Writing

Jack Trevor Story

Born — Died

1917-03-30 — 1991-12-05

Place of birth

Hertfordshire, England, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

6 titles

Jack Trevor Story was born on March 30, 1917 in Hertfordshire, England. He was a writer, known for The Trouble with Harry (1955), Wonderful Things (1958) and Postman's Knock (1962). He died on December 5, 1991 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.

Known for

Invasion Quartet poster
6.5

This British men-on-a-mission spoof set during World War II finds intrepid officer Bill Travers leading three colorful compatriots into Nazi-occupied France to destroy an obnoxiously large, loud, and destructive enemy gun. See if this fearless foursome can stomp their Fascist foes and get back to their game of cricket! Spike Milligan, Gregoire Aslan, and Thorley Walters co-star.

Invasion Quartet

1961

Postman's Knock poster
4.9

Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Innocent in the ways of the big city, he is thought to be a member of another gang by both the train robbers and the police, who all suspect him of trying to rob the post office where he works.

Postman's Knock

1962

The Heart of a Man poster
7.0

Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tries his hand as a boxer, a bouncer and a commissionaire, and finally finds success as a singer. He also falls for the charms of night club chanteuse Julie, and this leads to further success when he wins a recording contract.

The Heart of a Man

1959

Live Now - Pay Later poster
6.8

Albert, a cheeky, womanising, door-to door salesman, with a never-take-no-for-an-answer attitude, lives his life for the moment, and with no thought of his future, or the consequences of his actions on the people he encounters.

Live Now - Pay Later

1962

These Dangerous Years poster
7.3

A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.

These Dangerous Years

1957

Wonderful Things poster
5.6

Set in a beautiful fishing village in Gibraltar, Wonderful Things! stars Frankie Vaughan as Carmello, a young fisherman who, unable to earn enough from fishing to marry his tempestuous fiancée, decides to come to England to seek his fortune and finds fortunes are not quite so easy to come by.

Wonderful Things

1958

Behind the camera

Invasion Quartet poster
6.5

This British men-on-a-mission spoof set during World War II finds intrepid officer Bill Travers leading three colorful compatriots into Nazi-occupied France to destroy an obnoxiously large, loud, and destructive enemy gun. See if this fearless foursome can stomp their Fascist foes and get back to their game of cricket! Spike Milligan, Gregoire Aslan, and Thorley Walters co-star.

Invasion Quartet

1961

Postman's Knock poster
4.9

Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Innocent in the ways of the big city, he is thought to be a member of another gang by both the train robbers and the police, who all suspect him of trying to rob the post office where he works.

Postman's Knock

1962

The Heart of a Man poster
7.0

Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tries his hand as a boxer, a bouncer and a commissionaire, and finally finds success as a singer. He also falls for the charms of night club chanteuse Julie, and this leads to further success when he wins a recording contract.

The Heart of a Man

1959

Live Now - Pay Later poster
6.8

Albert, a cheeky, womanising, door-to door salesman, with a never-take-no-for-an-answer attitude, lives his life for the moment, and with no thought of his future, or the consequences of his actions on the people he encounters.

Live Now - Pay Later

1962

These Dangerous Years poster
7.3

A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.

These Dangerous Years

1957

Wonderful Things poster
5.6

Set in a beautiful fishing village in Gibraltar, Wonderful Things! stars Frankie Vaughan as Carmello, a young fisherman who, unable to earn enough from fishing to marry his tempestuous fiancée, decides to come to England to seek his fortune and finds fortunes are not quite so easy to come by.

Wonderful Things

1958