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Writing

Victor Canning

Career

Active from 1950 to 1976, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Victor Canning Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    2.3, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    0.7, average 3.0
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Pathos
    3.3, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Cold War Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

12
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

2 titles · average score 76
Family Plot
Family Plot (1976)
GoodWatch score 76

Novel

The Runaways
The Runaways (1975)

Novel

1960s

5 titles · average score 40
Shark
Shark (1969)
GoodWatch score 39

Novel

The Limbo Line
The Limbo Line (1969)

Writer, Novel

The Scorpio Letters
The Scorpio Letters (1967)

Novel

Das ganz große Ding
Das ganz große Ding (1966)

Novel

Masquerade
Masquerade (1965)
GoodWatch score 41

Novel

1950s

5 titles · average score 59
The House of the Seven Hawks
The House of the Seven Hawks (1959)
GoodWatch score 47

Novel

A Man on the Beach
A Man on the Beach (1955)

Original Story

Venetian Bird
Venetian Bird (1952)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Novel

Golden Salamander
Golden Salamander (1950)
GoodWatch score 63

Novel, Writer

Spy Hunt
Spy Hunt (1950)
GoodWatch score 63

Novel