Michael McCarthy

Michael McCarthy (27 February 1917 – 7 May 1959) was a British screenwriter and television and film director. He entered the film industry in 1934 and worked at the Crown Film Unit. He directed some of the first films for Anglo-Amalgamated. His last film was Operation Amsterdam.

He died aged 42, survived by a wife and three children. A Variety obituary said he was "regarded as a director of considerable promise".

Selected filmography Greek Testament (1943) (documentary) - assistant director My Learned Friend (1943) - assistant director San Demetrio London (1943) - assistant director The Halfway House (1944) - assistant director While Nero Fiddled (1944) aka Fiddlers Three - assistant director The Girl of the Canal (1945) aka Painted Boats (short feature) - story Johnny Frenchman (1945) - unit manager Feature Story (1949) (short feature) - director No Highway in the Sky (1951) - actor Assassin for Hire (1951) - director Mystery Junction (1951) - director, writer Road Sense (1951) (instructional film) - director Hunted (1952) - idea Crow Hollow (1952) - director Wheel of Fate (1953) - actor Behind the Headlines (1953) - actor Forces' Sweetheart (1953) - actor Flannelfoot (1953) - actor John of the Fair (1954) - director, writer Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (1954–55) - director, writer - including The Awakening (1954) Shadow of a Man (1955) - director, additional scenes The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955) - director It's Never Too Late (1956) - director Assignment Foreign Legion (1956–57) (TV series) - director The Traitor (1957) aka The Accursed - director, writer Wire Service (1957) (TV series) - director Sailor of Fortune (1957) (TV series) - director Operation Amsterdam (1959) - director, writer