Charles Bennett

Writer · Born 2 August 1899 in Shoreham-by-Sea, England · Died 15 June 1995 · 5 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

4 of Charles Bennett’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 4 on Cineasterna and 3 on Prime Video. 1 more is not on any service at the moment. Highest rated available: Foreign Correspondent (1940) ★ 7.4.

Born just before the century turned, Charles Bennett made his writing debut as a child in 1911, fought in France during World War I while still a teen and resumed his acting career after the war's end. In 1926 he dropped acting to concentrate on being a playwright, later turning one of his most famous plays, "Blackmail," into a screenplay for production under the direction of Alfred Hitchcock. The affiliation with "Hitch" continued into the early 1940s, by which time both Bennett and the director were working in Hollywood. He wrote for producers ranging from Cecil B. DeMille to Irwin Allen to the penny-pinching folks at AIP. "If I couldn't write, I wouldn't want to live," commented Bennett, who had projects (including a remake of "Blackmail") going right up to the time of his death.

Writing

• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
• Young and Innocent (1937)
• Foreign Correspondent (1940)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
• Sabotage (1936)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Night of the Demon (1957)
• Secret Agent (1936)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
• The Lost World (1960)
• The Wild Wild West (1965)
• War-Gods of the Deep (1965)
• Unconquered (1947)
• Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
• Where Danger Lives (1950)
• Land of the Giants (1968)
• Casino Royale (1954)