Charles Bennett (2nd August, 1899 - 15th June, 1995) was a British playwright and screenwriter, probably best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... (Redirected from 15th June) June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KCB, (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British film director closely associated with the thriller genre. ...

Born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England, Bennett served in World War I and worked as an actor and writer, before finding success as a playwright in the 1920s. His play Blackmail was turned into a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1929, which is generally credited as the first British sound film. Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, is bordered on the north by the South Downs, on the west by the Adur valley and on the south by the River Adur and Shoreham Beach. ... Sussex as a traditional county. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy gun John Logie Baird invents the first working television system (1925) Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly... Blackmail is threatening to reveal substantially true information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a monetary demand is met. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

His association with Hitchcock continued into the 1930s, with Bennett writing some of the latter's most famous British films - The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps, Secret Agent, Sabotage and Young and Innocent. Bennett left England to work with Hitchcock on his first American film, Foreign Correspondent in 1940. He would stay in Hollywood, writing many screenplays and directing two films, Madness of the Heart in 1949 and No Escape in 1953. The Man Who Knew Too Much was a 1934 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by John Buchan, first published in 1915. ... Spy and secret agent redirect here; for alternate use, see Spy (disambiguation) and Secret agent (disambiguation). ... Sabotage is a 1936 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, which tells the story of Carl Verloc (played by Oscar Homolka), a terrorist from an unnamed European country, who conducts a series of attacks in London. ... Young and Innocent (U.S. title: The Girl Was Young) is a British film (1937) by Alfred Hitchcock starring Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney and John Longden. ... Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 film which tells the story of an American reporter who becomes involved in espionage in England during World War II. It stars Joel McCrea, George Sanders, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, Albert Bassermann and Robert Benchley. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

He later worked in American television on such series as Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Wild Wild West and Land of the Giants. However, the most famous of Bennett's later films was another British production, an adaptation of M.R. James's Casting the Runes, entitled Night of the Demon and directed by Jacques Tourneur in 1957. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was a science-fiction film directed by Irwin Allen and released in 1961. ... The Wild Wild West Season 1 VHS The Wild Wild West was an American TV show that ran from 1965 to 1969. ... Land of the Giants is an American television show of the 1960s which tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport plane which is accidentally transported to a world in which all life forms are huge in comparison to them. ... Montague Rhodes James, (August 1, 1862–June 12, 1936). ... Night of the Demon is a American/ British horror film co-production from 1957, based on the story Casting the Runes by M.R. James. ... Jacques Tourneur, born November 12, 1904 – died December 19, 1977, was a French film director. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bennett died in Los Angeles, California U.S.A. in 1995. This article is about the largest city in California. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Selected films as writer

• Partners Please (1932)
• The Clairvoyant (1934)
• The Secret of the Loch (1934)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) (story)
• The 39 Steps (1935)
• Sabotage (1936)
• Secret Agent (1936)
• Young and Innocent (1937)
• Balalaika (1939)
• Foreign Correspondent (1940)
• Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
• Joan of Paris (1942)
• Forever and a Day (1943)
• The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
• Unconquered (1947)
• Ivy (1947)
• The Sign of the Ram (1948)
• Madness of the Heart (1949) (also as director)
• Black Magic (1949)
• No Escape (1953) (also as director)
• The Story of Mankind (1957)
• Night of the Demon (1957)
• The Big Circus (1959)
• The Lost World (1960)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
• Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)