Peter Cushing — Actor (85)
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They Dare Not Love (1941)
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James Whale actor: George Brent / Martha Scott …
other title: El principe desterrado
An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. After meeting a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving, he strikes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but quickly discovers that the Nazis are not to be trusted.
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The Standard (1977)
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Ottokar Runze actor: Simon Ward / Siegfried Rauch …
other title: Die Standarte / La última bandera …
During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while his fellow troops, a motley gang recruited from several different countries not loyal to the royal family, simply try to survive by any means possible.
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Anastasia (1953)
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actor: Peter Cushing / Malcolm Russell …
Set 16 years after the execution of the Tsar and his family by the Bolsheviks. Exiles Prince Bounine and his friends come up with a scheme to con money by claiming an imposter to be Princess Anastasia who escaped the shootings. They find a poor woman who is close to suicide and both looks the part and speaks Russian. All they need to do is train her for her role, enough to convince other members of the ex-Royal household and family also in exile.
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The Woman in the House (1942)
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Sammy Lee actor: John Nesbitt / Ann Richards …
This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an argument with her fiancé. He leaves her house, goes off to serve in the Boer War, and dies of malaria. Catherine blames herself for his death and fears others will also blame her. She does not leave her house for forty years. Groceries are delivered to the house, but no one sees who retrieves them. When the Nazis bomb her house in September 1941, she is forced to cope with the outside world.
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The Man Who Finally Died (1963)
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Quentin Lawrence actor: Stanley Baker / Peter Cushing …
other title: 死而复死 / 神秘電話 …
Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in Bavaria - with his father's name on the coffin. His investigation in Bavaria reveals startling facts and the obstruction he meets makes him suspect foul play.
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The Ghoul (1975)
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Freddie Francis actor: 彼得·库欣 / 约翰·赫特 …
other title: Der Ghul / El necrófago …
In 1920s England, former clergyman Dr Lawrence keeps his cannibal son locked in the attic after the young man is exposed to savage practices in India. When an auto race is held at the estate, Lawrence worries that his son may escape and terrorise the youth.
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Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024)
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Benjamin Field actor: 查尔斯·丹斯 / 蒂姆·伯顿 …
other title: Hammer: Heroes, leyendas y monstruos / 汉默影业：英雄、传说与怪物
A look at Hammer’s progression from a back office in London’s Regent Street to its iconic status within the horror film genre. The company, started by comedian and businessman William Hinds in 1934, made films such as The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Quatermass Xperiment during the period for which it is best known, making stars out of the likes of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
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Mystery on Monster Island (1981)
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Juan Piquer Simón actor: 特伦斯·斯坦普 / 彼得·库欣 …
other title: Das Geheimnis der Monsterinsel / Le Mystère de l'île aux monstres …
A young European boy living in San Francisco is reluctant to marry his long-term girlfriend because he wants to travel around the world first. His wealthy uncle agrees to send him on a global expedition aboard his ship, but en route the boy and his travelling companion are shipwrecked on a remote island, populated by countless prehistoric creatures as well as gold-hunting bandits.
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The Blue Carbuncle (1968)
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Bill Bain actor: 彼得·库欣 / 奈杰尔·斯托克 …
other title: 蓝宝石案 / 蓝宝石 …
A blue carbuncle, a valuable jewel, is stolen from Lady Morcar, and an innocent workman charged and remanded in the run-up to Christmas. Holmes gets a visitor, a gentleman who belongs to a Christmas Club putting money by to purchase a goose for his Christmas dinner. Someone has tried to steal his goose. Another member of the club finds the carbuncle in the goose he has bought. Who put it there? Holmes must find out if one family is to avoid a miserable Yuletide.
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The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1968)
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Viktors Ritelis actor: Peter Cushing / Nigel Stock …
other title: 福尔摩斯：博斯科姆比溪谷案 / 博斯科姆比溪谷案 …
The dead body of grumpy Bill McCarthy is found, brained with a rock, and his son James, with whom he did not get on, is arrested. James' girl-friend approaches Holmes, who discovers that Bill's dying words were nothing to do with "a rat" but concerned with the days of the Australian Gold Rush, decades earlier