Troy Kennedy Martin

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.

Known For

Z-Cars 1962 ★ 7.3
Softly, Softly 1966 ★ 7.5
The Italian Job 1969 ★ 6.9
Ferrari 2023 ★ 6.4
Reilly: Ace of Spies 1983 ★ 7.0
Barlow 1971 ★ 7.3
Edge of Darkness 1985 ★ 8.1
Second Verdict 1976 ★ 7.0
Hostile Waters 1997 ★ 6.1
Diary of a Young Man 1964 ★ 9.0
Jack the Ripper 1973 ★ 7.8
Sweeney 2 1978 ★ 6.2
Red Dust 2004 ★ 5.8
The Man Without Papers 1965
The Jerusalem File 1972 ★ 4.0