Ian Niall

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Ian Niall (7 November 1916 – 24 June 2002), born John Kincaid McNeillie, was a writer from

the Machars in South West Scotland. He moved back to Galloway at 18 months old, and the area formed a basis for his early fiction. In the 1940s he moved to North Wales, where his son, the writer Andrew McNeillie, was born. He died in Chesham, Buckinghamshire
, in south-east England.

Films

The 1951 film No Resting Place, based on Ian Niall's novel, was directed by Paul Rotha and produced by Colin Lesslie Productions. It starred Michael Gough.[1]

The 1964 film A Tiger Walks, directed by Norman Tokar and starring Vera Miles and Brian Keith, is also based on Niall's works.

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Further reading

  • John Manson, Ploughmen and Byremen: Novels of Barke, McNellie and Bryce. In Ross, Raymond, ed.,
    ISSN 0264-0856