Jim Allen (playwright)

Jim Allen ( born October 7, 1926 in Manchester, † 24 June 1999 Middleton ) was a British playwright and screenwriter.

He wrote, among other things, the pieces of The Rank and File (1971 ), A Choice of Evils (1977 ), The Spongers (1978), United Kingdom ( 1981) and Willie 's Last Stand (1982) and wrote the screenplays for the Ken Loach films Hidden Agenda (1990 ), Raining Stones ( 1993) and land and Freedom (1995).