Charles Bennett was an English playwright and screenwriter, probably best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. Born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England, Bennett served in World War I and worked as an actor and writer, before finding success as a playwright in the 1920s. Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail, generally credited as the first British sound film, is based on Bennett's play of the same name.

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  • Charles Bennett was an English playwright and screenwriter, probably best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. Born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England, Bennett served in World War I and worked as an actor and writer, before finding success as a playwright in the 1920s. Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail, generally credited as the first British sound film, is based on Bennett's play of the same name. His association with Hitchcock continued into the 1930s, with Bennett writing some of the latter's most famous British films - The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), The 39 Steps (1935), Secret Agent (1936), Sabotage (1936) and Young and Innocent (1937). Bennett left England to work with Hitchcock on his second American film, Foreign Correspondent. Bennett stayed in Hollywood, writing many screenplays and directing two films, Madness of the Heart and No Escape in. He later worked in American television on such series as Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Wild Wild West and Land of the Giants. He also co-wrote, with Anthony Ellis, the first adaptation of James Bond novel, the 1954 television production of Casino Royale. However, the most famous of Bennett's later films was another British production, an adaptation of M.R. James's Casting the Runes, entitled Night of the Demon and directed by Jacques Tourneur in 1957. His last film was also directed by Tourneur in 1965, called The City Under the Sea and starred Vincent Price. Bennett died in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. in 1995.
  • Charles Bennett war ein englischer Bühnenautor und Drehbuchautor, der vor allem aufgrund seiner Zusammenarbeit mit Alfred Hitchcock bekannt ist. Nach seinem Kriegsdienst im Ersten Weltkrieg arbeitete Bennett als Schauspieler und Schriftsteller, bevor er in den 20er-Jahren begann, Theaterstücke zu schreiben. Sein Stück Blackmail wurde 1929 von Alfred Hitchcock unter demselben Namen verfilmt. Seine Zusammenarbeit mit Hitchcock hatte ihren Höhepunkt Mitte der 30er-Jahre, als Bennett die Drehbücher zu fünf sehr erfolgreichen Hitchcock-Thrillern schrieb: Der Mann, der zuviel wusste, Die 39 Stufen, Geheimagent, Sabotage und Jung und unschuldig. Bennett verließ England 1940, um in Amerika mit Hitchcock an dessen zweitem amerikanischen Film Der Auslandskorrespondent zu arbeiten. Er blieb in Hollywood, wo er viele Drehbücher schrieb und auch bei zwei Spielfilmen Regie führte: Die Rivalin (1949) und Unschuldig gejagt (1953). Später arbeitete er unter anderem für das US-Fernsehen und schrieb Drehbücher für Fernsehserien.
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  • Charles Bennett was an English playwright and screenwriter, probably best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. Born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England, Bennett served in World War I and worked as an actor and writer, before finding success as a playwright in the 1920s. Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail, generally credited as the first British sound film, is based on Bennett's play of the same name.
  • Charles Bennett war ein englischer Bühnenautor und Drehbuchautor, der vor allem aufgrund seiner Zusammenarbeit mit Alfred Hitchcock bekannt ist. Nach seinem Kriegsdienst im Ersten Weltkrieg arbeitete Bennett als Schauspieler und Schriftsteller, bevor er in den 20er-Jahren begann, Theaterstücke zu schreiben. Sein Stück Blackmail wurde 1929 von Alfred Hitchcock unter demselben Namen verfilmt.
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