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Peter Ustinov
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Peter Ustinov - what members say
review by from Wolstenbury, Sussex
A true classic 14 May 2004
review by KATHERINEofARROGANCEe from HARROW
26 April 2004
review by from Ashington
Worth it! 22 January 2005
Peter Ustinov - filmography
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Victoria And Albert
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Firth, Diana Rigg
Director: John Erman
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A dramatic miniseries featuring an acclaimed, superstar cast, VICTORIA & ALBERT is a history-based love story which tells of the passionate romance between the two royal figures. This epic production recaptures the court life of Victorian England with beauty and accuracy. In addition, it adds new ..read more »
 
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from 602 members
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Animal Farm
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Julia Ormond, Peter Ustinov
Director: John Stephenson
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British production of George Orwell's revolutionary novel, where animals (workers) take over their farm (means of production) and form a society. An esteemed cast of actors voice the convincing animatronic animals, which, BABE-style, were created by the Jim Henson Creature Shop. Director Stephenson ..read more »
57%
from 547 members
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Alice In Wonderland
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Kingsley
Director: Nick Willing
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A acclaimed British production which originally aired on NBC, Lewis Carroll's classic story comes to life once again in this updated version- with an all-star cast including Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, Miranda Richardson, and Gene Wilder.
59%
from 682 members
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The Bachelor
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Renee Zellweger, Stacy Edwards
Director: Gary Sinyor
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Jimmie Shannon values his freedom more than life itself. As his male peers, even his best buddy, Marco, begin to hook up in marriage, Jimmie continues happily plugging away with his dating lifestyle, in no rush to find "the one." When he least expects it, Jimmie crosses paths with the adorable Anne ..read more »
51%
from 1,644 member
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Stiff Upper Lips
(1998)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Prunella Scales, Georgina Cates
Director: Gary Sinyor
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Young upper-class fellow Edward arrives with his friend Cedric at the family manse, Ivory Hall. He plans to pair off Cedric with his sister Emily. Emily, on the other hand, falls in love with a son of local peasant, George. Old Aunt Agnes sends all the bunch off, first to Italy and then to India, ..read more »
66%
from 14 members
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Lorenzo's Oil
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov
Director: George Miller
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The true story of determined parents, economist Augusto and linguist Michaela Odone who battled time and the medical establishment to save the life of their son who was diagnosed in 1985 with a rare disease (Adrenoleukodystrophy). Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best (Original) Screenplay, ..read more »
69%
from 1,724 member
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Around The World In 80 Days
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Jack Klugman, Robert Wagner, Eric Idle
Director: Buzz Kulik
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An all-star television adaptation of the Jules Verne novel, set in the late 19th Century. An Englishman named Phileas Fogg makes a bet that, using all the modern forms of transportation, he can travel around the world in 80 days. He and his sidekick begin their voyage in a hot-air balloon, and make ..read more »
66%
from 51 members
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Around The World In Eighty Days
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Julia Nickson-Soul
Director: Buzz Kulik
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A tale that centers around three unlikely heroes as they attempt to settle an outrageous wager. An eccentric London inventor, Phileas Fogg, has come up with the secrets to flight, electricity, and even roller-blades, but the world has dismissed him as a crackpot. Desperate to be taken seriously, ..read more »
54%
from 496 members
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Vice Versa
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, Swoosie Kurtz
Director: Brian Gilbert, Peter Ustinov
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When Marshall (Judge Reinhold) and his son, Charlie (THE WONDER YEARS' Fred Savage), touch an ancient skull, they are shocked to discover that their bodies have switched! Now, Marshall, a department store executive, must deal with junior high school bullies, and Charlie can play in toy stops ..read more »
61%
from 1,711 member
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The Secret Identity Of Jack The Ripper
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Jan Leeming, Paul Begg
Director: Louis J. Horvitz
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Between August and November 1888, a ruthless murderer who soon became known as Jack the Ripper was stalking the streets of Whitechapel, creating fear and panic among the local people. The Ripper was never caught, and the mystery remains unsolved to this day. Presented by Peter Ustinov, this ..read more »
52%
from 237 members
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Appointment With Death
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher
Director: Michael Winner
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Based on the novel by Agatha Christie, a posh 1937 tour of the holy land turns murderous when a malicious, wealthy dowager (Piper Laurie) is mysteriously poisoned. Each of her fellow tourists had the means and the motive to kill her and any of them would have enjoyed plunging the lethal hypodermic ..read more »
61%
from 258 members
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Memed My Hawk
(1984)
Starring: Relja Basic, Edward Burnham, Rosalie Crutchley
Director: Peter Ustinov
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In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province's powerful and corrupt governor. When an assassination attempt is made against the official, the young man flees his village and joins up with a ..read more »
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Evil Under The Sun
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely
Director: Guy Hamilton
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Peter Ustinov makes his second appearance as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this adaptation of the popular Agatha Christie mystery. When noted stage star Arlena Marshall (Diana Rigg) is found murdered while visiting a posh island resort, Poirot is called upon to find the culprit, but given ..read more »
70%
from 616 members
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Tarka The Otter
(1979)
Starring: Peter Ustinov
Director: David Cobham
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TARKA THE OTTER, based on the Henry Williamson book, is the classic story of one otter's life in the English countryside. Tarka must use his animal instincts to outwit not only man but man's best friend. Peter Ustinov narrates this much-loved tale.
64%
from 463 members
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Death On The Nile
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Simon MacCorkindale, Jack Warden, Angela Lansbury
Director: John Guillermin
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A deluxe version of Agatha Christie's favourite mystery story, published in 1937, and a thematic follow-up to her Murder on the Orient Express. Set aboard a steamship cruising down the Nile, an extremely unpopular heiress is murdered and everyone on the ship is suspect. The passengers include the ..read more »
68%
from 1,216 member
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The Last Remake Of Beau Geste
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret
Director: Marty Feldman
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Beau Geste, the classic adventure story of a young man's dangerous journeys as part of the French Foreign Legion, becomes the subject of broad parody in this slapstick comedy. The original tale, best known to film lovers from William Wellman's 1939 classic, tells of several brothers who join the ..read more »
62%
from 68 members
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Treasure of Matecumbe
(1976)
Starring: Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov
Director: Vincent McEveety
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This adventure chronicles two boys' search for a treasure buried somewhere in the Florida Keys during the mid 1800s. The children are assisted by three adults, who each have the their own agendas for finding the cache. The hunters are followed by a greedy gang of villains.
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from 1 member
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Logan's Run
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan
Director: Michael Anderson
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Winner of an Oscar for Best Special Effects. A dazzling preview of America in the 23rd Century, a perfect world of total pleasure, but living past 30 is a crime. Based on the novel by William F. Nolan.
70%
from 4,580 members
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The Muppet Show - Season 1
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Jim Henson, The Muppets, Jim Henson
Director: Jim Henson, Jim Henson, Frank Oz
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Perhaps the strangest variety show ever to air on television, the wildly popular MUPPET SHOW helped to spawn an entire series starring Jim Henson's crew of puppet comedians. Combining musical numbers with comedy, THE MUPPET SHOW centred on the efforts of Kermit the Frog and his team of performers ..read more »
73%
from 1,955 member
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Robin Hood
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Brian Bedford, Andy Devine
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman, Wolf
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This Disney release presents the imaginative "animal" version of the Robin Hood legend. Fun and romance abound as the swashbuckling hero of Sherwood Forest (a fox), and his valiant sidekick (a bear) plot one daring adventure after another to outwit the greedy prince (a scraggly lion) and his ..read more »
72%
from 13,113 members
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Hot Millions
(1968)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith
Director: Eric Till
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Marcus Pendleton is released from prison after serving his time for embezzlement, only to find that the world has changed. Realising that computers are the new ledgers, he masquerades as Caesar Smith, a computer programmer, and finds employment in this corporate world. So begins his biggest ..read more »
61%
from 27 members
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Blackbeard's Ghost
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette
Director: Robert Stevenson
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Blackbeard has been cursed by his wife so that his spirit constantly lingers between the world of the living and the dead. In an attempt to break the curse, he returns to Earth to enact a good deed, but can he break away from his evil past?
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from 641 members
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Lady L
(1965)
Starring: Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven
Director: Peter Ustinov
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Today Lady Louise Lendale is 80 years old and she tells her long time admirer, British poet Sir Percy, all about her eventful life. In the beginning, she was a young laundress working in "Le Mouton Bleu", a renowned Paris whorehouse. There, she met Armand, both a charming man and a bomb-throwing ..read more »
52%
from 4 members
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Topkapi
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov
Director: Jules Dassin
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Five years after directing the heist classic RIFIFI, Jules Dassin returns to robbery with TOPKAPI. Again there is a long and daring break-in, as his heroes attempt to steal the priceless Emerald Dagger from the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, but in contrast to the bleak RIFIFI, the mood in ..read more »
59%
from 472 members
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Billy Budd
(1962)
Starring: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas
Director: Peter Ustinov
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Adapted from the last book written by Herman Melville, an allegory of good vs. evil, with innocence standing by as the helpless victim. A naive young man is pressed into the service of the British Navy at the very end of the 18th century. He views first hand the cruelty and extreme brutality of the ..read more »
60%
from 17 members
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Spartacus - Blu-ray
(1960)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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SPARTACUS, based on Howard Fast's popular novel, is Stanley Kubrick's glorious masterpiece about a slave uprising in Rome in 70 BC. Kirk Douglas, who also served as executive producer, stars as the title character, a man born of a slave woman and a slave master who has known nothing but chains for ..read more »
78%
from 52 members
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Spartacus - HD
(1960)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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SPARTACUS, based on Howard Fast's popular novel, is Stanley Kubrick's glorious masterpiece about a slave uprising in Rome in 70 BC. Kirk Douglas, who also served as executive producer, stars as the title character, a man born of a slave woman and a slave master who has known nothing but chains for ..read more »
74%
from 238 members
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The Sundowners
(1960)
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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Garnering an impressive five Oscar nominations and containing a starring role for Robert Mitchum, THE SUNDOWNERS is a drama weaved around the daily lives of the Carmody family. The family members work together as sheep herders and find themselves constantly travelling in order to find further ..read more »
69%
from 30 members
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Spartacus
(1960)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Batiatus' gladiators are to stage a fight to the death. On the night before the ..read more »
75%
from 7,670 members
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Les Espions
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Curt Jurgens, Gerard Sety, Vera Clouzot
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
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This French thriller sees a down-on-his-luck doctor lured by the American military to look after a mysterious patient in return for a handsome reward. Soon his hospital is overrun with international spies, all desperate to get their hands on the information that the patient holds.
58%
from 299 members
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Lola Montes
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook
Director: Max Ophuls
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The film tells the tragical story of the life of Lola Montes who was a great adventurer and stopped being the attraction of her circus after having been the lover of various important men.
65%
from 385 members
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Quo Vadis
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
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MGM turned Henry Sinkiewicz's Nobel Prize-winning novel into one of the most extravagant productions in film history. The epic tale is set in the decadence and decay of Nero's Rome, where Christianity is just beginning to foment. Robert Taylor (BILLY THE KID, JOHNNY EAGER) stars as Marcus Vinicius, ..read more »
70%
from 189 members
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Quo Vadis - Blu-ray
(1951)
Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn
Director: Mervyn LeRoy, Franco Rossi
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Rome burns. Nero fiddles. Christianity rises. And moviegoers turned out in throngs for this years-in-the-making film colossus boasting eight Oscar nominations (including Best Picture) and featuring 110 speaking parts, 30,000 participants and a filmed-on-location panoply of marching legions, ..read more »
60%
from 123 members
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Odette
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Peter Ustinov
Director: Herbert Wilcox
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A classic tale of bravery and courage during WWII, Odette tells the true story of female war hero Odette Hallowes. After volunteering her services to the Special Operations Executive, Odette is despatched into Nazi occupied France and thrown into an intense world of espionage. Whilst on a deadly ..read more »
70%
from 127 members
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Private Angelo
(1949)
Starring: Godfrey Tearle, María Denis, Peter Ustinov
Director: Michael Anderson, Peter Ustinov
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Private Angelo has been conscripted into the Italian Army in WWII. The trouble is that Private Angelo doesn't like people shooting at him so he tries all sorts of tricks to avoid being caught up in the action. But however hard he tries to avoid it events always seem to lead him back to the fighting.
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from 1 member
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Vice Versa
(1948)
Starring: Roger Livesey, James Robertson Justice, Anthony Newley
Director: Peter Ustinov
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When businessman Paul Bultitude and his son Dick compare their numerous displeasures of life, they have no idea that their moaning will bring about such radical consequences. Soon they find each other living the other's life...
56%
from 80 members
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The Way Ahead
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: David Niven, Stanley Holloway, William Hartnell
Director: Carol Reed
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Boasting a script by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov, The Way Ahead [1944] is a rousing version of a familiar WWII genre: an officer must hammer a small group of disparate characters into an effective fighting unit as quickly as possible. David Niven stars as tough-minded Lieutenant Jim Perry, who ..read more »
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from 771 members
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Cult Opera Of The 1970s
Director: Rolf Liebermann, Peter Ustinov, Rolf Lieberman
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The Hamburg State Opera perform a selection of world-famous operas in glorious technicolor. Includes LE NOZZE DE FIGARO, DIE ZAUBERFLOTE, FIDELIO, ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN, THE DEVILS OF LOUDUN, and more.
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Peter Ustinov facts
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