Evan Hunter

Evan Hunter

1926-10-15 New York City, New York, USA 33 Credits

Biography

Evan Hunter (né Salvatore Albert Lombino; known as Ed McBain until 1952) was an American author and screenwriter. He also used the pen names John Abbott, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, and Richard Marsten, amongst others. He is best known for writing the screenplay for THE BIRDS (1963) dir. Alfred Hitchcock.

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Highest 2 Lowest

Highest 2 Lowest

2025

Novel

When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death m...

Short cuts: The Birds

Short cuts: The Birds

2022

Original Film Writer

7.5
Writing
I Am Alfred Hitchcock

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

2021

as Self

7.2
Acting

Interviews and archival footage weave together to tell the story of the Master of Suspense, one of the most influential and studied filmmakers in the ...

The Chronology Protection Case

2013

Acting

When Phil D'Amato takes a call from a lady physicist about her missing husband, he has no idea that her life, his life, and every other scientist work...

High and Low

High and Low

2007

Novel

5.5

At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and that the ransom demanded is near the amount Gondo ...

Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice

2001

Novel

4.8

A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to ...

The Trouble with 'Marnie'

The Trouble with 'Marnie'

2000

as Self

7.4
Acting

This hour long documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" incorporates the usual melange of contemporary interviews with surviving parti...

All About 'The Birds'

All About 'The Birds'

2000

as Self

7.2
Acting

A wonderfully informative 80-minute documentary combining current interviews with archival materials and scenes from the film. Hitchcock's daughter Pa...

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

1996

Novel

7.0

Once she'd been a dancer. Now she lies on a sidewalk, her blood seeping into the snow. The detectives of the 87th precinct are learning about ice: in ...

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning

1995

Novel

4.5

In New York two detectives of the 87th precinct are initially baffled by the brutal, ritualistic slayings of several young women. Through good detecti...

Lonely Heart

Lonely Heart

1981

Novel

6.0

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

Panenka

1981

Novel

6.0

Five-year-old Anne Sachs was playing with her Treperenda doll in her room when she heard a scream from the next room. Someone had hurt her mother. Unb...

The Legend of Walks Far Woman

The Legend of Walks Far Woman

1980

Writer

4.6
Writing

Walks Far Woman is a an Indigenous woman of the Blackfoot tribe. She takes revenge on two men who killed her husband and then she is ostracized by her...

Walk Proud

Walk Proud

1979

Writer

5.8
Writing

A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out.

Blood Relatives

Blood Relatives

1978

Novel

5.7

A Montreal police inspector cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.

Inkaar

Inkaar

1977

Original Story

6.6
Writing

Haridas Choudhury, a wealthy and honest shoe company owner, faces a moral dilemma when his Chauffeur's son (Bansi) is mistakenly kidnapped instead of ...

Fuzz

Fuzz

1972

Screenplay, Novel

5.5
Writing

Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.

Every Little Crook and Nanny

Every Little Crook and Nanny

1972

Novel

An Englishwoman turns nanny and kidnaps the son of an Italian gangster who took over her dancing school.

Easy Money

Easy Money

1972

Writer

Writing

Teleplay based on the story of the same name by Evan Hunter. The traveling salesman Jerr Talbot joins the publishing house "The Bible For Home". Publi...

Without Apparent Motive

Without Apparent Motive

1971

Novel

5.9

A series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all thes...

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques

1971

Novel

5.8

Alfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the object of interest of two thugs, Kruger and Mister K.

Last Summer

Last Summer

1969

Novel

6.3

During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio's newly found relationsh...

Mister Buddwing

Mister Buddwing

1966

Novel

5.9

An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.

Chicken Soup

Chicken Soup

1963

Novel

The fiancée of a gangster who has been shot by the police takes an entire police station hostage, armed with a revolver and a bottle of nitroglycerine...

The Birds

The Birds

1963

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.

High and Low

High and Low

1963

Novel

8.3

In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by ...

The Young Savages

The Young Savages

1961

Novel

6.4

A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.

Strangers When We Meet

Strangers When We Meet

1960

Screenplay, Novel

6.3
Writing

A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down...

The Pusher

The Pusher

1960

Novel

5.7

A detective investigating the murder of a heroin addict discovers that there is a connection between the junkie and his fiance, who is his boss' daugh...

The Mugger

The Mugger

1958

Novel

5.6

A police shrink tries to identify and capture an elusive mugger that scars his female victims before stealing their purse.

Cop Hater

Cop Hater

1958

Novel

5.7

Members of the 87th Precinct search for a cop killer who has already murdered two of their own.

Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle

1955

Novel

6.9

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadi...

The Birds

N/A

Original Film Writer

Writing

A remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror film about a flock of birds that take over a quiet Northern California town.