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Robert Westerby (born 3 July 1909 in Hackney, England, died 16 November 1968 in Los Angeles County, California, United States), was an author of novels (published by Arthur Barker of London) and screenwriter for films and television. An amateur boxer in his youth, he wrote many early magazine articles and stories centred around that sport.
Robert Westerby was born on 3 July 1909 in Hackney, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Spider and the Fly (1949), War and Peace (1956) and SOS Pacific (1959). He was married to Elizabeth. He died on 16 November 1968 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
Published in 1937, this is a novel of the English working class, or rather the non-working criminal class, by a middle class writer who later wrote screenplays for Hollywood, Robert Westerby. He builds his story around a feckless and not very bright anti-hero from the provinces, Jim.
A survivor of the raid, David Sutherland, provided a copy of his after action report to screenwriter Robert Westerby. [4] The interiors were shot at Shepperton Studios near London . The film's sets were designed by the art director Donald M. Ashton .
Robert Westerby has 15 books on Goodreads with 131 ratings. Robert Westerby’s most popular book is Wide Boys Never Work.
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Wide Boys Never Work (1937) by Robert Westerby is a classic slice of underworld flavoured London literature. For many years it's unavailability gave it mythic status, something Iain Sinclair lovingly chronicles in his excellent introduction to this 2008 edition.
