' Albert R.N.'', which he later adapted as a screenplay. He also wrote early episodes of the Storm Nelson strip in
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. Morgan married, and had a daughter. He died in 1964.


Selected filmography

* ''
The Captive Heart ''The Captive Heart'' is a 1946 British war drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Michael Redgrave. It is about a Czechoslovak Army officer who is captured in the Fall of France and spends five years as a prisoner of war, during which ...
'' (1947) * ''
Counterblast ''Counterblast'' (also known as ''Devil's Plot'') is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns and Nova Pilbeam. It was written by Guy Morgan and Jack Whittingham, and made by British Na ...
'' (1948) * ''
Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, Анна Каренина, p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Tolstoy called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial in ...
'' (1948) * '' There Is Another Sun'' (1951) * ''
Hell Is Sold Out ''Hell Is Sold Out'' is a 1951 British drama film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Mai Zetterling, Herbert Lom and Richard Attenborough. The film was written by Guy Morgan and Moie Charles, from an adaptation by Nick Salamon of the ...
'' (1951) * '' The Girl on the Pier'' (1953) * '' Albert R.N.'' (1953) * '' Love in Pawn'' (1953) * ''
Eight O'Clock Walk ''Eight O'Clock Walk'' is a 1954 British drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr and Maurice Denham. Based on a true story, ''Eight O'Clock Walk'' is an anti-capital punishment film ...
'' (1954) * ''
The Man in the Road ''The Man in the Road'' is a 1956 British second feature thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit and Cyril Cusack. It was written by Guy Morgan based on the 1952 novel '' He Was Found in t ...
'' (1957)


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* 1908 births 1964 deaths Welsh male screenwriters Writers from Swansea British World War II prisoners of war 20th-century Welsh screenwriters Welsh novelists Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Welsh journalists Welsh film critics World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Military personnel from Swansea Alumni of Merton College, Oxford {{UK-screenwriter-stub