Michael McCarthy (film director)
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Michael McCarthy was a British screenwriter
and television
and film director
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Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and television
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
and film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
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Selected filmography
Director- Assassin for HireAssassin for HireAssassin for Hire is a 1951 British crime film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Sydney Tafler, Ronald Howard and Katharine Blake. A contract killer becomes stricken with remorse when he is led to believe he has murdered his brother.-Cast:...
(1951) - Mystery JunctionMystery JunctionMystery Junction is a 1951 British crime film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Sydney Tafler, Barbara Murray and Patricia Owens. On a train journey a writer narrates a crime story for his fellow passengers.-Cast:* Sydney Tafler - Larry Gordon...
(1951) - Shadow of a ManShadow of a ManShadow of a Man is a 1956 British crime film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Paul Carpenter, Rona Anderson and Jane Griffiths. After a brawl in a nightclub a man is found dead at his home the following morning.-Cast:...
(1956) - It's Never Too LateIt's Never Too Late (1956 film)It's Never Too Late is a 1956 British comedy film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Phyllis Calvert, Patrick Barr, Susan Stephen and Guy Rolfe...
(1956) - The TraitorThe Traitor (1957 film)The Traitor is a 1957 British drama film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Donald Wolfit, Robert Bray, Christopher Lee and Karel Stepanek. A former resistance fighters tries to discover the traitor who has betrayed his colleagues in the German reistance during the Second World War.-Cast:*...
(1957) - Operation AmsterdamOperation AmsterdamOperation Amsterdam is a 1959 British action film, directed by Michael McCarthy, and featuring Peter Finch, Eva Bartok and Tony Britton. It is based on a true story as described in the book Adventure in Diamonds, by David E Walker. The action of the story covers a few days in May 1940 when the...
(1959)