List of the best Peter Cushing movies: The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula(1974), Cash on Demand(1962), Horror of Dracula(1958), The Curse of Frankenstein(1957), The Hound of the Baskervilles(1959), Night Creatures(1962), Dr. Terror's House of Horrors(1965), The Brides of Dracula(1960), Twins of Evil(1971), The Vampire Lovers(1970), The Skull(1965), Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.(1966) ... ...
Horror
USA
1974
88 Minutes
Peter Cushing David Chiang Julie Ege Robin Stewart Shih Szu John Forbes-Robertson
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
Crime, Drama
UK
1962
84 Minutes
Harry Fordyce
criminal thief bank manager gripping engaging bank united kingdom crime scene crime money thievery wealth pursuit escape 1960s
A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal 97,000 pounds.
Horror
UK
1958
82 Minutes
Peter Cushing Christopher Lee Michael Gough Melissa Stribling Carol Marsh John Van Eyssen Miles Malleson Valerie Gaunt Charles Lloyd Pack Janina Faye Olga Dickie
van helsing count dracula christian fiancée woman lawyer creepy suspenseful romania castle crypt vampires religion murder stalking pursuit metamorphosis 1890s
Jonathan Harker begets the ire of Count Dracula after he accepts a job at the vampire's castle under false pretenses, forcing his colleague Dr. Van Helsing to hunt the predatory villain when he targets Harker's loved ones.
Horror
UK
1957
83 Minutes
Peter Cushing Christopher Lee Hazel Court Robert Urquhart Valerie Gaunt Noel Hood
frankenstein's monster scientist friend baron fiancée eerie brooding gory england castle laboratory scientific experiments monsters murder resurrection playing god obsession discovery quest revenge
While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1959
84 Minutes
Peter Cushing Andre Morell Christopher Lee Marla Landi Miles Malleson John Le Mesurier David Oxley Francis De Wolff Sam Kydd Helen Goss Michael Mulcaster
heir sherlock holmes doctor watson aristocrat escaped convict dog suspenseful crafty eerie mansion countryside england 221b baker street murder case revenge investigation supernatural family history mystery quest
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Horror
UK
1962
81 Minutes
Rev. Dr. Blyss
Peter Cushing Yvonne Romain Patrick Allen Oliver Reed Michael Ripper Martin Benson David Lodge Derek Francis Daphne Anderson
In 18th-century England, the Royal Crown sends Royal Navy Captain Collier and his crew to investigate reports of illegal smuggling and bootlegging in a coastal town where locals believe in Marsh Phantoms.
Horror
UK
1965
98 Minutes
Dr. Sandor Schreck
Peter Cushing Christopher Lee Donald Sutherland Max Adrian Ann Bell Michael Gough Jennifer Jayne
fortuneteller passenger architect doctor vampire jazz musician art critic suspenseful melodramatic frightful creepy campy train united kingdom horror adventure mystery 1960s
Aboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers.
Horror
UK
1960
85 Minutes
Dr. J. Van Helsing
Peter Cushing David Peel Martita Hunt Yvonne Monlaur Freda Jackson Miles Malleson Henry Oscar Mona Washbourne Andree Melly Victor Brooks Fred Johnson
Vampire hunter Van Helsing returns to Transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker Baron Meinster, who has designs on beautiful young schoolteacher Marianne.
Horror
UK
1971
85 Minutes
Peter Cushing Mary Collinson Damien Thomas
A religious sect led by Gustav Weil hunts all women suspected of witchcraft, killing a number of innocent victims. Young Katy, Gustav's niece, will involve herself in a devilish cult, and become an instrument of Justice in the region.
Horror, Gay & Lesbian
UK
1970
88 Minutes
Peter Cushing Ingrid Pitt George Cole Madeline Smith Pippa Steel Dawn Addams Kate O'Mara Douglas Wilmer Ferdinand Mayne
Seductive vampire Carmilla Karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenth-century Gemany.
Horror
UK
1965
83 Minutes
Dr. Christopher Maitland
Peter Cushing Christopher Lee Jill Bennett Patrick Wymark Michael Gough George Coulouris Patrick Magee
professor marquis de sade collector murderer police detective brooding creepy eerie frightening thrilling england graveyard house paranormal possession murder escape pursuit rescue 20th century
A collector comes into possession of the skull of the Marquis de Sade and learns it is possessed by an evil spirit.
Sci-Fi
UK
1966
84 Minutes
Dr. Who
Peter Cushing Bernard Cribbins Andrew Keir Ray Brooks Roberta Tovey Jill Curzon Roger Avon Geoffrey Cheshire Keith Marsh Philip Madoc Eddie Powell
The Daleks' fiendish plot in 2150 against Earth and its people is foiled when Dr. Who and friends arrive from the 20th century and figure it out.
Horror
UK
1964
97 Minutes
Baron Frankenstein
Peter Cushing Peter Woodthorpe Duncan Lamont Sandor Eles David Hutcheson James Maxwell
victor frankenstein assistant hypnotist police chief priest monster frightening creepy disturbing yugoslavia cave laboratory mountain cottage frankenstein's monster psychology betrayal science gone awry mind control experiments
Upon returning to his home village to continue his experimental research, the destitute Dr. Frankenstein revives his old creature, but a hypnotist wants the monster to control for himself.
Horror
UK
1973
87 Minutes
Peter Cushing Stephanie Beacham Herbert Lom Patrick Magee Ian Ogilvy
spirit newlywed husband wife aristocrat stableman eerie dark tense emotional england mansion bedroom estate supernatural marriage family history curse secrets investigation
England, 1795: the young Catherine has just married Charles Fengriffen and moves into his castle. She becomes the victim of an old curse that lays on the family. On her wedding night she is raped by a ghost and gets pregnant.
Horror
UK
1968
91 Minutes
Sir John Rowan
Peter Cushing Sue Lloyd Noel Trevarthen David Lodge Kate O'Mara
A doctor goes to extreme lengths--even murder--to restore the badly burned face of his fiancée.
Sci-Fi
UK
1965
83 Minutes
Dr. Who
Peter Cushing Roy Castle Jennie Linden Roberta Tovey Barrie Ingham Michael Coles Geoffrey Toone Mark Peterson John Brown Yvonne Antrobus
An eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his TARDIS to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks.
Horror
USA
1977
86 Minutes
SS Commander
Peter Cushing John Carradine Brooke Adams Fred Buch Jack Davidson Luke Halpin D.J. Sidney Don Stout
Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of Zombie soldiers.
Horror
UK
1975
88 Minutes
Dr. Lawrence
Peter Cushing John Hurt Alexandra Bastedo Gwen Watford Veronica Carlson Stewart Bevan Ian McCulloch Don Henderson
A former Priest named Dr. Lawrence harbors a dark and horrible secret in his attic. The locked room serves as a prison cell for his crazed, cannibalistic adult son, who acquired his savage ... See full summary »
Horror
UK
1968
88 Minutes
Detective Inspector Quennell
Peter Cushing Robert Flemyng Wanda Ventham Vanessa Howard Roy Hudd David Griffin Kevin Stoney Glynn Edwards John Paul Russell Napier
A scientist, working with genetics, creates a creature that is capable of transforming back and forth between a giant Death Head moth and a beautiful woman. The creature masquerades as his ... See full summary »
Horror
1974
93 Minutes
Peter Cushing Shane Briant Madeline Smith David Prowse John Stratton Charles Lloyd Pack Bernard Lee Patrick Troughton Sydney Bromley Janet Hargreaves Philip Voss
doctor baron assistant gory hell insane asylum experiments criminals heroes metamorphosis 1800s
The baron (Peter Cushing) and his asylum sidekick (Shane Briant) put the brain of a genius in the body of a brute.
Horror
1975
90 Minutes
Prof. Paul
Peter Cushing Ron Moody Hugh Griffith Roy Castle David Rintoul Lynn Dalby
On the trail of a fiend who kills during the full moon, a police officer is led to a French zoo and its keeper.
Drama
1954
120 Minutes
Winston Smith
Peter Cushing Andre Morell Yvonne Mitchell Donald Pleasence Arnold Diamond Campbell Gray Hilda Fenemore Pamela Grant Keith Davis Janet Barrow Norman Osborne
Winston Smith (Peter Cushing) falls in love with a woman (Yvonne Mitchell), defying the law of a bleak, totalitarian state.
Horror
1973
99 Minutes
Peter Cushing Margaret Leighton Ian Bannen David Warner Wendy Allnutt Rosalind Ayres Marcel Steiner Donald Pleasence Diana Dors Angela Pleasence Ian Carmichael
The sinister owner (Peter Cushing) of a London antiques shop leads customers into four tales of terror.
Horror
1977
85 Minutes
Wilbur
Peter Cushing Ray Milland Samantha Eggar Susan Penhaligon Donald Pleasence Joan Greenwood Roland Culver Simon Williams Alexandra Stewart Donald Pilon Chloe Franks
cat devil writer dark quirky united kingdom quebec supernatural death will and testament rivalry revenge 1970s
A writer (Peter Cushing) gives a publisher (Ray Milland) three examples to sell his story about a conspiracy of cats.
Horror
UK|Spain
1972
88 Minutes
Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Telly Savalas Alberto de Mendoza Silvia Tortosa Jorge Rigaud
anthropologist monk zombie countess inspector creepy intense suspenseful train siberia china train station russia missing link supernatural science travel aliens mystery pursuit
While travelling on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a lifeform that is absorbing the minds of the passengers and crew.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
1963
98 Minutes
Stanley Baker Peter Cushing Mai Zetterling Eric Portman Niall MacGinnis Nigel Green Barbara Everest Harold Scott
father son immigrant brooding tense somber dark bavaria hometown iron curtain cover-up escape mystery underdog 1960s
A mysterious call summons Joe Newman to Bavaria in search of the father he believed dead for 20 years.
Horror
UK
1972
100 Minutes
Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Stephanie Beacham Christopher Neame Michael Coles William Ellis Marsha A. Hunt Janet Key Philip Miller Michael Kitchen David Andrews
Johnny Alucard raises Count Dracula from the dead in London in 1972. The Count goes after the descendants of Van Helsing.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1974
93 Minutes
Calvin Lockhart Peter Cushing Charles Gray Marlene Clark Anton Diffring Ciaran Madden Tom Chadbon Michael Gambon
hunter wife archaeologist artist pianist lover eerie campy estate mansion forest werewolves murder investigation hunting supernatural deception mystery 1970s
Eight people have been invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?
Horror
UK
1973
88 Minutes
Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Michael Coles William Franklyn Freddie Jones Joanna Lumley
This is the eighth film in Hammer's Dracula series, and the seventh and final one to feature Christopher Lee as Dracula and the fourth one with Peter Cushing as Van Helsing. This film takes... See full summary »
Horror
UK
1973
90 Minutes
Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Diana Dors Georgia Brown Keith Barron Fulton Mackay Gwyneth Strong
trustee investigator pathologist orphan prostitute colonel eerie suspenseful scotland island orphanage bus murder investigation cover-up hypnosis nightmares orphans mystery 1970s
Three rich trustees are murdered - appearing as suicides. When a bus filled with orphans and three other rich trustees has an "accident," Colonel Bingham investigates.
Horror
1957
85 Minutes
Dr. John Rollason
Forrest Tucker Peter Cushing Maureen Connell Richard Wattis Robert Brown Michael Brill Arnold Marie Anthony Chin Wolfe Morris
scientist adventurer guide marksman wife beast chilling suspenseful uneasy spectacular himalayas mountain wilderness legends hunting yeti exploitation adventure quest 1950s
An adventurer (Forrest Tucker) and a botanist (Peter Cushing) lead a Tibetan search for the legendary big-footed Yetis.
Fantasy
1976
90 Minutes
Dr. Abner Perry
Doug McClure Peter Cushing Caroline Munro Cy Grant Godfrey James Sean Lynch Keith Barron Helen Gill Anthony Verner Robert Gillespie Michael Crane
scientist explorer native beautiful woman wealthy man engaging spirited emotional wales mountain underground exploration primitive society prehistoric life undiscovered lands rebellion human sacrifice adventure discovery rescue
Victorian explorers (Doug McClure, Peter Cushing) burrow to Pellucidar, where mutant Sagoths rule the Wing People.
Drama, History
1980
156 Minutes
Dickens' London-lawyer hero (Chris Sarandon) makes the ultimate sacrifice for the woman he loves in Paris during the Reign of Terror.
Horror
1976
88 Minutes
Donald Pleasence Peter Cushing Luan Peters Costa Skouras Fernando Bislani Anna Mantzourani
An Irish priest (Donald Pleasence) busts a baron's (Peter Cushing) cult of man-bull worship in the Balkans.
Horror
1973
94 Minutes
Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Lorna Heilbron George Benson Kenneth J. Warren Catherine Finn Michael Ripper Duncan Lamont Harry Locke Jenny Runacre Hedger Wallace
A Victorian scientist (Peter Cushing) injects his daughter (Lorna Heilbron) with the just-add-water essence of evil.
Horror
1971
75 Minutes
Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Mike Raven Richard Hurndall George Merritt Kenneth J. Warren Susan Jameson Marjie Lawrence Aimee Delamain Michael Des Barres
A scientist develops a serum that reveals man's inhibitions in this adaptation of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.".
Horror
UK
1972
92 Minutes
Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
Ralph Richardson Joan Collins Peter Cushing Geoffrey Bayldon Nigel Patrick Patrick Magee Robin Phillips Oliver MacGreevy Chloe Franks Ian Hendry Frank Forsyth
crypt keeper adulterer husband wife retiree businessman creepy eerie dark london england cemetery death murder supernatural adultery deception fall discovery 1970s
Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.
Drama
UK
1961
88 Minutes
Capt. Clive Judd
Michael Craig Elizabeth Seal Peter Cushing George Sanders Bernard Lee Gordon Jackson
In Britain, at the dawn of jet-powered commercial aviation, an aircraft manufacturer tries to shift the blame from mechanical failure to pilot error when its newest jet airliner has a series of accidents.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1970
95 Minutes
Major Heinrich Benedek
Vincent Price Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Judy Huxtable Alfred Marks Peter Sallis Michael Gothard Anthony Newlands
mad scientist serial killer inspector officer nurse victim dark campy frightening london house laboratory nightclub barn murder science conspiracy investigation deception world domination
A serial killer who drains his victims' blood is on the loose in London. The police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.
Horror
1971
101 Minutes
Philip Grayson
John Bennett Denholm Elliott Peter Cushing John Bryans Joanna Dunham Tom Adams Christopher Lee Nyree Dawn Porter Jon Pertwee Ingrid Pitt
A Scotland Yard inspector (John Bennett) learns how four tenants of a country house met macabre fates.
Drama
UK
1963
93 Minutes
Mr. Merryweather
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.
Drama
UK|USA
1955
106 Minutes
Henry Miles
Deborah Kerr Van Johnson John Mills Peter Cushing Michael Goodliffe Stephen Murray Charles Goldner Nora Swinburne
writer wife priest detective lover husband melodramatic suspenseful family home inn apartment london adultery god love triangle world war ii disillusionment bombing forbidden love sacrifice
In WW2 London, a writer falls in-love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.
Horror
UK
1967
93 Minutes
Lancelot Canning
Jack Palance Burgess Meredith Beverly Adams Peter Cushing Barbara Ewing Michael Bryant Maurice Denham John Standing Robert Hutton John Phillips Michael Ripper
psychic playboy actress reporter pianist collector chilling eerie carnival family home hollywood, calif. office murder ghosts acting zombies mind control psychic phenomena transformation mystery
An anthology of four short horror stories about people who visit Dr. Diabolo's fairground haunted-house attraction show.
Horror
USA
1970
87 Minutes
Dr. Walter Goodrich
Patrick Macnee Johnny Sekka Alex Davion Peter Cushing Edward Woodward Patrick Mower Imogen Hassall William Mervyn David Lodge John Barron Francoise Pascal
A sex-crazed nympho helps speed along her father's death so she can use the inheritance to help out her depraved boyfriend.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK
1977
121 Minutes
Grand Moff Tarkin
Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Alec Guinness Peter Cushing Anthony Daniels Kenny Baker Peter Mayhew David Prowse Phil Brown Shelagh Fraser
princess robot mentor hero captain villain thrilling intense creative spectacular amusing powerful outer space restaurant military base far far away spacecraft fantasy world abduction kidnapping
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Comedy, Music
UK|USA
1984
90 Minutes
Sven Jorgensen, the Sweden Bookstore Owner, Resistance Member
Val Kilmer Jim Abrahams Lucy Gutteridge Christopher Villiers Omar Sharif Peter Cushing Jeremy Kemp Billy J. Mitchell Michael Gough Harry Ditson
singer scientist woman agent general father emotional hilarious thrilling east germany festival headquarters nightclub farmhouse military secrets behind enemy lines singing resistance fighters abduction father/daughter relationship
Parody of WWII spy movies in which an American rock and roll singer becomes involved in a Resistance plot to rescue a scientist imprisoned in East Germany.
Adventure
UK|USA
1954
85 Minutes
Sir Palamides
Alan Ladd Patricia Medina Andre Morell Harry Andrews Peter Cushing Anthony Bushell Laurence Naismith Patrick Troughton Bill Brandon Basil Appleby Jean Lodge
swordsman knight lady earl king arthur murderer thrilling brooding england castle countryside secret identity unrequited love undercover operations knights heroism arthurian legends adventure pursuit love
During King Arthur's time, a sword maker wishes to win Lady Linet's heart but first he must become a noble knight.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1961
99 Minutes
Mr. Evan Wrack
Gary Cooper Deborah Kerr Eric Portman Diane Cilento Hermione Gingold Peter Cushing Michael Wilding Ronald Howard Ray McAnally Sandor Eles Wilfrid Lawson
suspect employee business partner wife blackmailer husband engaging suspenseful office courtroom household blackmail murder case husband/wife relationship investigation false accusations quest mystery 1960s
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
Fantasy
UK
1984
101 Minutes
Seneschal - Gaspar
Miles O'Keeffe Cyrielle Claire Sean Connery Leigh Lawson Trevor Howard Peter Cushing Ronald Lacey Lila Kedrova John Rhys-Davies Wilfrid Brambell Brian Coburn
knight king arthur fighter sword fighter king man engaging suspenseful thrilling gripping kingdom medieval kingdom camelot fighting sword riddle enemies fantasy adventure discovery
The Green Knight challenges King Arthur's knights. But only young Gawain accepts and decapitates him. The knight takes his head and now gives Gawain one year to learn about virtues, knighthood and then face the challenge himself.
Mystery & Thriller
1976
88 Minutes
Sir Edward Gifford
Donald Pleasence John Mills Barbara Hershey David Birney Margaret Leighton Peter Cushing John Bindon Una Brandon-Jones Keith Buckley Peter Childs Brian Coburn
A former policeman thinks an organization which recreates medieval battles may be linked to a series of murders.