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Nigel Balchin

Nigel Balchin

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Born December 3, 1908 in Potterne, Wiltshire, England, UK

Died May 17, 1970

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Nigel Balchin was an eminent 20th-century novelist and screenwriter. Born in Wiltshire in 1908, he had a successful early career as an industrial psychologist. Whilst seconded to Rowntree’s, he was intimately involved in the launch of Black Magic chocolates. During World War Two, Balchin worked first for the Ministry of Food and later for the Army, ending the War as Deputy Scientific Adviser to the Army Council, with the rank of Brigadier. Balchin’s wartime employment provided him with plenty of original and interesting material and served as the springboard for his career as a novelist. Between 1942 and 1962 he produced a string of commercial and critical successes, including Darkness Falls From the Air, The Small Back Room, Mine Own Executioner, A Sort of Traitors, Sundry Creditors, The Fall of the Sparrow and Seen Dimly Before Dawn. He also found fame as a scriptwriter, adapting several of his own works, including Mine Own Executioner, and writing screenplays for films such as Mandy, Twenty-Three Paces to Baker Street, The Man Who Never Was (for which he won the 1956 BAFTA) and The Singer not the Song. In addition, Powell and Pressburger produced a highly acclaimed film version of The Small Back Room in 1949. Nigel Balchin died in London in 1970.

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Separate Lies Poster

Separate Lies Feature Film2005

Teatro de misterio TV Series1970

ITV Saturday Night Theatre Poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre TV Series1969

Spectacle d'un soir Poster

Spectacle d'un soir TV Series1967

Uncle Charles TV Series1967

Au théâtre ce soir Poster

Au théâtre ce soir TV Series1966

Eleven Years and One Day Poster

Eleven Years and One Day Feature Film1963

The Hatchet Man TV Movie1962

Barabbas Poster

Barabbas Feature Film1961

The Singer Not the Song Poster

The Singer Not the Song Feature Film1961

Circle of Deception Poster

Circle of Deception Feature Film1960

Mijn eigen beul TV Movie1960

The Risk Poster

The Risk Feature Film1960

Mine Own Executioner TV Movie1959

The Blue Angel Poster

The Blue Angel Feature Film1959

The Barbarian and the Geisha Poster

The Barbarian and the Geisha Feature Film1958

23 Paces to Baker Street Poster

23 Paces to Baker Street Feature Film1956

The Man Who Never Was Poster

The Man Who Never Was Feature Film1956

ITV Play of the Week Poster

ITV Play of the Week TV Series1955

Josephine and Men Poster

Josephine and Men Feature Film1955

Malta Story Poster

Malta Story Feature Film1953

Crash of Silence Poster

Crash of Silence Feature Film1952

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Poster

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre TV Series1950

Hour of Glory Poster

Hour of Glory Feature Film1949

Fame Is the Spur Poster

Fame Is the Spur Feature Film1947

Mine Own Executioner Poster

Mine Own Executioner Feature Film1947

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