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Hello! Leslie Phillips and Peter O'Toole head to Venus -
29 November 2005
Two of Britain's acting greats Peter O'Toole and Leslie Phillips are set to star together in a new film Venus. - -The film, directed by Roger Michell (Enduring Love, Notting Hill), has just started filming in London and tells the tale of two ageing actors. - -Despite b
Peter O'Toole - what members say
review by ohnonotagain from Glasgow
O'Toole in rude health 7 September 2008
review by from Colchester, England
Truely a masterpiece ... 23 November 2004
review by from London, UK
Best film ever made? 5 June 2005
Peter O'Toole - filmography
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Eldorado
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Steven Craine, Darren Morgan, Peter O'Toole
Director: Richard Driscoll
Certificate: 
The evening was going to be a normal Blues Brothers tribute show for Oliver and Stanley Rosenblum, The Jews Brothers till their agent JJ decides to send them to a mythical western town called Eldorado. With Cannibals, music and dancing this is not what Oliver and Stanley expected, especially when ..read more »
 
42%
from 37 members
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Eldorado - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Steven Craine, Darren Morgan, Peter O'Toole
Director: Richard Driscoll
Certificate:
The evening was going to be a normal Blues Brothers tribute show for Oliver and Stanley Rosenblum, The Jews Brothers till their agent JJ decides to send them to a mythical western town called Eldorado. With Cannibals, music and dancing this is not what Oliver and Stanley expected, especially when ..read more »
46%
from 5 members
Due for release on 30th July 2012
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Iron Road
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Sam Neill, Tony Leung Ka Fai
Director: David Wu
Certificate: 
A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon.
67%
from 154 members
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Dean Spanley
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown
Director: Toa Fraser
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Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
64%
from 4,219 members
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Ratatouille
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Patton Oswalt, Brad Garrett, Ian Holm
Director: Brad Bird
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A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, ..read more »
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from 81,256 members
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Stardust - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Sienna Miller, Jason Flemyng, Ricky Gervais
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced ..read more »
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from 2,973 members
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Ratatouille - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Patton Oswalt, Brad Garrett, Ian Holm
Director: Brad Bird
Certificate: 
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, ..read more »
77%
from 9,328 members
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Stardust - HD
(2007)
Starring: Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced ..read more »
76%
from 1,608 member
Not currently released
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Stardust
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Certificate:
Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced ..read more »
76%
from 97,239 members
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Lassie
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, Gregor Fisher
Director: Charles Sturridge
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Lassie is the timeless story of the remarkable bond between a young boy and his dog set in a Yorkshire mining town. After falling on hard times, the Carraclough family is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog, to the Duke of Rudling. When Lassie finds herself transported five hundred miles away ..read more »
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from 8,777 members
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Troy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Brian Cox
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
With soaring photography that circles from above then swoops in for the action, TROY is Wolfgang Petersen's majestic presentation of the classic Greek legend. It tells the story of an epic battle over Helen (Diane Kruger), the queen of Sparta, who is kidnapped by her lover Paris (Orlando Bloom), ..read more »
61%
from 80,665 members
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Bright Young Things
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Stephen Campbell Moore, Peter O'Toole, Jim Broadbent
Director: Stephen, Fry
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Adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies" - BRIGHT YOUNG THING is the directorial debut for Stephen Fry and follows the lives of a novelist, Adam (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his would-be lover, Nina (Emily Mortimer) as they mix with the 'bright young things' who inhabit the upper echelons of ..read more »
59%
from 7,067 members
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Augustus
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling
Director: Roger Young
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AUGUSTUS - THE FIRST EMPEROR. The classic tale sees Augustus travelling to Spain in order to help Julius Caesar in his struggle against the troops of Pompey. After victory and assignment to Greece, Augustus hears of Caesar's assassination. What ensues is the story of a power struggle between ..read more »
48%
from 394 members
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Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
(1999)
Starring: Peter O'Toole
Director: Tom Kinninmont
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A play by Keith Waterhouse which is based on the life and writings of the late Jeffrey Bernard who, amongst other things, was a womaniser, heavy drinker and Soho hellraiser...
71%
from 380 members
Currently unavailable
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The Manor
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Greta Scacchi, Gabrielle Anwar, Peter O'Toole
Director: Kenneth Burns
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A wickedly funny and intelligent comedy of manners, where lies and deception rule.
An investigator (Martin Dejdar) searches for the truth of two dead men in an old manor run by an overbearing woman (Greta Scachhi) and finds out quickly that he's caught in a web of lies and deceit. Everyone is a ..read more »
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from 56 members
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Phantoms
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber, Ben Affleck
Director: Joe Chappelle
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Unspeakable horrors have mysteriously befallen the whole town of Snowfield, Colorado, leaving behind only a few mangled body parts and unanswered questions. Enter two vacationing sisters and a sheriff and deputy from a nearby town, who try to piece things together with the help of a scientist-..read more »
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from 1,252 member
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Wings of Fame
(1990)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth
Director: Otakar Votocek
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A famous movie actor (Peter O'Toole) claims that he has written a book. As result, a real author, not a very well known writer, vengenfully kills him but then dies as a result of an accident. Next, they both find themselves in after-life, where souls of all famous people are gathered.
70%
from 3 members
Currently unavailable
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King Ralph
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt
Director: David S. Ward
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When a freak accident wipes out the entire royal family, an exhaustive search of the bloodline reveals a distant heir: Ralph Jones. A good-natured, down-to-earth Las Vegas lounge singer, Ralph is quickly given a crash course in royal manners. But his unconventional behavior provides fuel for a ..read more »
58%
from 678 members
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The Dark Angel
(1989)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Beatie Edney, Jane Lapotaire
Director: Peter Hammond
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Arguably the archetypal Gothic thriller, The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu's influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Starring Peter O'Toole in a wonderfully rich performance as the dangerous, scheming and perhaps quite mad Silas Ruthyn, this ..read more »
55%
from 4 members
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High Spirits
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenburg
Director: Neil Jordan
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Peter O'Toole stars as the drunken owner of the Castle Hotel which he desperately needs to sell to pay off his endless bills. To attract buyers, he advertises the property as the most ghost-ridden hotel in the Emerald Isle... Unfortunately, when prospective buyers arrive, he press-gangs his loyal ..read more »
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from 1,876 member
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The Last Emperor - Blu-ray
(1987)
Starring: John Lone, Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
The story of Pu Yi, who ascended to the Imperial Throne in China at the age of three and became the country's last Emperor. Although it is 160 minutes long and shot with breathtaking scope and sumptuousness, Bernardo Bertolucci's film is a story about claustrophobia. Pu Yi is a prisoner in the ..read more »
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from 320 members
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The Last Emperor
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
The Last Emperor is the true story of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, the last ruler of the Chinese Ching Dynasty. Told in flashback, the film covers the years 1908 to 1967. We first see the three-year-old Pu Yi being installed in the Forbidden City by ruthless, dying dowager Empress Tzu-Hsui (Lisa Lu). Though ..read more »
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from 8,018 members
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Club Paradise
(1986)
Starring: Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis
Director: Harold Ramis
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Pack your bags for Club Paradise, the Caribbean resort where the good times and laughter come at you in waves. Academy Award winner Robin Williams steers their crazed course of this tropical romp as an ex-Chicago fireman who uses a sizable disability settlement to transform a remote island watering ..read more »
55%
from 52 members
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Creator
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Vincent Spano, Mariel Hemingway
Director: Ivan Passer
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An eccentric, brilliant scientist sets out to "recreate" his pet wife who died 25-years before. To complicate matters, just when he's about to succeed he falls head-over- heels for a beautiful coed. Based on the novel by Jeremy Leven.
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from 139 members
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Creator
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano
Director: Ivan Passer
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An eccentric, brilliant scientist sets out to 'recreate' his wife who died 25-years before. To complicate matters, just when he's about to succeed he falls head-over- heels for a beautiful coed. Based on the novel by Jeremy Leven.
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from 12 members
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Supergirl
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Certificate:
Strength, flight, invincibility, heat vision, an unswerving sense of justice: they're all family traits, Kara, SUPERMAN's cousin also survived the cataclysm that destroyed their homeworld of Krypton. On Earth she becomes SUPERGIRL! Helen Slater plays the title role, posing as Midvale prep-schooler ..read more »
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from 1,840 member
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Masada
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Barbara Carrera, Peter O'Toole, Giulia Pagano
Director: Boris Sagal
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An epic true story of Jews fleeing Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Pursued to a mountain stronghold of the Herods, they face lives enslaved, or suicide.
64%
from 461 members
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Zulu Dawn
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward
Director: Douglas Hickox
Certificate:
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ZULU DAWN depicts the bloody Battle of Isandhlwana, in which 30,000 Zulu warriors wiped out nearly 1,500 British troops stationed in Natal. The film focuses most sharply on the preparations for battle and the political situation in the region at that time. Taking Zulu chief Cetshwayo's defiant ..read more »
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from 1,908 member
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Caligula - Blu-ray
(1979)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole
Director: Tinto Brass
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A reputedly faithful cinematic depiction of the historical events of Caligula's Rome, including the decadence and debauchery that marked his reign. This notorious release has faced rather hysterical hostility from would-be censors. Financed by Penthouse Magazine magnate Bob Guccione, who was ..read more »
49%
from 276 members
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Caligula
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole
Director: Tinto Brass
Certificate:
A reputedly faithful cinematic depiction of the historical events of Caligula's Rome, including the decadence and debauchery that marked his reign. This notorious release has faced rather hysterical hostility from would-be censors. Financed by Penthouse Magazine magnate Bob Guccione, who was ..read more »
39%
from 3,025 members
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Rogue Male
(1976)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, John Standing, Alastair Sim
Director: Clive Donner
Certificate:
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In 1939 Sir Robert Thorndyke took aim at Adolph Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot missed its mark...
68%
from 76 members
Currently unavailable
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Rosebud
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Kim Cattrall
Director: Otto Preminger
Certificate:
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Legendary filmmaker Otto Preminger (BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM) directs this dramatic tale concerning a group of terrorists who kidnap five beautiful women from a yacht in Greece and hold them for ransom.
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from 73 members
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The Ruling Class
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe
Director: Peter Medak
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A sprawling, bursting-at-the-seams send-up of the in-grown eccentricities of the British upper class with Peter O'Toole as one of the least crazy of the English blue-bloods -- he thinks he's Jesus Christ. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Peter O'Toole.
57%
from 532 members
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Man of La Mancha
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco
Director: Arthur Miller
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Cervante's immortal story of Don Quixote and his spiritual quest for 'The Impossible Dream' of honour, chivalry and adventure. Broadway's greatest fantasy musical comes to the small screen with Peter O'Toole in the title role with Sophia Loren as his fair lady, Dulcinea.
61%
from 306 members
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Under Milk Wood
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole
Director: Andrew Sinclair
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Hollywood icons Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter O'Toole star in the screen adaptation of Dylan Thomas's classic play. A celebration of life and death, the film follows the people and events in a small Welsh harbour village, from one spring to the next. Captain Cat, the blind sea captain, ..read more »
59%
from 621 members
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Murphy's War
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Horst Janson
Director: Peter Yates
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Peter O'Toole stars as Murphy, a stranded Irish merchant seaman who is the sole survivor of a WWII German U-boat attack in foreign waters. Rescued by Louis (Philippe Noiret), a French oil engineer, he is taken to a small village hospital and treated by Doctor Haiden (Sian Phillips), a strong-willed ..read more »
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from 675 members
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The Bible - In The Beginning
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris
Director: John Huston
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Focusing and dramatizing the first 22 chapters in The Book of Genesis, "The Bible in the Beginning...," exquisitely and diligently explores the origins of mankind. The stories of Adam and Eve, the story of Cain and Abel, Noah and the Ark, the Tower of Babel, Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham and Sarah, ..read more »
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from 405 members
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How To Steal A Million
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Audrey Hepburn, Charles Boyer
Director: William Wyler
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Director William Wyler went to Paris to shoot this frothy caper comedy. Nicole Bonnet (Audrey Hepburn) lives with her father, Charles (Hugh Griffith). He keeps them in luxury by selling an occasional painting--maybe a Renoir, maybe a van Gogh. A well-known art connoisseur, he has an endless supply ..read more »
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from 1,466 member
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The Night Of The Generals
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay
Director: Anatole Litvak
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The tense story of a manhunt for a psychopathic sex killer during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw and Paris in World War II. An Intelligence major is assigned to the task of finding the killer, who is believed to be a top-ranking German officer...
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from 1,586 member
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What's New Pussycat
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen
Director: Clive Donner
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A notorious womanizer, fashion editor Michael James (Peter O'Toole) decides to seek the help of a psychiatrist when he begins to feel that his inability to commit to a relationship is adversely affecting his personal life. Desperate to remain faithful to his fiancée Carole (Romy Schneider), Michael ..read more »
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from 882 members
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Lord Jim
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Eli Wallach
Director: Richard Brooks
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This faithful adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1900 novel tells the story of a romantic young Englishman, Jim (Peter O'Toole), who takes to the sea on a merchant vessel in his quest for adventure. Imagining himself to be a great man with a bright future, Jim instead deserts at the first true test of ..read more »
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from 293 members
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Becket
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, Donald Wolfit
Director: Peter Glenville
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A historical costume drama of the grandest order, "Becket" is the true story of the friendship between King Henry II and Thomas à Becket, a royal courtier and confidant whom Henry appoints as Archbishop of Canterbury. Once proposed for the office, Becket immediately perceives what the King does not:..read more »
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from 842 members
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Lawrence Of Arabia
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Director: David Lean
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
This sweeping, highly literate historical epic covers the Allies' mideastern campaign during World War I as seen through the eyes of the enigmatic T. E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole, in the role that made him a star). After a prologue showing us Lawrence's ultimate fate, we flash back to Cairo in 1917. ..read more »
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from 22,384 members
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Kidnapped
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Peter Finch, Bernard Lee, James MacArthur
Director: Robert Stevenson
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Kidnapped and cheated of his inheritance, David Balfour joins forces with a Jacobite adventurer. When they are falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands.
54%
from 195 members
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Strumpet City
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Bryan Murray
Director: Tony Barry
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Set in Dublin during the Lockout of 1913, Hugh Leonard's faithful adapttion portrrays the lives of the Irish workers, the strike, the riots and the hardships of early 20th Century Ireland. It's a story bursting with unforgetable characters caught up in the bitter struggles of the age, driven by ..read more »
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from 91 members
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Sherlock Holmes - Valley Of Fear
on DVD
Starring: Peter O'Toole
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A man who discovered gold in America is found dead. Holmes is called in to investigate the murder. What he discovers is that the victim was terrified of retribution...
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from 71 members
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Sherlock Holmes - The Baskerville Curse
on DVD
Starring: Peter O'Toole
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The Baskerville family suffer a curse which means that anyone on the moors may be attacked by a hell hound. Holmes is called in to investigate the curse and keep Henry Baskerville safe.
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from 87 members
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Troy - HD
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Brian Cox
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Certificate:
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In 1193B.C. the dandy Trojan prince Paris (Bloom) irresponsibly spirits away the unhappy wife of Menelaus (Gleeson), the Spartan king. Demanding the return of Helen, the Greeks launch a thousand ships and lay siege to Troy. Under the command of Agamemnon (Cox), revered warrior Achilles (Pitt) leads ..read more »
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from 1,006 member
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Sherlock Holmes - A Study In Scarlet
on DVD
Starring: Peter O'Toole
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When the body of a man is found in a house in London, Holmes is called in to investigate some interesting clues; a woman's wedding ring and a timetable for the Atlantic Steamship Company.
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from 92 members
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Man Friday
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier
Director: Jack Gold
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Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Adrian Mitchell's screenplay is a take-off on the Defoe classic, 'Robinson Crusoe'. This version finds Friday revolting against white supremacy and Crusoe losing the man-to-man conflict for human dignity.
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from 25 members
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The Making Of Lawrence Of Arabia
on DVD
Starring: Peter O'Toole
Certificate: 
A documentary about the making of the film 'Lawrence Of Arabia' which is the story of a British Officer, T.E. Lawrence, who helped the Arabs revolt against the Turks during World War I. Also includes rare footage of the production of this epic.
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from 51 members
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...Brilliant acting as ever by Peter O'Toole although with the life he's led, it's almost method acting for him. The play is terrific, filled with wit, sarcasm, melancholy, per...
