Peter George

Peter Bryan George (March 24, 1924, Treorchy, Wales, and June 1, 1966, Hastings, England) was a British screenwriter and novelist. He is best known for his novel 120 Minutes to Save the World (in English, Red Alert, alternative title Two Hours to Doom), published under the pseudonym Peter Bryant ... More

Peter Bryan George (March 24, 1924, Treorchy, Wales, and June 1, 1966, Hastings, England) was a British screenwriter and novelist. He is best known for his novel 120 Minutes to Save the World (in English, Red Alert, alternative title Two Hours to Doom), published under the pseudonym Peter Bryant in 1958 (translated into French in 1959 in the collection L'Aventure criminelle), a Cold War thriller, later adapted for the screen by Stanley Kubrick as Dr. Strangelove, released in 1964.