Biography
Troy Kennedy Martin (15 February 1932 – 15 September 2009) was a Scottish-born film and television screenwriter best known for creating the long running BBC TV police series Z-Cars, and for the award-winning 1985 anti-nuclear drama Edge of Darkness. Kennedy Martin's best-known work for the cinema was the screenplay for the original version of The Italian Job.
Complete Filmography
Ferrari
2023
Writer
Set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing...
Red Dust
2004
Writer
Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black So...
The Italian Job
2003
Original Film Writer
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safe...
Bravo Two Zero
1999
Screenplay
When an elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines, their mission is clear: take out Saddam Hussein's SCUD missile systems. But wh...
Hostile Waters
1997
Screenplay
Based on true events, an American submarine collides into a Soviet sub of the coast of America and an ensuing standoff occurs that could lead to total...
Red Heat
1988
Screenplay
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord w...
Fear of God
1980
Writer
A journalist finds his life is in danger when he investigates the death of a woman who was involved with a religious cult.
Sweeney 2
1978
Writer
The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 ma...
The Jerusalem File
1972
Writer
An American student starts working with his Arab colleague while putting all politics aside. However, is his colleague just a regular Joe? Set around ...
Kelly's Heroes
1970
Screenplay
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
The Italian Job
1969
Writer
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose ...
The Midas Plague
1965
Adaptation
The Future. Robot labour and free energy make the creation of goods easy and automatic. Now people are continually supplied with more things than they...
The Pistol
1965
Adaptation
A young private with a pistol deals with the aftershock of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Man Without Papers
1965
Writer
Years ago, it was Roscoe who kept his friends alive in a Korean prison camp. Now, he's penniless and without papers in London - will his now-prosperou...
The Traitor
1959
Adaptation
In wartime, an English spy must go into neutral territory to murder a fellow-Englishman who has been working for the enemy.