Screenplay: Jack Higgins
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Jack Higgins. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 10
The Eagle Has Landed
1976 · Movie · 135 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Sturges
Cast Michael Caine · Donald Sutherland · Robert Duvall · Donald Pleasence
Plot 1943, The war is entering its final stages and Germany is teetering on the brink of defeat. An increasingly unhinged Hitler, orders a mission to have British Prime Minister Sir...
6.6
2K votes
6.6
2K votes
A Prayer for the Dying
1987 · Movie · 108 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Mike Hodges
Cast Mickey Rourke · Bob Hoskins · Liam Neeson · Alan Bates
Plot Martin Fallon is an IRA bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck but instead kills a bus load of school children. He loses heart and quits the movement...
6.1
2K votes
6.1
2K votes
The Wrath of God
1972 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Ralph Nelson
Cast Robert Mitchum · Frank Langella · Rita Hayworth · John Colicos
Plot A 1920s Latin American colonel wants a bootlegger, an Irishman and an ex-priest (Robert Mitchum) to kill a godless tyrant (Frank Langella).
5.6
182 votes
5.6
182 votes
Night of the Fox (TV Miniseries)
1990 · Series · 200 min. · United States
Direction Charles Jarrott
Cast George Peppard · Michael York · Deborah Raffin · John Mills
Plot An American officer on a Landing Craft carrying plans for the Allied invasion of Europe in Normandy takes part on landing maneuvers, his craft was attacked and sunk by German...
5.1
81 votes
5.1
81 votes
On Dangerous Ground (TV)
1996 · Movie · 100 min. · Canada
Direction Lawrence Gordon Clark
Cast Rob Lowe · Kenneth Cranham · Deborah Moore · Jürgen Prochnow
Plot When they learn of a secret covenant on the status of Hong Kong signed by Mao in 1944, Chinese factions, the British government, Hong Kong businessmen, AND the Mafia all...
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To Catch a King (TV)
1984 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Clive Donner
Cast Robert Wagner · Teri Garr · John Standing · Horst Janson
Plot Two Americans (Robert Wagner, Teri Garr) attempt to thwart a plot to kidnap the Duke of Windsor (John Standing) during a visit to Windsor.
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Thunder Point (TV)
1998 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction George Mihalka
Cast Kyle MacLachlan · Pascale Bussières · John Colicos · Alan Thicke
Plot Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe. Dillon's assignment is to protect her until...
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Midnight Man (TV)
1997 · Movie · 104 min. · Canada
Direction Lawrence Gordon Clark
Cast Rob Lowe · Kenneth Cranham · Deborah Moore · Hannes Jaenicke
Plot British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the...
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Windsor Protocol (TV)
1996 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Direction George Mihalka
Cast Kyle MacLachlan · Macha Grenon · Chris Wiggins · Lisa Brownyn Moore
Plot A fallen evil empire is about to rise again. Only one man can stop it.
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The Violent Enemy
1967 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Don Sharp
Cast Tom Bell · Susan Hampshire · Ed Begley · Noel Purcell
Plot Irish terrorist breaks out of prison, and heads back to Ireland intending to blow up an electronics factory
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