Writer

Alec Coppel

September 17, 1907 – January 22, 1972

Alec Coppel (17 September 1907 – 22 January 1972) was an Australian-born screenwriter, novelist and playwright. He spent most of his career in London and Hollywood, specialising in light thrillers, mysteries and sex comedies. He is best known for the films Vertigo(1958), The Captain's Paradise (1953), Mr Denning Drives North (1951) and Obsession (1949), and the plays I Killed the Count and The Gazebo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alec Coppel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.