Writing
Evan Jones
Born December 29, 1927 · Hector's River, Portland, Jamaica
Died April 18, 2023 · aged 95
Evan Jones (29 December 1927 – 18 April 2023) was a Jamaican screenwriter, playwright poet and novelist. He is best known for his screenplay for Wake in Fright (1971), a Palme d'Or nominated, 2009 Cannes Classic championed by Martin Scorsese; it is one of only two films to ever be presented twice at the festival. Jones was the recipient of the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize for The Fight Agains…
Known For
Escape to Victory · 1981Escape to Victory
★ 6.91981
MovieDramaWar
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
Wake in Fright · 1971Wake in Fright
★ 7.21971
MovieDramaThriller
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Funeral in Berlin · 1966Funeral in Berlin
★ 6.41966
MovieThriller
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.
Night Watch · 1973Night Watch
★ 6.31973
MovieMysteryThriller
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
King and Country · 1964King and Country
★ 7.11964
MovieWarDrama
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
Shadow of the Wolf · 1992Shadow of the Wolf
★ 5.81992
MovieAdventure
In the 1930s, Agaguk lives his traditional Inuit life. But one day, there is a murder in the tribe and Agaguk becomes a suspect. Soon he becomes persecuted by Henderson, a mean mountie, and he must flee through the cold winter of Northern Quebec.
Modesty Blaise · 1966Modesty Blaise
★ 5.31966
MovieComedyCrime
Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot and calls in sidekick Willie Garvin and a few other friends to outsmart them. Meanwhile, at his island hideaway, Gabriel, the diamond thief has his own plans for Blaise and Garvin.
A Show of Force · 1990A Show of Force
★ 5.31990
MovieCrimeMystery
In this thriller, television reporter Kate Ryan de Meléndez investigates the death of two radical Puerto Rican activists, whom she begins to believe may have been framed and murdered by undercover American agents.
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