Patrick Kirwan (1899–1984) was a British

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

Selected filmography

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Riders to the Sea ''Riders to the Sea'' is a play written by Irish Literary Renaissance playwright John Millington Synge. It was first performed on 25 February 1904 at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, by the Irish National Theater Society with Helen Laird playing Mau ...

'' (1936) * ''

Wings Over Africa ''Wings Over Africa'' is a 1936 British adventure film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Joan Gardner, Ian Colin, James Harcourt and James Carew. The film is a quota quickie produced for released by RKO.Chibnall p.292 It was shot at ...

'' (1936) * '' Bulldog Drummond at Bay'' (1937) * ''

Farewell Again ''Farewell Again'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Leslie Banks, Flora Robson, Sebastian Shaw and Robert Newton. The film is a portmanteau illustrating the calls of duty on various soldiers and their families. I ...

'' (1937) * '' The Drum'' (1938) * '' The Challenge'' (1938) * ''

Queer Cargo ''Queer Cargo'' is a 1938 British drama film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring John Lodge, Judy Kelly and Kenneth Kent. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p. 99 It was based on a play of the same title by Noel Langley. Cast * John ...

'' (1938) * '' The Dark Eyes of London'' (1939) * ''

On the Night of the Fire ''On the Night of the Fire'', released in the United States as ''The Fugitive'', is a 1939 British thriller film, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Ralph Richardson and Diana Wynyard. The film is based on the novel of the same name ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery ''The Arsenal Stadium Mystery'' is a 1939 British mystery film and one of the first feature films wherein football is a central element in the plot. The film was directed by Thorold Dickinson, and shot at Denham Film Studios and on location at ...

'' (1939) * ''

Bulldog Sees It Through ''Bulldog Sees it Through'' is a 1940 British, black-and-white, mystery war film directed by Harold Huth and starring Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt, Googie Withers, Ronald Shiner as Pug and Sebastian Shaw. Plot This is not a Bulldog Drummond pic ...

'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) * ''

Ships with Wings ''Ships with Wings'' is a 1941 British war film directed by Sergei Nolbandov and starring John Clements, Leslie Banks and Jane Baxter. The film is set during the Battle of Greece (1940-1941). It depicts military aviation. Plot During the Secon ...

'' (1941) * ''

The Day Will Dawn ''The Day Will Dawn'', released in the USA as ''The Avengers'', is a 1942 British war film set in Norway during World War II. It stars Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams and Griffith Jones, and was directed by Harold French from a ...

'' (1942) * '' Unpublished Story'' (1942)) * ''

Dear Octopus ''Dear Octopus'' is a comedy by the playwright and novelist Dodie Smith. It opened at the Queen's Theatre, London on 14 September 1938. On the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, the run was halted after 373 performances; after ...

'' (1943) * ''

Escape to Danger ''Escape to Danger'' is a 1943 British thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and Victor Hanbury and starring Eric Portman, Ann Dvorak and Karel Stepanek. Plot During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caug ...

'' (1943) * ''

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 ...

'' (1946) * '' The Turners of Prospect Road'' (1947) * '' Once Upon a Dream'' (1949) * '' The Chiltern Hundreds'' (1949) * ''

The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery ''The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery'', also known as ''Murder on the Air'', is a 1950 British second feature comedy crime film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Rona Anderson, and Clifford Evans. The screenplay was by Vic ...

'' (1950) * ''

A Tale of Five Cities ''A Tale of Five Cities'' ( and released as ''A Tale of Five Women'' in the US) is a 1951 British-Italian international co-production comedy drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini, Emil E. Reinert, Wolfgang Staudte, Montgomery Tully, Irma ...

'' (1951) * '' Hotel Sahara'' (1951) * '' Top of the Form'' (1953) * ''

Desperate Moment ''Desperate Moment'' is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling and Philip Friend. It was written by George H. Brown and Patrick Kirwan based on the 1951 novel of the same title by M ...

'' (1953) * '' The Fake'' (1953) * '' Up to His Neck'' (1954) * '' Jacqueline'' (1956) * ''

Dangerous Exile ''Dangerous Exile'' is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Richard O'Sullivan. It concerns the fate of Louis XVII, who died in 1795 as a boy, yet was po ...

'' (1957, additional dialogue) * '' Rooney'' (1958) * ''

Sally's Irish Rogue ''Sally's Irish Rogue ''(U.S. title: ''The Poacher's Daughter'') is a 1958 Irish comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring Julie Harris, Harry Brogan and Tim Seely. The screenplay was by Patrick Kirwan and Blanaid Irvine based on t ...

'' (1958) * ''

Broth of a Boy ''Broth of a Boy'' is a 1959 Irish comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Harry Brogan and June Thorburn. It was written by Blanaid Irvine and Patrick Kirwan and adapted from the 1956 play ''The Big Birthday'' by ...

'' (1959) * '' This Other Eden'' (1959) * ''

Tommy the Toreador ''Tommy the Toreador'' is a 1959 British musical comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Tommy Steele, Janet Munro, Sid James, Bernard Cribbins, Noel Purcell and Kenneth Williams. Premise A British ship docks in Spain and To ...

'' (1959) * ''

Johnny Nobody ''Johnny Nobody'' is a 1961 British drama film made in Ireland and directed by Nigel Patrick, starring Yvonne Mitchell, William Bendix and Aldo Ray. It was written by Patrick Kirwan based on the story ''The Trial of Johnny Nobody'' by Albert ...

'' (1961) * ''

The Hellions ''The Hellions'' is a 1961 British Western film directed by Ken Annakin starring Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Lionel Jeffries, Ronald Fraser and Colin Blakely that was set and filmed in South Africa. Plot A lone law enforcement officer, Sam Ha ...

'' (1961)

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* 1899 births 1984 deaths British male screenwriters Writers from London 20th-century British screenwriters 20th-century English male writers {{UK-screenwriter-stub