Alistair MacLean

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human novelist screenwriter thriller writer

Alistair MacLean was a Scottish novelist best known for his fast-paced World War II and Cold War adventure thrillers, many of which were adapted into popular films.

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Alistair MacLean canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
thriller writer ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1922-04-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1987-02-02 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Glasgow ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName MacLean ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
war novel ⓘ
givenName Alistair ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
movement popular fiction ⓘ
name Alistair MacLean self-link ⓘ
notableIdea fast-paced adventure thrillers set in World War II and Cold War contexts ⓘ
notableWork Athabasca ⓘ
Bear Island ⓘ
Breakheart Pass ⓘ
Caravan to Vaccarès ⓘ
Fear Is the Key ⓘ
Force 10 from Navarone ⓘ
HMS Ulysses ⓘ
Ice Station Zebra ⓘ
Night Without End ⓘ
Puppet on a Chain ⓘ
River of Death ⓘ
South by Java Head ⓘ
The Golden Rendezvous ⓘ
The Guns of Navarone ⓘ
The Satan Bug ⓘ
When Eight Bells Toll ⓘ
Where Eagles Dare ⓘ
occupation Royal Navy sailor ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
schoolteacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Glasgow ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Munich ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workAdaptedTo Bear Island (1979 film) ⓘ
Breakheart Pass (1975 film) ⓘ
Fear Is the Key (1972 film) ⓘ
Force 10 from Navarone ⓘ
surface form: Force 10 from Navarone (1978 film)

Ice Station Zebra ⓘ
surface form: Ice Station Zebra (1968 film)

Puppet on a Chain (1971 film) ⓘ
The Guns of Navarone ⓘ
surface form: The Guns of Navarone (1961 film)

When Eight Bells Toll (1971 film) ⓘ
Where Eagles Dare ⓘ
surface form: Where Eagles Dare (1968 film)
writingPeriod 20th century ⓘ

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The Guns of Navarone → author → Alistair MacLean ⓘ
subject surface form: The Guns of Navarone (novel)
Force 10 from Navarone → authorOfSourceWork → Alistair MacLean ⓘ
Alistair MacLean → name → Alistair MacLean self-link ⓘ
Captain Keith Mallory → creator → Alistair MacLean ⓘ
Captain Keith Mallory → authorOfWork → Alistair MacLean ⓘ
Colonel Andrea Stavros → createdBy → Alistair MacLean ⓘ
Major Roy Franklin → creator → Alistair MacLean ⓘ
Spyros Pappadimos → createdBy → Alistair MacLean ⓘ
Ice Station Zebra → authorOfSourceWork → Alistair MacLean ⓘ