Nevil ShuteFilmography

Born:: Ealing, London, England
Occupation:: Book Author
Biography:: An aeronautical engineer by training, Nevil Shute's literary career bookended years spent working for aircraft manufacturers such as DeHavilland and founding his own aircraft company. His full name was Nevil Shute Norway and both of his parents were published writers, in addition to his father...Read More

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The Far Country

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: Two people trying to leave ugly memories behind them find life and love anew in Australia in this made-for-television adaptation of the novel by Nevil Shute. Carl Zlinter (Michael York) was a doctor who was drafted into the German Army during World War II and forced to serve the Axis war effort. Read More

1986
Nevil Shute's the Far Country

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: The classic Gothic romance is displayed in this made-for-television adaptation. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1985
A Town Like Alice

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute's novel of the Japanese occupation of Malaya during World War II, was first filmed as a theatrical feature in 1956. The six-part British TV adaptation of 1980, first shown in the US on PBS' Masterpiece Theatre beginning October 4, 1981, is more inclusive and sweeping Read More

1980
The Far Country

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: Telecast by Australia's ABC Network in 1972, the six-part The Far Country was the first of two miniseries adaptations of Nevil Shute's best-selling novel. Set in post-WWII Victoria, the story revolved around the romance between local girl Jennifer Morton and expatriate Czech doctor Carl Zlinter (Peter Gwynne Read More

1972
On the Beach

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson

Synopsis: Although there'd been "doomsday dramas" before it, Stanley Kramer's On the Beach was considered the first "important" entry in this genre when originally released in 1959. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, the film is set in the future (1964) when virtually all life on earth has been exterminated Read More

1959
A Town Like Alice

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Marie Lohr, Renee Houston, Jean Anderson

Synopsis: A harrowing WWII drama that was a huge critical and commercial success in England, this British production was based on a novel by Nevil Shute. During the war, a group of prisoners, mostly women and children, are led by Japanese soldiers on a brutal march through Malaysia. Some die by the roadside Read More

1956
No Highway in the Sky

Crew: Book Author, Screenwriter

Actors: James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, Ronald Squire

Synopsis: Henry Koster directs the 1951 aviation drama No Highway in the Sky, based on the novel by Nevil Shute. James Stewart stars as Theodore Honey, a widower and single parent to 11-year-old Elspeth (Janette Scott). He's also an absent-minded engineer who has formed a scientific theory about metal Read More

1951
Landfall

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Patricia Plunkett, Edith Sharpe, Margaret Barton, Charles Victor

Synopsis: Landfall takes place during the early portions of WWII. RAF pilot Rick (Michael Denison) is transferred to another squadron after sinking a British sub during a bombing raid. Disgraced, Rick has no one to turn to, save for sympathetic barmaid Mona (Patricia Plunkett). With her help, the pilot is Read More

1949
The Pied Piper

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Monty Woolley, Anne Baxter, Roddy McDowall, Otto Preminger, Peggy Ann Garner, J. Carrol Naish

Synopsis: Monty Woolley plays an irascible Englishman who insists that he dislikes children. While on a vacation in France, the Nazis invade the country. Reluctantly, Woolley agrees to transport several French children into England. As the flight to freedom becomes more treacherous, Woolley grows fonder of Read More

1942
Scotland Yard Commands

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Clive Brook, Victoria Hopper, Nora Swinburne, Malcolm Keen, Cecil Ramage

Synopsis: Released in the U.S. as Scotland Yard Commands, The Lonely Road was based on a novel by Nevil Shute (of On the Beach fame). When his marriage proposal is rejected by his sweetheart, retired naval commander Stevenson (Clive Brook) goes on a bender and drives his car wildly along a country road. No Read More

1936

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