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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

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
2022
Original Film Writer

I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
as Self
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
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
2007
Novel
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
2001
Novel
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'
2000
as Self
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'
2000
as Self
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
1996
Novel
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
1995
Novel
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
1981
Novel
A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.
Panenka
1981
Novel
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
1980
Writer
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
1979
Writer
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
1978
Novel
A Montreal police inspector cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.

Inkaar
1977
Original Story
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
1972
Screenplay, Novel
Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.

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
1972
Writer
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
1971
Novel
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
1971
Novel
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
1969
Novel
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
1966
Novel
An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.

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
1963
Screenplay
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.

High and Low
1963
Novel
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
1961
Novel
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
1960
Screenplay, Novel
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
1960
Novel
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
1958
Novel
A police shrink tries to identify and capture an elusive mugger that scars his female victims before stealing their purse.

Cop Hater
1958
Novel
Members of the 87th Precinct search for a cop killer who has already murdered two of their own.

Blackboard Jungle
1955
Novel
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
A remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror film about a flock of birds that take over a quiet Northern California town.