Writing

Adrian Spies

Born — Died

1920-04-17 — 1998-10-02

Place of birth

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

8 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Dark of the Sun poster
6.6

A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.

Dark of the Sun

1968

Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place poster
NR

In the last days of World War II, two English airmen are captured by an ordinary German citizen, who, instead of handing them over to the authorities, keeps them prisoner in his cellar, neglecting to tell them when the war ends.

Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place

1960

The Scorpio Letters poster
5.0

A spy thriller involving an American who is enlisted by British intelligence to replace one of its recently murdered agents and smash a ring of blackmailers -- James Bond style -- headed by a nefarious figure known as Scorpio.

The Scorpio Letters

1967

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst poster
6.5

The story of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst by members of a radical guerrilla organization, as seen by the FBI agent in charge of her case.

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

1979

The Failing of Raymond poster
6.2

On the day before she retires, a teacher discovers that a student she had flunked ten years previously is out to kill her.

The Failing of Raymond

1971

Sentence of Death poster
6.5

A woman witnesses a murder during a store robbery but claims the accused man is not the killer. After he is convicted and weeks away from his execution date, she sees the real killer, but the police are reluctant to reopen the case.

Sentence of Death

1953

The Family Kovack poster
4.0

A tightly-knit family headed by a beleaguered Chicago widow rallies behind the eldest son when he is charged with bribing a city health department inspector in this pilot for a possible series.

The Family Kovack

1974

Ricochet poster
NR

An army sergeant blames himself for causing a rookie's death during training.

Ricochet

1961