List of the best Peter Finch movies: No Love for Johnnie(1961), The Shiralee(1957), Operation Amsterdam(1960), The Abdication(1974), England Made Me(1972), Lost Horizon(1973), Simon and Laura(1955), Robbery Under Arms(1957), Raid on Entebbe(1977), The Trials of Oscar Wilde(1960), Network(1976), The Nun's Story(1959) ... ...
6.7/10
Drama
UK
1961
110 Minutes
Johnnie Byrne
Peter Finch Stanley Holloway Mary Peach Mervyn Johns Donald Pleasence Dennis Price Oliver Reed
politician model wife neighbor somber intricate england parliament party marital problems aging career vs. love estrangement failing career communism love temptation 1960s
After winning re-election, British Labour Party M.P. Johnnie Byrne faces a series of setbacks in his political career, as well as in his marriage, and must act wisely in order to save both.
6.5/10
Adventure
USA
1957
99 Minutes
Jim Macauley
Peter Finch Elizabeth Sellars Dana Wilson Rosemary Harrys Tessie O'Shea Sidney James George Rose
husband wife daughter young girl cheater emotional engaging united kingdom road family home affair fatherhood family failed marriage escape love 1950s
When a crown prince visits, the princess's mother tries to push the prince into marrying her daughter by presenting a "rival" at the ball - her children's handsome tutor.
6.4/10
Adventure
UK
1960
105 Minutes
Jan Smit
Peter Finch Eva Bartok Tony Britton Alexander Knox Malcolm Keen Christopher Rhodes Tim Turner John Horsley Keith Pyott Melvyn Hayes
commando british officer nazi traitor jewel thief major suspenseful tense thrilling engaging gritty intense amsterdam recovery jewel smuggling world war ii diamonds english intelligence mission discovery
When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.
6.0/10
Drama, Gay & Lesbian, History
UK
1974
103 Minutes
Cardinal Azzolino
Peter Finch Liv Ullmann Cyril Cusack Paul Rogers Michael Dunn Graham Crowden
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic Church.
6.0/10
Drama
UK|Yugoslavia
1972
100 Minutes
Erich Krogh
Peter Finch Michael York Hildegard Neil Michael Hordern Joss Ackland Tessa Wyatt Michael Sheard Bill Baskiville
A story about an English businessman in 1930s Germany who encounters a financier who has forged his career on greed, corruption, and opportunism, rather than the traditional British principles of decency and fair play.
5.4/10
Musical
USA
1973
143 Minutes
Richard Conway
Peter Finch Liv Ullmann Sally Kellerman George Kennedy Michael York Olivia Hussey Bobby Van James Shigeta Charles Boyer John Gielgud Larry Duran
writer diplomat brother spiritual leader fascinating incredible creative dreamy striking shangri-la himalayas valley accident deception paradise plane crash discovery adventure rescue quest
While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.
Comedy
1955
91 Minutes
Simon Foster
husband wife television producer friend witty endearing creative airy england family home relationships television performance dysfunction transformation love 1950s
Married British co-stars (Peter Finch, Kay Kendall) of a home-life series finally show their home life as it really is, on live TV.
Adventure
1957
83 Minutes
Captain Starlight
Peter Finch Ronald Lewis Maureen Swanson Laurence Naismith David McCallum Vincent Ball
bank robbers brother cattle rancher robber cattleman man suspenseful intense brooding intricate brutal thrilling australia cattle ranch farm ranch robbery brotherhood danger cattle farming
Two brothers join their father in Captain Starlight's (Peter Finch) bushranger gang in 19th-century Australia.
Drama
1977
150 Minutes
Yitzhak Rabin
Peter Finch Martin Balsam Horst Buchholz Charles Bronson John Saxon Jack Warden Sylvia Sidney Yaphet Kotto Robert Loggia James Woods Dinah Manoff
commando hostage terrorist government official yitzhak rabin passenger intense suspenseful airplane airport uganda israel terrorism stand-off hijacking commando assault israeli-palestinian conflict quest rescue 1970s
Israeli commandos raid Uganda's airport in 1976 to free hostages from Palestinian-terrorist hijackers.
Drama
1960
123 Minutes
Oscar Wilde
Peter Finch Yvonne Mitchell James Mason John Fraser Lionel Jeffries Nigel Patrick
writer lover father lawyer gay man wife tense emotional london courtroom oscar wilde homosexuality trials libel love triangle forbidden love underdog 1890s
The flamboyant Victorian wit (Peter Finch) sues the Marquess of Queensberry for a sodomy slur, but it boomerangs.
8.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1976
121 Minutes
Howard Beale
Faye Dunaway Peter Finch William Holden Robert Duvall Beatrice Straight Wesley Addy Ned Beatty Arthur Burghardt Bill Burrows John Carpenter Jordan Charney
news reporter television producer terrorist emotional striking witty gutsy television studio new york city meaning of life ambition disillusionment fame television discovery transformation 1970s
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.
7.6/10
Drama
USA
1959
149 Minutes
Dr. Fortunati
Audrey Hepburn Peter Finch Edith Evans Peggy Ashcroft Dean Jagger Mildred Dunnock Beatrice Straight Patricia Collinge Eva Kotthaus Ruth White Niall MacGinnis
nun doctor mother superior mental patient solemn emotional melodramatic tense belgian congo africa belgium medicine religious vows world war ii virginity disease faith sacrifice transformation temptation
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
7.2/10
Drama, War
UK
1956
107 Minutes
Joe Harman
Virginia McKenna Peter Finch Kenji Takaki Jean Anderson Marie Lohr Maureen Swanson
prisoner of war pretty woman soldier engaging spirited australia london malaysia pow camp world war ii romance survival quest love 1940s
A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.
7.2/10
Romance, Drama
UK
1967
169 Minutes
William Boldwood
Julie Christie Peter Finch Alan Bates Terence Stamp Prunella Ransome Fiona Walker Paul Dawkins Andrew Robertson John Barrett Julian Somers Pauline Melville
pretty woman farmer soldier shepherd emotional tense england countryside farm love triangle farming jealousy class distinctions rivalry quest 1870s
Bathsheba Everdene, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and is romantically pursued by three very different men.
7.2/10
Drama
UK
1964
110 Minutes
Anne Bancroft Peter Finch James Mason Cedric Hardwicke Alan Webb Richard Johnson Maggie Smith Eric Porter
wife husband friend ex-husband psychiatrist father-in-law raw brooding emotional london windmill house psychiatrist's office hospital street marriage divorce infidelity mental illness parenthood
Londoner Jo and her third husband Jake live with six of her children but the marriage is strained by numerous factors. Her doctor thinks Jo uses childbirth as a rationale for sex. Jo's issues leave her in a fragile mental state.
7.1/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK
1971
110 Minutes
Dr. Daniel Hirsh
Glenda Jackson Peter Finch Murray Head Peggy Ashcroft Tony Britton Maurice Denham Bessie Love Jon Finch
artist businesswoman doctor husband wife friend moving passionate apartment england family home love triangle relationships bisexuality divorce love transformation 1970s
The emotional intricacies of a polyamorous relationship between young artist Bob and his two lovers: a lonely male doctor and a frustrated female office worker.
6.5/10
Drama, History
UK
1973
118 Minutes
Glenda Jackson Peter Finch Michael Jayston Anthony Quayle Margaret Leighton Dominic Guard Nigel Stock Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton. With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelson's stature and notes his feet of clay. And yet, Nelson is a ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
UK
1962
100 Minutes
Susan Hayward Peter Finch Diane Cilento Cyril Cusack Kieron Moore Athene Seyler Richard Wattis Brenda De Banzie Miriam Karlin Laurence Naismith
doctor husband prosecutor father wife ex-convict tense engaging emotional ireland country house courtroom euthanasia mental breakdown new life family history accidental death deception discovery quest
After prosecuting a doctor for mercy killing, a district-attorney hires the same doctor to care for his mentally ill wife.
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1961
124 Minutes
Angie Dickinson Peter Finch Roger Moore Errol John Woody Strode Juano Hernandez Frederick O'Neal Mary Wickes Scatman Crothers Rafer Johnson Chuck Wood
nurse pilot hospital administrator native witch doctor chief brooding tense melodramatic congo hospital jungle pregnancy military medicine native people relationships world war ii discovery love
While the Nazi regime subjugates European Nations, in the Belgian Congo, Doctor Rachel Cade tries to cure those troubled people. Colonel Derode falls in love with her, but a young American injured pilot upsets his plans.
Drama
1966
109 Minutes
An Israeli fighter (Peter Finch) sends a Jewish woman (Sophia Loren) to seduce a British major (Jack Hawkins) who knows where to find her Nazi ex-husband.
Mystery & Thriller
1968
130 Minutes
Kim Novak Peter Finch Ernest Borgnine Milton Selzer Rossella Falk Gabriele Tinti Valentina Cortesa Jean Carroll Michael Murphy Lee Meriwether James Lanphier
actress beautiful woman celebrity director ex-husband producer emotional eerie hollywood, calif. film set acting romance filmmaking doppelganger reincarnation love discovery 1960s
A filmmaker manipulates a starlet into the image of his late wife, a celebrated actress who met a tragic death.
8.1/10
Adventure
France|Italy
1955
85 Minutes
Comte De Ville
Errol Flynn Joanne Dru Peter Finch Yvonne Furneaux Patrick Holt Michael Hordern Moultrie Kelsall Robert Urquhart Vincent Winter Noel Willman Frances Rowe
In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
7.5/10
Adventure
USA
1965
147 Minutes
Captain Harris
James Stewart Richard Attenborough Peter Finch Ernest Borgnine Ian Bannen Ronald Fraser Christian Marquand Dan Duryea George Kennedy Gabriele Tinti Alex Montoya
survivor captain pilot navigator worker soldier tense suspenseful desert sahara airplane plane crash survival death engineering quest 1960s
After a plane crash in the Sahara, one of the survivors says he's an airplane designer and they can make a flyable plane from the wreckage.
6.7/10
Kids & Family, Adventure
UK
1952
84 Minutes
Sheriff of Nottingham
Richard Todd Joan Rice Peter Finch James Hayter James Robertson Justice Martita Hunt Hubert Gregg Bill Owen Reginald Tate Elton Hayes Anthony Eustrel
prince king love interest father sheriff of nottingham maid marian rousing suspenseful england sherwood forest castle rebellion oppression royalty kidnapping outlaws robin hood quest revenge love
When King Richard the Lionheart leaves England to lead a crusade to the Holy Land, his treacherous brother conspires to bring himself to power.
6.7/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1954
91 Minutes
Gustave Flambeau
Alec Guinness Joan Greenwood Peter Finch Cecil Parker Bernard Lee Sidney James Ernest Thesiger
priest detective thief hilarious thrilling lighthearted playful london rome church museum crime investigation religion theft search pursuit quest rivalry mystery
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
6.6/10
War, Adventure
UK
1956
119 Minutes
Captain Langsdorff `'Admiral Graf Spee'`
John Gregson Emeric Pressburger Anthony Quayle Peter Finch Ian Hunter Bernard Lee Patrick Macnee Christopher Lee
boat captain nazi soldier british officer commandant gory suspenseful thrilling brooding profound intense ship atlantic ocean great britain harbor world war ii battle explosion sinking ship escape
In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain|USA
1966
85 Minutes
Paul
Melina Mercouri Romy Schneider Peter Finch Julian Mateos Isabel Maria Perez Beatriz Savon
A group of tourists, which relations are already complicated enough, faces with local crime incident.
6.3/10
Adventure
USA
1954
103 Minutes
John Wiley
Elizabeth Taylor Dana Andrews Peter Finch Abraham Sofaer Abner Biberman Noel Drayton Rosalind Ivan Barry Bernard Philip Tonge Edward Ashley Leo Britt
plantation owner wife foreman friend emotional playful melodramatic ceylon mansion plantation jungle love triangle wealth loneliness drought cholera outbreak fire wretched excess love rivalry
The young bride of a rich planter finds herself the only white woman at Elephant Walk tea plantation, British Ceylon.
War
1951
71 Minutes
Peter Linton
Soldiers (Chips Rafferty, Grant Taylor, Peter Finch) of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps hold off the Nazis for months.
Adventure, Drama
1971
121 Minutes
Gen. Umberto Nobile
Sean Connery Claudia Cardinale Peter Finch Hardy Kruger Massimo Girotti Luigi Vannuchi Mario Adorf Eduard Martsevich Nikita Mikhalkov Donatas Banionis
elderly man explorer ghost roald amundsen aviator captain bleak brutal frightening gripping north pole italy norway airship ship umberto nobile exploration disaster survival haunting
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (Sean Connery) leads a 1928 North Pole air search for Italian explorer Umberto Nobile (Peter Finch).
5.8/10
Comedy
UK
1955
97 Minutes
David Hewer
Glynis Johns Jack Buchanan Donald Sinden Peter Finch Heather Thatcher Ronald Squire William Hartnell
woman lover love interest friend fiancé engaging hilarious amusing charming witty heartwarming london england attraction opposites attract new life new love change love adventure
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...
5.5/10
Biography
USA
1953
105 Minutes
Richard D'Oyly Carte
Robert Morley Maurice Evans Eileen Herlie Martyn Green Peter Finch Dinah Sheridan Wilfrid Hyde-White Isabel Dean Michael Ripper Bernadette O'Farrell
composer writer impresario wife engaging spirited england london theater theater partnership opera william s. gilbert arthur sullivan musical performance rivalry discovery 1890s
The seafaring adventures of French privateer Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo during the Franco-Spanish-English war of the 17th century.
Drama
1953
105 Minutes
Father Rank
Trevor Howard Elizabeth Allan Maria Schell Denholm Elliott Peter Finch Gérard Oury
police officer mistress wife dark sad profound africa sierra leone adultery depression religion love morality catholic church forbidden love temptation 1940s
A religious police official (Trevor Howard) has an affair with a widow (Maria Schell) in South Africa.
Drama, History
1949
103 Minutes
Humffray
Chips Rafferty Jane Barrett Jack Lambert Peter Illing Gordon Jackson Ralph Truman Sydney Loder Grant Taylor Peter Finch
irishman mine owner miner police officer politician emigrant spirited confident rousing victoria, australia mine jail street government building peter lalor reform mining politics worker's rights rebellion
Digger Peter Lalor (Chips Rafferty) leads others against government troops in their corrupt 1850s Australian mining town.
Drama
1950
104 Minutes
Police Officer
Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon John Hodiak Leo Genn Cathy O'Donnell Reginald Owen Anthony Bushell Richard Gale Peter Finch
mother army officer architect husband daughter doctor melodramatic inspiring tender england postwar britain mother/child relationship family marriage terminal illness love sacrifice discovery 1940s
A dying woman (Greer Garson) hides her fate from her husband (Walter Pidgeon) and family in postwar London.
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