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Tag Archives: Peter Ustinov
A Purple Taxi (1977) Yves Boisset, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Noiret, Peter Ustinov
With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully (Fred Astaire) runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland Read More »
Lady L (1965) Peter Ustinov, Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven
Today Lady Louise Lendale (Sophia Loren) is eighty-years-old and she tells her long time admirer Read More »
Viva Max (1969) Jerry Paris, Peter Ustinov, Pamela Tiffin, Jonathan Winters
When his girlfriend tells him that his men wouldn’t follow him to a house of ill repute Read More »
We’re No Angels (1955) Michael Curtiz, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray
At Christmas, three prisoners, Joseph (Humphrey Bogart), Albert (Aldo Ray) Read More »
Hotel Sahara (1951) Ken Annakin, Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Ustinov, David Tomlinson
During World War Two, Emad and Yasmin are the proprietors of a desert hotel caught between the various waring sides. Read More »
Vice Versa (1948) Peter Ustinov, Roger Livesey, Kay Walsh, Petula Clark
Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. Read More »
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975) Robert Stevenson, Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Derek Nimmo, Family, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Lord Southmere escapes from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious “Lotus X”, and is captured by Chinese spies who have been instructed to retrieve the microfilm from him. Read More »
Blackbeard’s Ghost (1968) Robert Stevenson, Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965) J. Lee Thompson, Shirley MacLaine, Peter Ustinov, Richard Crenna, Comedy
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb (Richard Crenna) crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. Read More »
Topkapi (1964) Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A small-time con-man with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of world-class jewelry thieves plotting to rob the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. Read More »
Les espions / The Spies (1957) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Curd Jürgens, Peter Ustinov, O.E. Hasse, Drama, Mystery
A psychiatrist, desperate for money to keep his faltering practice running, makes a deal with a spy to hide a mysterious person in his clinic in return for a million francs. Read More »
Appointment with Death (1988) Michael Winner, Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Emily Boynton, step-mother to the three Boynton children and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer, Jefferson Cope Read More »
Beau Brummell (1954) Curtis Bernhardt, Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Biography, Drama, History
In 19th century England, captain George Brummell is an upper-class dandy. He has to leave the army after having insulted the crown prince. Read More »
Luther (2003) Eric Till, Joseph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Peter Ustinov, Biography, Drama, History
Biography of Martin Luther, the 16th-century priest who led the Christian Reformation and opened up new possibilities in exploration of faith. The film begins with his vow to become a monk, and continues through his struggles to reconcile his desire for sanctification with his increasing abhorrence of the corruption and hypocrisy pervading the Church’s hierarchy. He is ultimately charged with heresy and must confront the ruling cardinals and princes, urging them to make the Scriptures available to the common believer and lead the Church toward faith through justice and righteousness.
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