Peter Arne

Peter Arne

September 29, 1920 · 106 years old

Born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya, to a Swiss-French mother and an American father, Peter Arne was an actor and an antique dealer who was murdered in 1983. In the late 1940s, Arne and his partner Jack Corke befriended acclaimed novelist Mary Renault and her partner, Julie Mullard, on the SS Cai…

Known For

17 titles
1
Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

1971 · 1h 53m · Movie

A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.

7.4
2
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968 · 2h 24m · Movie

A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.

7.0
3
The Return of the Pink Panther

The Return of the Pink Panther

1975 · 1h 53m · Movie

Inspector Jacques Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.

7.0
4
Victor/Victoria

Victor/Victoria

1982 · 2h 14m · Movie

A struggling female soprano in 1934 Paris finally finds work after posing as a female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life when a visiting Chicago gangster finds himself inexplicably attracted to the seemingly male p...

7.6
5
Trail of the Pink Panther

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982 · 1h 36m · Movie

Journalist Marie Jouvet attempts to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau.

4.8
6
Khartoum

Khartoum

1966 · 2h 8m · Movie

In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Oli...

6.8
7
Curse of the Pink Panther

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983 · 1h 49m · Movie

Ensuing after the events of Clouseau's disappearance, his bosses at the Surete put a computer into service to elect a new shrewd detective, Sleigh, who turns up just as inept as Clouseau.

4.3
8
Ice Cold in Alex

Ice Cold in Alex

1958 · 2h 10m · Movie

During World War II in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria.

7.7
9
The Oblong Box

The Oblong Box

1969 · 1h 36m · Movie

Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Sir Edward occasionally escapes and causes havoc around the town.

6.0
10
The Passage

The Passage

1979 · 1h 38m · Movie

During World War II, a Basque shepherd is approached by underground operatives who want him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees while they're being pursued by a sadistic German officer.

6.0
11
The Cockleshell Heroes

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955 · 1h 37m · Movie

During World War II, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

6.5
12
Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1971 · 1h 27m · Movie

Paris...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.

5.2
13
Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

1972 · 2h 40m · Movie

After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor: Octavius.

5.8
14
The Pirates of Blood River

The Pirates of Blood River

1962 · 1h 27m · Movie

A group of ruthless pirates attack a seventeenth century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.

6.0
15
Breakout

Breakout

1959 · 1h 41m · Movie

In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through a series of failed escapes only to culminate in a daring plan for a dramatic mass escape.

6.8
16
The Moonraker

The Moonraker

1958 · 1h 22m · Movie

After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish.

5.9
17
A Story of David: The Hunted

A Story of David: The Hunted

1960 · 1h 39m · Movie

King Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who long ago slew Goliath and brought victory to Saul's armies. Now Saul, egged on by his Edomite counselor Doeg, attempts to have David killed. Saul's son, and Da...

5.5