Peter O'Toole

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Savage Innocents, The (1960): Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, Yoko Tani; Curiously compelling ethnological drama from dir. Ray in which an eskimo (Quinn) wages an ongoing battle for survival in the Arctic environment and…
Lawrence of Arabia (1962): Dir. David Lean
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn…; Superlative epic biography of enigmatic adventurer T.E. Lawrence played by a charismatic Peter O'Toole in his first leading role. The spectacle is…
Becket (1964): Dir. Peter Glenville
Feat. Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud…; Stinging, fact–based epic turns the trusted relationship between King Henry II (O’Toole) and his best friend, the Archbishop of Canterbury…
What's New Pussycat (1965): Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Woody Allen…; Early Woody Allen script sees shrink Peter Sellers trying to help Peter O'Toole with his woman–problems.
Lord Jim (1965): Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Jack Hawkins…
Bible, The (1966): Dir. John Huston
Feat. Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, John Huston…; A sincere, if not entirely successful, attempt to transpose the Old Testament to the screen – from Adam to Isaac. Appropriately grand and…
How to Steal a Million (1966): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach…; A top cast lifts this romantically–inclined suspense caper, wherein Hepburn must steal a forged sculpture belonging to her own family before it…
Night of the Generals, The (1967): Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay…; WWII crime thriller concerning the prolonged investigation of the murder of a Polish prostitute and German agent that implicates three generals, and…
Lion in Winter, The (1968): Dir. Anthony Harvey
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn; An acting feast for Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn (who won an Oscar) as tempestuous King Henry II and his estranged wife who fiercely…
Under Milkwood (1971): Dir. Andrew Sinclair
Feat. Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole…; Celebrated radio play by Dylan Thomas gets a surprisingly successful visual rendering, though some will always prefer the original format for Thomas'…
Murphy's War (1971): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Philippe Noiret; Shipwrecked off the coast of Venezuala by a U–Boat near the end of WWII, Peter O'Toole decides to recuperate a derelict seaplane and mount a…
Man of La Mancha (1972): Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco…; Peter O’Toole ‘dreams the impossible dream’ as Cervantes’ Don Quixote in this much–maligned adaptation of the popular Broadway musical.…
Ruling Class, The (1972): Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe; An eccentric comedy about English eccentricity, with schizophrenic aristocrat Peter O’Toole succeeding the Earlship of Gurney, and proceeding to…
Man Friday (1975): Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier; Spin–off on the Defoe classic, "Robinson Crusoe", updated with Man Friday revolting against white supremacy and engaging in a conflict with…
Rosebud (1975): Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Peter Lawford…; Preminger's penultimate film is sadly a mess. Members of the Palestinian Liberation Army kidnap five heiresses in order to bring attention to their…
Zulu Dawn (1979): Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Phil Daniels…; Prequel to ZULU is a vivid recreation of the Battle of Isandhlwana.
Caligula (1979): Dir. Tinto Brass
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud…; Penthouse magnate Bob Guccione's notorious 'legitimate' porno–drama stars Malcolm MacDowell as the ruthless and randy Roman Emperor. This…
Stunt Man, The (1980): Dir. Richard Rush
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey; A fugitive stumbles upon a movie set, where he is embraced and hired as a stuntman by the fervant director. A bizarre,…
Strumpet City (Mini-Series) (1980): Feat. Peter O'Toole, Peter Ustinov; Broad, sweeping Irish history of Dubliners in the early 20th century. Based on James Plunkett’s popular novel.
Masada (TV Mini-series) (1981): Dir. Boris Sagal
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera…; Epic mini–series set in the first century AD, where commander Flavius Silva (O'Toole) leads his army into combat against the remaining Jewish…
My Favourite Year (1982): Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Jessica Harper, Mark Linn-Baker…; An inventive, well–regarded 'backstage–comedy' based on the TV career of comedian Sid Caesar. Standing out among a handful of great…
Svengali (1983): Dir. Anthony Harvey
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Jodie Foster, Holly Hunter; Has been vocalist turned singing instructor O'Toole takes young rocker Foster under his wings. By all accounts a complete misfire. Though if you can…
Supergirl (1984): Dir. Jeannot Szwarc
Feat. Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter O'Toole…; Dilute but amiable spinoff has Superman's kid cousin, Supergirl (Slater), sent to Earth to foil the plans of an evil sorceress (Dunaway) who has laid…
Creator (1985): Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano…; A charmingly absurd sci–fi rom–com from the 1980's starring Peter O'Toole as a madcap scientist who applies his eccentric methodology to…
Club Paradise (1986): Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Harold Ramis, Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole…; Robin Williams retreats to a tropical Caribbean island, helping to renovate a run–down resort at the mercy of ruthless developers. With Jimmy…
Last Emperor, The (1987): Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. John Lone, Peter O'Toole; Grand scale interpretation of the true life of Pu Yi (John Lone), the last emperor of China, who ascended the throne at three years–old to live…
High Spirits (1988): Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Donal McCann, Daryl Hannah…; All–star horror farce set around impoverished gentleman O'Toole's attempts to lure tourists to his Irish castle, with the promise of 'ghosts'…
On a Moonlit Night (Up to Date) (1989): Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Nastassja Kinski, Peter O'Toole…; A reporter (Rutger Hauer) travels the world pretending to have AIDS so that he write a story. In English.
King Ralph (1991): Dir. David S Ward
Feat. John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt; John Goodman stars as the boorish American heir to the British throne.
Gulliver's Travels (1995): Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Peter O'Toole…; Epic, state–of–the–art version of Jonathan Swift's classic fairytale stars Ted Danson as the long–shipwrecked doctor who must…
Fairytale: A True Story (1997): Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel; An exquisite kidult flight–of–fancy based on one of the great popular myths of the 20th Century – the mysterious, allegedly…
Phantoms (1998): Dir. Joe Chappelle
Feat. Joanna Going, Rose McGowan, Ben Affleck…; Dropping in on a remote town with no apparent inhabitants, babe sisters Joanna Going and Rose McGowan find themselves on the sinister skids. Ben…
Coming Home (TV mini-series) (1998): Dir. Giles Foster
Feat. Joanna Lumley, Peter O'Toole, Emily Mortimer…; Star–studded adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's best–selling novel of love, friendship and the discovery of womanhood set on the Cornish…
Joan of Arc (1999): Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe, Maximilian Schell…; The French heroine, brought to the small–screen with a big name cast.
Molokai - The Story of Father Damien (1999): Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. David Wenham, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole…; An earnest account of a Belgian priest’s heroic efforts in the Hawaiian leper colony of Molokai in the 1870s, distinguished by its intriguing tale…
Manor, The (1999): Dir. Ken Berris
Feat. Greta Scacchi, Gabrielle Anwar, Peter O'Toole…; Comical murder mystery set in a creaky English manor where an investigator searches for the killer of a stable boy, however runs into obstacles when…
Hitler - The Rise of Evil (2003): Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Stockard Channing, Peter O'Toole…; Somewhat controversial account of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, attempting to fathom his potential for evil–doing. An only…
Bright Young Things (2003): Dir. Stephen Fry
Feat. Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dan Aykroyd…; Set among the aspirant youth of 1930s Britain, this fresh satirical comedy marks a promising debut for dir. Fry, even if the drama is sliced a little…
Augustus (TV Mini-Series) (2003): Dir. Roger Young
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling; Peter O'Toole takes on the role of Augustus Caesar in this refreshing series focusing on the time when Augustus stepped into his adopted father's…
Troy (2004): Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom…; Homer's epic is cranked up to full fury in this Hollywood CGI–ed adaptation, depicting the seige of Troy by the vengeful Greek army and the…
Lassie (2005): Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Samantha Morton, Peter O'Toole, Peter Dinklage; The 'Lassie' franchise returns faithfully to England in this rambling and affable remake, in which an impoverished mining family in 1930s Yorkshire…
Venus (2006): Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips…; The writer and dir. of THE MOTHER reteam for a companion piece to that film, this time inverting its premise to detail a relationship between a…
Dean Spanley (2008): Dir. Toa Fraser
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole…; This Kiwi–British production cross–breed is a charmingly eccentric, surprisingly moving 'drawing room' drama set in Edwardian Britain in…

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