Edward Guy Trice Morgan (6 February 1908 – 20 July 1964) was a British screenwriter. Morgan was educated at

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and Merton College, Oxford, graduating in 1929. He worked as a journalist and film critic for the '' Daily Express''. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

, Morgan served in the

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; he was wounded in a raid on a Yugoslav island, and became a POW. After the war he wrote his

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, ''The Captive Heart'', which he sold to Ealing, launching his career. His other books included ''Only Ghosts Can Live'' (1945) and ''Adventures of the Sea Hawk''. He was co-author of the play '' Albert R.N.'', which he later adapted as a screenplay. He also wrote early episodes of the Storm Nelson strip in

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. Morgan married, and had a daughter. He died in 1964.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Captive Heart ''The Captive Heart'' is a 1946 British war drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Michael Redgrave. It is about a Czechoslovak Army officer who is captured in the Fall of France and spends five years as a prisoner of war, during which ti ...

'' (1947) * '' Counterblast'' (1948) * ''

Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...

'' (1948) * ''

There Is Another Sun ''There Is Another Sun'', released in the United States as ''Wall of Death'', is a 1951 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Maxwell Reed, Laurence Harvey and Susan Shaw. It was produced by Ernest G. Roy. The film was shot a ...

'' (1951) * '' Hell Is Sold Out'' (1951) * '' The Girl on the Pier'' (1953) * '' Albert R.N.'' (1953) * '' Love in Pawn'' (1953) * '' Eight O'Clock Walk'' (1954) * ''

The Man in the Road ''The Man in the Road'' is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit and Cyril Cusack. The film was shot at Beaconsfield Studios. It was based on a popular contemporary novel ''H ...

'' (1957)

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* 1908 births 1964 deaths British male screenwriters People from Swansea British World War II prisoners of war Welsh screenwriters 20th-century British screenwriters Welsh novelists Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Welsh journalists Welsh film critics World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Military personnel from Swansea {{UK-writer-stub