Troy Kennedy Martin

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Troy Kennedy Martin


Born
in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland
February 15, 1932

Died
September 15, 2009

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Troy Kennedy Martin was an Anglo-Scottish film and television screenwriter.

He was educated in Scotland, at Finchley Catholic Grammar School (now known as Finchley Catholic High School) and Trinity College, Dublin, where he took a degree in history and political science. He travelled extensively and in 1953 took part in an abortive crossing of the Atlantic in a small boat.

In the spring of 1955 he attended a Salzburg seminar in American studies and immediately afterwards joinded the British Army. He obtained a short service commission with the Gordon Highlanders and and served part of this in Cyprus during the Suez crisis in 1956. On demobilisation he began to write; Beat on a Damask Drum was his first work. In 1958 he joined the BBC. His fir
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Average rating: 4.06 · 48 ratings · 13 reviews · 10 distinct works
Edge of Darkness

4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions
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The Italian Job

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3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1969 — 8 editions
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Z Cars

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions
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The Sweeney Annual 1977

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Beat on a Damask Drum

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1959 — 6 editions
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Z Cars Annual 1964

it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1964 — 4 editions
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The Sweeney Annual 1978

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions
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Z-Cars Annual 1963

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Love and Death of Jerusalem...

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Z-Cars Annual 1965

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“I trust everyone. I just don’t trust the devil inside them.”
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