Biography: Peter Lawford |
Peter Lawford was a bushy-browed, slender, aristocratic, good-looking British leading man in Hollywood films. At age eight he appeared in the film Poor Old Bill (1931); seven years later he visited Hollywood and appeared in a supporting role as a... more
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Tags: Drama Sports Drama
Length: 113min
A medical student decides to enter the world of boxing and dives into a life of superficial values and corruption in this remake of the 1947 classic. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
Cast: Tony Curtis Orson Welles
Tags: Comedy
Length: 84min
Where Is Parsifal? -- he (Tony Curtis) is in a castle surrounded by nutcakes, himself a hypochondriac who has invented a laser skywriter and wants to sell the patent for his invention to millionaire Henry Board II (Erik Estrada) or to wealthy gypsy...
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor Mickey Rooney Bing Crosby Gene Kelly Fred Astaire James Stewart Frank Sinatra Debbie Reynolds
Tags: Film & Television History Film, TV & Radio Biography Dance
Length: 132min
It's ironic that MGM, in such dire financial straits in 1974 that it was selling its fabled back lot and auctioning off artifacts from past movie triumphs, enjoyed one of its biggest box-office hits with That's Entertainment, a compilation of musical...
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971)
Tags: Detective Film Crime Thriller Mystery Crime
Length: 100min
The first of two efforts by Universal to launch an Ellery Queen TV series in the 1970s, Don't Look Behind You stars Peter Lawford as intellectual private eye Ellery Queen. Based on the novel Cat of Many Tales, the film finds Queen investigating a...
Cast: Catherine Deneuve Jack Lemmon Myrna Loy
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Romance
Length: 95min
Virtually the first third of The April Fools takes place at a trendy party held by sharkish executive Ted Gunther (Peter Lawford). It is here that Howard Brubaker (Jack Lemmon), one of Gunther's employees, makes the acquaintance of the boss' lovely...
Length: 92min
An international cast headlines this espionage comedy that centers on a world-wide hunt for stolen American defense papers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Cast: Jerry Lewis
Tags: Crime Comedy Comedy Crime
Length: 93min
Rat-pack pals Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford reprise their roles of Charlie Salt and Chris Pepper, respectively, in this film that marks the directorial debut of comedian/writer Jerry Lewis. Lawford also plays Lord Sydney Pepper, the twin brother...
Tags: Comedy
Length: 92min
This comedy begins when Peter Ingersoll (Jerry Lewis) hears from Dr. Carter (Peter Lawford) that he has only a few months to live. Peter's wife Nancy (Anne Francis) suggests her husband spend his remaining days fishing, so Peter embarks on a...
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida Peter Lawford Shelley Winters
Length: 113min
Gina Lollobrigida delivers a bright comic turn in Melvin Frank's farce concerning Carla, an Italian woman who, during World War II, had affairs with three American soldiers who served in the U.S. Army Air Force -- Phil Newman (Phil Silvers), Justin...
Tags: Crime Mystery Comedy Action Buddy Film Slapstick Spy Film
Length: 101min
Two steadfast members of Frank Sinatra's self-styled "clan," Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr., are the stars of Salt and Pepper. The boys run a swinging nightclub in London's Soho district (which explains their awful "mod" wardrobe) and also...
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