List of the best Peter Arne movies: The Moonraker(1958), The Atomic Man(1955), Battle Beneath the Earth(1967), The Hellfire Club(1963), The Return of the Pink Panther(1975), The Cockleshell Heroes(1955), Tarzan and the Lost Safari(1957), The Pirates of Blood River(1962), Victor/Victoria(1982), Breakout(1959), Murders in the Rue Morgue(1971), The Purple Plain(1954) ... ...
Drama, History
UK
1958
82 Minutes
Edmund Tyler
George Baker Sylvia Sims Peter Arne Marius Goring Clive Morton Gary Raymond Richard Leech Iris Russell Michael Anderson Jr. Paul Whitsun-Jones Patrick Troughton
general smuggler king earl fiancée rousing spectacular intense patriotic brooding suspenseful england united kingdom castle battlefield civil war smuggling escape capture escape
After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish.
Sci-Fi
UK
1955
78 Minutes
Dr. Stephen Rayner, Jarvis
nuclear physicist evil twin photographer journalist detective bleak chilling thrilling tense london laboratory hospital espionage atomic age love mystery adventure quest 20th century
An atomic scientist is found floating in a river with a bullet in his back and a radioactive halo around his body. The radioactivity has put him seven-and-a-half seconds ahead of us in time... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1967
91 Minutes
Arnold Kramer
Kerwin Mathews Viviane Ventura Robert Ayres Peter Arne Al Mulock Martin Benson
A Chinese general goes berserk and has a system of tunnels dug all the way from China to USA, under the Pacific Ocean. The man who has discovered this is locked up because they think he is ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1963
93 Minutes
Thomas - Earl of Netherden
Keith Michell Kai Fisher Adrienne Corri Peter Cushing Peter Arne David Lodge Bill Owen Miles Malleson
Hill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.
Comedy
UK|USA
1975
115 Minutes
Colonel Sharky
Peter Sellers Christopher Plummer Herbert Lom Catherine Schell Burt Kwouk Peter Arne Gregoire Aslan André Maranne Victor Spinetti
police detective police chief shah thief lady madcap hilarious lugash paris switzerland museum resort jewelry theft investigation inspector clouseau frame-ups luck pursuit mystery 1970s
Inspector Jacque Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.
War
UK|USA
1955
97 Minutes
Marine Stevens
Jose Ferrer Trevor Howard Anthony Newley Victor Maddern David Lodge Peter Arne Percy Herbert Graham Stewart John Fabian John Van Eyssen Robert Desmond
british officer british soldier submarine officer major captain nazi tense suspenseful witty patriotic england bordeaux, france submarine river shipyard coast world war ii secret mission suicide mission kayaking
During World War II, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
Adventure
UK
1957
84 Minutes
Dick Penrod
Gordon Scott Robert Beatty Yolande Mallott Betta St. John Wilfrid Hyde-White George Coulouris Peter Arne Orlando Martins
Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief. Captured by the Oparians and nearly sacrificed ... See full summary »
Adventure
1962
87 Minutes
Hench
Kerwin Mathews Glenn Corbett Christopher Lee Marla Landi Oliver Reed Andrew Keir Peter Arne
refugee village elder pirate prison guard brother-in-law rousing engaging suspenseful caribbean tropical island penal colony swamp village adultery banishment treasure hunting pirates invasion theft revenge
A one-eyed French pirate (Christopher Lee) forces a prisoner (Kerwin Mathews) to lead the way to treasure in the West Indies.
Comedy, Gay & Lesbian
UK|USA
1982
133 Minutes
Labisse, Che Lui Nightclub Owner
Julie Andrews James Garner Robert Preston Lesley Ann Warren Alex Karras John Rhys-Davies Graham Stark Peter Arne Sherloque Tanney Michael Robbins
soprano performer gangster ex-boyfriend girlfriend bodyguard witty charming paris nightclub hotel apartment restaurant cross-dressing homosexuality poverty cabaret investigation performance quest
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Drama, War
UK
1959
99 Minutes
Capitano Benucci
Richard Todd Richard Attenborough Bernard Lee Michael Wilding Dennis Price Donald Houston William Franklyn Vincent Ball Peter Arne Peter Jones Ronnie Stevens
prisoner of war prisoners military officer informant brutal engaging gripping gutsy patriotic suspenseful tense thrilling italy prison camp world war ii prisoners of war escape informing tunneling escape
In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through a series of failed escapes only to culminate in a daring plan for a dramatic mass escape.
Horror
UK
1971
86 Minutes
Aubert
Jason Robards Herbert Lom Christine Kaufmann Adolfo Celi Lilli Palmer Maria Perschy Michael Dunn Pepe Calvo Peter Arne Luis Rivera
murderer wife partner actor theater owner police officer eerie frightening gory tense paris theater france stage cemetery acting murder investigation marriage love triangle premonition
Paris...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Adventure
UK
1954
100 Minutes
Gregory Peck Win Min Than Bernard Lee Maurice Denham Brenda De Banzie Ram Gopal Lyndon Brook Anthony Bushell Jack McNaughton Harold Siddons Peter Arne
pilot commander physician nurse sister navigator tense gutsy melodramatic burma air force base tent airplane countryside mission psychosis flying world war ii accident courage
In WW2 Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air-raid.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA
1971
116 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Susan George T.P. McKenna Peter Vaughan Del Henney Ken Hutchison Colin Welland Jim Norton Sally Thomsett Donald Webster Len Jones
mathematician wife ex-lover townsperson magistrate husband raw disturbing cornwall, england small town farmhouse rape culture clash marital problems self-defense violence harassment revenge transformation underdog
A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
Comedy
UK|USA
1982
95 Minutes
Peter Sellers David Niven Joanna Lumley Herbert Lom Richard Mulligan Robert Wagner Capucine Robert Loggia Harvey Korman Burt Kwouk Graham Stark
inspector clouseau journalist police chief father nemesis madcap amusing lugash paris airplane police station estate missing persons jewelry theft journalism interview disguise investigation mystery 1980s
Journalist Marie Jouvet (Joanna Lumley) attempts to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers).
Comedy
UK
1954
89 Minutes
Akim Tamiroff Donald Sinden Sarah Lawson Naunton Wayne Bill Kerr Dora Bryan Martin Miller Michael Shepley Michael Hordern Ferdinand Mayne Bryan Coleman
A fun frolic involving a fake secret weapon (accidentally created during a drinking bout), Naval bureaucracy, political maneuvering, and the hareem and palace of the exotic eastern country of Agraria.
Drama
UK
1972
132 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Keir Dullea Maximilian Schell Olivia de Havilland Lesley-Anne Down Trevor Howard Jeremy Kemp Patrick Magee Franco Nero Robert Beatty Natasha Nicolescu
In medieval Europe, a pious young woman becomes a scholar of theology, disguises herself as a man, rises through the Catholic Church hierarchy and is elected Pope.
Drama, History
UK
1966
134 Minutes
Charlton Heston Laurence Olivier Richard Johnson Ralph Richardson Alexander Knox Johnny Sekka Michael Hordern Zia Mohyeddin Marne Maitland Nigel Green Hugh Williams
general prophet colonel prime minister soldier brutal gritty tense sudan great britain courage battle uprising following orders death underdog rise rivalry 1880s
In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).