List of the best Peter Cook movies: Bedazzled(1967), The Hound of the Baskervilles(1978), Whoops Apocalypse(1986), Getting It Right(1989), The Bed Sitting Room(1969), Supergirl(1984), The Wrong Box(1966), Find the Lady(1975), A Dandy in Aspic(1968), Yellowbeard(1983), The Adventures of Barry McKenzie(1972), Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies(1969) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1967
104 Minutes
George Spiggott, The Devil
Peter Cook Dudley Moore Eleanor Bron Raquel Welch Robert Russell Barry Humphries Parnell McGarry Daniele Noel Howard Goorney Michael Bates Bernard Spear
cook devil waitress sexy woman outlandish charming spirited london restaurant wishes infatuation love desire fantasy temptation discovery rise love 1960s
A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1978
78 Minutes
Sherlock Holmes
Peter Cook Dudley Moore Denholm Elliott Joan Greenwood Terry-Thomas Max Wall Irene Handl Kenneth Williams Hugh Griffith Roy Kinnear Prunella Scales
A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.
Comedy
1986
89 Minutes
A woman (Loretta Swit) becomes U.S. president, and Britain's prime minister (Peter Cook) declares war on a Caribbean dictator (Herbert Lom).
Comedy
UK
1989
102 Minutes
Mr. Adrian
Jesse Birdsall Helena Bonham Carter Peter Cook Lynn Redgrave Jane Horrocks Richard Huw John Gielgud Pat Heywood Judy Parfitt Bryan Pringle
hairdresser millionaire aristocratic lady single mother lighthearted hilarious endearing london hair salon virginity sex loneliness dating discovery love transformation 1980s
Gavin is thirty-one-years-old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy, but before he knows it, there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva Munday has a casual way of ... See full summary »
Comedy
1969
90 Minutes
Inspector
Rita Tushingham Ralph Richardson Peter Cook Dudley Moore Spike Milligan Michael Hordern
pregnant woman mother father lover police officer government official outlandish offbeat bleak cheeky london train ruins church fallout shelter underground world war iii nuclear war post-apocalypse social standing
This series of blackout sketches involves some of the 20 scattered London survivors of the shortest war in history.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
UK|USA
1984
124 Minutes
Nigel
Helen Slater Faye Dunaway Peter O'Toole Peter Cook Brenda Vaccaro Mia Farrow Simon Ward Marc McClure Hart Bochner Maureen Teefy David Healy
superhero fictional city earth superheroes super powers disappearance magic spell quest
After losing a powerful orb, Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.
Comedy
UK
1966
105 Minutes
Morris Finsbury
John Mills Ralph Richardson Michael Caine Nanette Newman Peter Cook Dudley Moore Tony Hancock Peter Sellers Cicely Courtneidge Wilfrid Lawson Thorley Walters
student brother butler foster daughter strangler nephew madcap hilarious london train household lottery family dysfunction rivalry 1890s
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so.
Comedy
Canada|UK
1975
80 Minutes
Lewenhak
Mickey Rooney John Candy Dick Emery Lawrence Dane Peter Cook Alexandra Bastedo
Three kidnapping plots simultaneously target the same young woman.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1968
107 Minutes
Prentiss
Laurence Harvey Tom Courtenay Mia Farrow Lionel Stander Harry Andrews Peter Cook Per Oscarsson Barbara Murray Norman Bird Michael Trubshawe Geoffrey Denton
spy secret agent photographer double agent intricate gripping west berlin hideout street office espionage deception murder political intrigue mystery pursuit adventure cold war
During the Cold War, the British and Soviet Intelligence services attempt to out-fox one another using the homesick double-Agent Krasnevin a.k.a. Alexander Eberlin (Laurence Harvey) as a pawn in the complex spy-game.
Comedy
UK|Mexico
1983
101 Minutes
Screenwriter
Graham Chapman Peter Boyle Marty Feldman Cheech Marin Tommy Chong Peter Cook Eric Idle Madeline Kahn James Mason John Cleese Martin Hewitt
pirate son secret agent conquistador nobleman amusing witty caribbean ship island prison buried treasure prison break piracy father/son relationship race against time quest rivalry 17th century
After serving two decades in prison, Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) breaks out determined to recover the treasure that he buried so long ago, alongside his son, old crew, and the British Navy.
Comedy
Australia
1972
117 Minutes
Dominic
Barry Crocker Barry Humphries Paul Bertram Dennis Price Spike Milligan Peter Cook
Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will.
Comedy
UK|France|Italy
1969
125 Minutes
Major Dawlish
Sam Itzkovitch Tony Curtis Susan Hampshire Terry-Thomas Eric Sykes Gert Froebe Peer Schmidt Peter Cook Dudley Moore Walter Chiari Lando Buzzanca
industrialist race car driver gambler army officer escaped convict lord charming playful rousing monte carlo, monaco country road countryside house europe car racing gambling treasure love interest deception chase
An international car rally across Europe is complicated by smuggling, cheating, love at first sight, etc. etc.
Fantasy, Adventure
Canada|Australia
2010
90 Minutes
Duke Edward
Estella Warren Rhett Giles Vanessa Gray Victor Parascos Tony Bellette Chris Betts Peter Cook Nicholas G. Cooper Gabriella Dilabio Damien Garvey Anthony Kidd
beast troll witch engaging forest village beauty time fairy tales love
A dark twist on the morality tale of forbidden love between beautiful Belle and the feared forest Beast. As villagers are being brutally murdered and the Beast is hunted down as the one ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1988
106 Minutes
Norman Greenhough
Michael Caine Ben Kingsley Jeffrey Jones Lysette Anthony Paul Freeman Nigel Davenport Pat Keen Peter Cook
A drunken Sherlock Holmes is really just a cover for the real detective, Dr. Watson.
Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|USA
1994
85 Minutes
Lord Wexmire
Sean Bean David Thewlis Jim Carter Peter Davison Alun Armstrong John McEnery Eleanor Bron Peter Cook Andrew Knott
horse farmer horse trainer boy cab driver heartwarming emotional farm london animal cruelty animal rights animal's perspective love adventure victorian era
The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy
USA
1987
98 Minutes
The Impressive Clergyman
Cary Elwes Robin Wright Mandy Patinkin Chris Sarandon Christopher Guest Wallace Shawn Fred Savage Peter Falk Peter Cook Carol Kane Billy Crystal
beautiful woman prince princess pirate magician dreamy quirky witty forest castle marriage deception love torture evil redemption revenge rivalry rise unknown era
While home sick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.