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Nevil Shute

Writer

January 17, 1899 — January 12, 1960 (60 years)
Nevil Shute Norway was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name to protect his engineering career from inferences by his employers (Vickers) or fellow engineers that he was not a serious person or from potential negative publicity in connection with his novels, which included On the Beach and A Town Like Alice.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • On the Beach
    On the Beach2000
  • A Town Like Alice
    A Town Like Alice1956

Known For

  • On the Beach
    On the Beach1959
  • On the Beach
    On the Beach2000
  • A Town Like Alice
    A Town Like Alice1956
  • No Highway in the Sky
    No Highway in the Sky1951
  • The Pied Piper
    The Pied Piper1942
  • A Town Like Alice
    A Town Like Alice3 episodes
  • The Far Country
    The Far Country2 episodes
  • Landfall
    Landfall1949
  • Crossing to Freedom
    Crossing to Freedom1989

Filmography

2000
On the Beach · as NovelOn Plex
1987
The Far Country · as Novel
1981
A Town Like Alice · as Novel
1959
On the Beach · as Novel
1956
A Town Like Alice · as NovelOn Plex
1951
No Highway in the Sky · as Novel
1949
Landfall · as Novel
1942
The Pied Piper · as Novel
1936
Scotland Yard Commands · as Novel

1989
Crossing to Freedom · as Book