Angus MacPhail

1903–1962 · British screenwriter

Angus Roy MacPhail was a British screenwriter who was active from the late 1920s onwards. He is best remembered for his work with Alfred Hitchcock and for coining the term "MacGuffin".

Angus MacPhail, in order

1. 1928 A South Sea Bubble: wrote · directed by T. Hayes Hunter
2. 1929 The Crooked Billet: wrote · directed by Adrian Brunel
3. 1929 The Return of the Rat: wrote · directed by Graham Cutts
4. 1929 Their Son: wrote · directed by Gennaro Righelli and Joe May
5. 1932 The Frightened Lady: wrote · directed by T. Hayes Hunter
6. 1932 White Face: wrote · directed by T. Hayes Hunter
7. 1942 The Foreman Went to France: wrote · directed by Charles Frend
8. 1944 Aventure malgache (short film): wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · streaming on Kanopy, Plex
9. 1944 Bon Voyage (short film): wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · audiences 26% · streaming on Plex, Fawesome, Tubi
10. 1944 Fiddlers Three: wrote · directed by Harry Watt
11. 1945 Spellbound: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 86%, audiences 82%
12. 1946 The Captive Heart: wrote · directed by Basil Dearden
13. 1947 Frieda: wrote · directed by Basil Dearden
14. 1947 It Always Rains on Sunday: wrote · directed by Robert Hamer
15. 1956 The Wrong Man: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 92%, audiences 75% · streaming on HBO Max