Writing

Alan Sharp

Born January 12, 1934 · Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Died February 8, 2013 · aged 79

Alan Sharp (12 January 1934 – 8 February 2013) was a Scottish novelist and screenwriter. He published two novels in the 1960s, and wrote the first ever Play for Today, The Long Distance Piano Player, starring The Kinks frontman Ray Davies. He subsequently wrote the screenplays for about twenty Hollywood films, including The Hired Hand, Ulzana's Raid, Night Moves, and Rob Roy. His daughter is the a…

Known For

Rob RoyRob Roy · 1995
Rob Roy
6.71995
MovieAdventureHistory
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Night MovesNight Moves · 1975
Night Moves
6.71975
MovieThrillerCrime
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
The Hired HandThe Hired Hand · 1971
The Hired Hand
6.11971
MovieWestern
Harry Collings returns home to his farm after drifting with his friend, Arch. His wife, who had given up on him, reluctantly allows him to stay, and soon believes that all will be well again. But then Harry has to make a difficult decision regarding his loyalties and priorities.
Ulzana's RaidUlzana's Raid · 1972
Ulzana's Raid
6.91972
MovieWestern
After fierce war chief Ulzana and a small war party jump the reservation bent on murder and terror, an inexperienced young lieutenant is assigned to track him down.
The Osterman WeekendThe Osterman Weekend · 1983
The Osterman Weekend
5.61983
MovieActionDrama
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.
Damnation AlleyDamnation Alley · 1977
Damnation Alley
5.11977
MovieAdventureScience Fiction
Following World War III, four survivors at a desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where they hope more survivors are living, using a specially built vehicles to protect themselves against the freakish weather, mutated plant and animal life, and other dangers encountered along the way.
Dean SpanleyDean Spanley · 2008
Dean Spanley
7.42008
MovieComedyDrama
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
The Last RunThe Last Run · 1971
The Last Run
6.51971
MovieCrimeThriller
A former mob getaway driver from Chicago has retired to a peaceful life in a Portuguese fishing village. He is asked to pull off one last job - to drive a dangerous crook and his girlfriend to France.

Filmography

Sort
AvengerAvenger · 2006
Avenger
6.02006
MovieTV MovieAction
After his own daughter was killed in Panama in 1994, former CIA agent Calvin Dexter became a private 'specialist' in cases which wouldn't reach justice trough the regular legal channels. Two years later he accepts to find Richard 'Ricky' Edmunds for his pa, influential rich businessman Stephen Edmonds. Ricky for a private Canadian war victims charity in Bosnia and went missing. Dexter discovers Ricky was beaten to pulp and drowned for no other crime then helping street boys from the other side by Zoran Zilic and his Serbian paramilitary 'order'. He offers Steven to 'finish the job' as such war criminals don't go to trial. But deputy CIA director Paul Devereaux cares only for a nuclear arms project he wants to use Zilic for. So CIA troubleshooter Frank McBride is ordered to protect him and handle Dexter.

Teleplay