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Peter Finch

Peter Finch

British-born Australian actor (1916-1977)
September 28, 1916 (January 14, 1977)
U.S. 1976. Satire by Sidney Lumet with Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch. Upon learning of his dismissal, a star host goes on the air in anger and wins sympathy from the audience.
Runtime: 121 min.
U.S. 1976. Drama by Irvin Kershner with Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Horst Buchholz. In July 1976, an Israeli commando goes to Uganda to free the passengers of a plane hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists.
Runtime: 121 min.
G.-B. 1974. Psychological drama by Anthony Harvey with Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack.
Runtime: 103 min.
G.-B. 1973. History by James Cellan Jones with Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Dominic Guard. Admiral Nelson's affair with Lady Hamilton gets him into political and social trouble.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1972. Musical by Charles Jarrott with Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, John Gielgud. Europeans who have fled a revolt enter a kind of earthly paradise in the heart of the Himalayas.
G.-B. 1972. Drama by Peter Duffell with Michael York, Hildegard Neil, Peter Finch. In 1935, a young Englishman joins his sister, who is the mistress of a rich financier, in Germany.
Runtime: 100 min.
G.-B. 1971. Psychological drama by Alastair Reid with Peter Finch, Linda Hayden, Shelley Winters. A civil servant runs into trouble after picking up a pregnant hitchhiker at his home.
Runtime: 99 min.
G.-B. 1971. Psychological drama by John Schlesinger with Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head. A young sculptor, a divorcee and a gay doctor appear to accommodate the relationships that exist between them.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Red Tent

V.O.: Krasnaya palatka
It. 1971. Drama by Mikhail Kalatozov with Peter Finch, Claudia Cardinale, Sean Connery. In 1928, nine members of an expedition to the North Pole manage to survive after their airship crashes into an ice floe.
Runtime: 121 min.
U.S. 1968. Drama by Robert Aldrich with Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Milton Selzer. A director falls in love with a star, who is a look-alike for his mysteriously dead wife.
Runtime: 127 min.
G.-B. 1967. Sentimental drama by John Schlesinger with Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Alan Bates. The young owner of a country estate is sought for marriage by three men.
Runtime: 170 min.
U.S. 1966. Drama by Jules Dassin with Romy Schneider, Melina Mercouri, Peter Finch. In Spain, a young alcoholic who realized that her husband was cheating on her with one of her friends, comes to the aid of a murderer.
Runtime: 85 min.
G.-B. 1965. Psychological drama by Daniel Mann with Sophia Loren, Peter Finch, Jack Hawkins. In 1948, Israeli settlers use a Nazi's Jewish wife to seize him.
Runtime: 105 min.

Girl with green Eyes

V.O.: Girl with Green Eyes
G.-B. 1964. Psychological drama by Desmond Davis with Rita Tushingham, Peter Finch, Lynn Redgrave. A young girl falls in love with a middleaged writer.
Runtime: 91 min.
G.-B. 1964. Psychological drama by Jack Clayton with Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason. Despite several marriages, a woman is unable to satisfy her emotional insecurity.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1963. Psychological drama by Robert Stevens with Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury. During a trip to Greece, an English editor, married to a cantankerous woman, falls in love with a young American.
Runtime: 91 min.
G.-B. 1962. Drama by Robert Stevens with Susan Hayward, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento. A doctor convicted of euthanasia is called upon to care for a mentally ill person.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1961. Melodrama by Gordon Douglas with Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore. A Protestant missionary nurse, sure of her virtue, learns the hard way that she is vulnerable to temptation.
Runtime: 123 min.
G.-B. 1960. Biography by Ken Hughes with Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell, John Fraser. In 1892, at the height of his popularity, playwright Oscar Wilde was accused of homosexuality.
Runtime: 122 min.
G.-B. 1960. Drama by Ralph Thomas with Peter Finch, Stanley Holloway, Mary Peach. A politician is torn between his turbulent love life and his career.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1960. Adventures by Robert Stevenson with James MacArthur, Peter Finch, Bernard Lee. A teenager scammed by his uncle receives help from an outlaw to regain his rights.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1959. Psychological drama by Fred Zinnemann with Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans. After various obediences, a young nun leaves her community.
Runtime: 151 min.
G.-B. 1958. War drama by Michael McCarthy with Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton. In 1940, three men are tasked with stealing the diamonds of Amsterdam from the occupying forces.
Runtime: 102 min.
G.-B. 1957. Adventures by Jack Lee with Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, Maureen Swanson. In Australia, English immigrants join a group of cattle raiders.
Runtime: 99 min.
G.-B. 1957. War drama by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger with Peter Finch, John Gregson, Bernard Lee. A German battleship deemed invulnerable is being tracked by British ships.
Runtime: 117 min.
G.-B. 1957. Drama by Ronald Neame with Peter Finch, Mary Ure, Robert Flemyng. In a hospital in the Far East, hardships bring a doctor and his wife closer together.
Runtime: 108 min.
G.-B. 1957. Drama by Leslie Norman with Peter Finch, Dana Wilson, Elizabeth Sellars. A nomadic Australian worker drags his little girl into his wandering life.
Runtime: 100 min.
G.-B. 1956. Satire by Muriel Box with Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow. Two spouses, both television stars, fight constantly.
Runtime: 91 min.
G.-B. 1955. War drama by Jack Lee with Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Marie Lohr. The long, painful march of a group of Englishmen to a prison camp.
Runtime: 117 min.
G.-B. 1955. Adventures by Roy Ward Baker with Peter Finch, Anthony Steel, Diane Cilento. In 1931, the difficult journey of a cargo ship travelling from South America to England.
G.-B. 1954. Comedy by Cyril Frankel with Peter Finch, Adrienne Corri, Finlay Currie. An antique dealer tries to get his hands on a valuable antique vase.
Runtime: 88 min.
G.-B. 1954. Police comedy by Robert Hamer with Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch. The adventures of a priest detective who wants to save the soul of a hardened thief.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

V.O.: Gilbert and Sullivan
G.-B. 1953. Musical by Sidney Gilliat with Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Peter Finch. The career of two famous operetta composers.
G.-B. 1953. Psychological drama by George More O'Ferrall with Trevor Howard, Maria Schell, Elizabeth Allan. A tragic event ends a police officer's infidelity to his wife.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1953. Adventures by William Dieterle with Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Finch, Dana Andrews. A tea planter from Ceylon marries a young English who is struggling to adapt to her new reality.
Runtime: 103 min.
Aust. 1945. War drama by Charles Chauvel with Grant Taylor, Peter Finch, Chips Rafferty.
Runtime: 73 min.

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