Howard Clewes

Howard Clewes (27 October 1912 – 29 January 1988) was an English screenwriter and novelist. He wrote for eight films between 1951 and 1974. He also wrote twenty action novels from 1938 to 1979.

He was born in York, England. He was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Screenplay in 1960 for The Day They Robbed the Bank of England.

In 1946, he married Renata Faccincani della Torre, a wartime resistance fighter. She was an active (uncredited) editor in his literary and screenwriting projects.

• Sailor Comes Home (1938)
• Dead Ground (1946)
• The Unforgiven (1947)
• The Mask Of Wisdom (1949)
• Green Grow The Rushes (1949)
• The Long Memory (1951)
• An Epitaph For Love (1953)
• The Way The Wind Blows (1954)
• Man On A Horse (1964)
• The Libertines (1966)
• I, The King (1979)