Writing

Murray Smith

Born — Died

1940-06-14 — 2003-12-28

Place of birth

Hampshire, England, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

14 titles

Known for

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7.0

A KGB agent defects to UK and offers information about Russian spies within the British Intelligence. Can he be trusted?

Closing Ranks

1980

The Comeback poster
5.8

A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. His ex-wife is brutally murdered, and the killer may be stalking him next.

The Comeback

1978

The Four Dimensions of Greta poster
4.6

Hans a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au-pair girls, but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta.

The Four Dimensions of Greta

1972

Die Screaming Marianne poster
6.0

After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. After the untimely death of her mother, the one daughter stands to inherit a large sum of money and also a number of documents containing information that will incriminate her father, who was a crooked judge. While her father wants the documents, her sister wants the money and they will each stop at nothing, even murder, to get what they want.

Die Screaming Marianne

1971

A Little Piece of Sunshine poster
8.0

Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take place, the British governor of the island is shot. Her Majesty's secret service is called in and Sam McCready asks Desmond Hannah of Scotland Yard to take charge of the case.

A Little Piece of Sunshine

1990

Children of the Full Moon poster
7.0

A married couple, lost in the woods, stumbles across a creepy mansion and its inhabitants - an overly-kind old woman and deadly wolf children that scour the country-side looking for victims. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.

Children of the Full Moon

1980

Behind the camera

No artwork available
7.0

A KGB agent defects to UK and offers information about Russian spies within the British Intelligence. Can he be trusted?

Closing Ranks

1980

The Comeback poster
5.8

A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. His ex-wife is brutally murdered, and the killer may be stalking him next.

The Comeback

1978

The Four Dimensions of Greta poster
4.6

Hans a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au-pair girls, but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta.

The Four Dimensions of Greta

1972

Die Screaming Marianne poster
6.0

After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. After the untimely death of her mother, the one daughter stands to inherit a large sum of money and also a number of documents containing information that will incriminate her father, who was a crooked judge. While her father wants the documents, her sister wants the money and they will each stop at nothing, even murder, to get what they want.

Die Screaming Marianne

1971

A Little Piece of Sunshine poster
8.0

Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take place, the British governor of the island is shot. Her Majesty's secret service is called in and Sam McCready asks Desmond Hannah of Scotland Yard to take charge of the case.

A Little Piece of Sunshine

1990

Children of the Full Moon poster
7.0

A married couple, lost in the woods, stumbles across a creepy mansion and its inhabitants - an overly-kind old woman and deadly wolf children that scour the country-side looking for victims. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.

Children of the Full Moon

1980

No artwork available
9.0

This British espionage thriller stars Terence Stamp as David Audley, former Oxford professor turned intelligence agent.

The Alamut Ambush

1986

A Casualty of War poster
NR

David Threlfall stars as Tom Rowse, a retired British secret service agent turned thriller novelist who is brought back into the world of espionage for one last job. The mission - foiling a Libyan plot to supply the IRA with a massive shipment of high-tech weapons in order to wreak revenge upon the UK for their support and co-operation with the US during the 1986 bombing of Libya and the attempted assassination of Colonel Gaddafi .

A Casualty of War

1989

Pride and Extreme Prejudice poster
7.0

The CIA and the KGB both pursue a former operative (Dennehy) who seemingly has become unstable.

Pride and Extreme Prejudice

1990

Death Has a Bad Reputation poster
6.5

A British agent is chasing after famous terrorist Carlos when he resurfaces in Europe.

Death Has a Bad Reputation

1990

The Sell Out poster
5.5

This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to the machinations of his one-time student - a screw up who goes to work for the Soviets. As his job drags him deeper into a dangerous and under-handed world, the student wants out of the agency and oout of the U.S.S.R. But the man's choices have made him a target and now both the United States and Russia want him dead, sending their mos able hit men to do it.

The Sell Out

1976

Home Before Midnight poster
5.5

A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him.

Home Before Midnight

1979

Just Another Secret poster
9.0

An American intelligence agent uncovers a plot to assassinate Soviet Premier Gorbachev just at the time when glasnost is coming into place.

Just Another Secret

1989

Cool It, Carol! poster
5.6

A naive couple leave their small town for success in London's adult entertainment culture.

Cool It, Carol!

1970