Robert Westerby

Robert Westerby born 3 July 1909 in England, died 16 November 1968 in California, USA [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922589/ Internet Movie Database] ] , was an author of novels (published by Arthur Barker of London) and screenwriter for films and television. Westerby's novel "Wide Boys Never Work" was a story of the criminal underworld before the Second World War and was made into a 1956 film Soho Incident (UK title) or Spin a Dark Web (US title). His account of his early life was entitled "A Magnum for my Mother" (1946). To the British public, a magnum just meant a large bottle of champagne. However, in the USA it could suggest a type of handgun, so it was retitled "Champagne for Mother" (1947).In 2008 London Books republished ""Wide Boys Never Work" as part of their London Books classics series.

Books

*"Wide Boys Never Work" (1937)
*"Only Pain is Real" (1937)
*"In These Quiet Streets" (1938)
*"French for Funny, and Other Stories" (1938)
*"Polish Gold" (1940)
*"The Small Voice" (1940)
*"Tomorrow Started Yesterday" (1940)
*"Hunger Allows No Choice" (1941)
*"Mad in Pursuit" (1945)
*"A Magnum for my Mother" (1946)
*"Champagne for Mother" (1947)
*"An Awful Lot of Coffee" (1950)
*"Five-Day Crossing" (1952)
*"In the Money" (1952)

Films

*Appointment in London
*Cone of Silence
*Don't Ever Leave Me
*Dr Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
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*Malaga
*Night Beat
*Sea of Sand
*The Devil's Agent
*The Three Lives of Thomasina
*The Fighting Prince of Donegal
*The Spider and the Fly
*The Square Ring
*They Who Dare
*War and Peace

Television

*Disneyland
*The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
*Sword of Freedom
*The Invisible man

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922589/ Internet Movie Database]