Cast: Peter Bowles

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Peter Bowles. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Blow-Up

1966 · Movie · 108 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michelangelo Antonioni

Cast David Hemmings · Vanessa Redgrave · Sarah Miles · Peter Bowles

Synopsis Thomas (David Hemmings) is a nihilistic, wealthy fashion photographer in mod "Swinging London." Filled with ennui, bored with his "fab" but oddly-lifeless existence of casual sex and drug use, Thomas comes alive when he wanders through a park, stops to...

7.0

14K votes

7.0

14K votes

Victoria (TV Series)

2016 · Series · 510 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Daisy Goodwin · Tom Vaughan · Oliver Blackburn · Sandra Goldbacher

Cast Jenna Coleman · Rufus Sewell · Tom Hughes · Catherine H. Flemming

Synopsis TV Series (2016-2019). 3 Seasons. 25 Episodes. The ambitious 8-part drama follows the early life of Queen Victoria (Jenna Coleman), from her accesion to the throne at the tender age of 18 through to her courtship and marriage to Prince...

7.0

915 votes

7.0

915 votes

Direction Dan Reed

Cast David Suchet · David Yelland · Jemima Rooper · Zoe Wanamaker

Synopsis After a seemingly neurotic young heiress tells Ariadne Oliver and Poirot that she thinks she may have killed someone, her ex-nanny is found with her wrists slashed.

6.8

156 votes

6.8

156 votes

Lilting

2014 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Hong Khaou

Cast Ben Whishaw · Cheng Pei-Pei · Andrew Leung · Peter Bowles

Synopsis The world of a Chinese mother mourning the untimely death of her son is suddenly disrupted by the presence of a stranger who doesn't speak her language. Lilting is a touching and intimate film about finding the things that bring...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

The Avengers (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sydney Newman · Don Leaver · Peter Hammond · Kim Mills

Cast Patrick MacNee · Diana Rigg · Honor Blackman · Linda Thorson

Synopsis TV Series (1961-1969). 7 Seasons. 161 Episodes. The Avengers was an British television series featuring secret agents in 1960s Britain. The programmes were made by TV company Associated British Corporation, and created by its Head of Drama Sydney Newman. Starring...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

The Persuaders! (TV Series)

1971 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Leslie Norman · Roy Ward Baker · Basil Dearden · David Greene

Cast Tony Curtis · Roger Moore · Laurence Naismith · Juliet Harmer

Synopsis English Lord Brett Sinclair and American Danny Wilde are both wealthy playboys, they are teamed together by Judge Fullton to investigate crimes which the police can't solve. These two men are complete opposites, but become great friends through their adventures...

6.5

228 votes

6.5

228 votes

The Offence

1973 · Movie · 112 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sidney Lumet

Cast Sean Connery · Trevor Howard · Vivien Merchant · Ian Bannen

Synopsis In Sidney Lumet's harrowing portrayal of police brutality, Detective Sergeant Johnson has been with the British Police Force for 20 years. In that time, the countless murders, rapes and other serious crimes he has had to investigate has left a...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

The Legend of Hell House

1973 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Hough

Cast Pamela Franklin · Roddy McDowall · Clive Revill · Gayle Hunnicutt

Synopsis A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove/disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone...

6.1

2K votes

6.1

2K votes

Eyewitness

1970 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

5.1

86 votes

5.1

86 votes

Endless Night

1971 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sidney Gilliat

Cast Hayley Mills · Hywel Bennett · Britt Ekland · George Sanders

Synopsis Michael Rogers is a chauffeur with little money, but big dreams. Foremost of these is building his dream house on the perfect piece of land. Michael gets his chance when his new girlfriend, Ellie, turns out to be an extremely...

4.9

182 votes

4.9

182 votes

The Disappearance

1977 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stuart Cooper

Cast Donald Sutherland · Francine Racette · David Hemmings · John Hurt

Synopsis Thriller about a contract killer whose wife has disappeared. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a "shy" or hit, he suspects they are connected with her disappearance.

4.4

55 votes

4.4

55 votes

Off the Rails

2021 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jules Williamson

Cast Kelly Preston · Jenny Seagrove · Sally Phillips · Franco Nero

Synopsis Now in their 50's, four friends recreate an inter-rail journey across Europe, but this time 18-year-old Maddie is taking her mother's place, fulfilling her dying wish. With lost passports, train strikes and romantic entanglements thrown in their way, they must...

3.9

126 votes

3.9

126 votes

Love's Kitchen

2011 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Hacking

Cast Claire Forlani · Dougray Scott · Michelle Ryan · Simon Callow

Synopsis After his wife is killed in a car accident a top London chef (Scott) relocates to the countryside, where, with encouragement from his friend Gordon Ramsay, he converts an old country pub into a gourmet restaurant. After finding success, he...

3.6

603 votes

3.6

603 votes

Direction Roy Ward Baker · Robert Chetwyn · John Howard · Peter Sykes

Cast Peter Bowles · Bryan Murray · Beryl Reid · Niall Toibin

Synopsis TV Series (1983-1985). 3 Seasons. 18 Episodes. A drama about a retired English army officer who becomes a resident magistrate in turn-of-the-20th-century West Ireland. When fine gentleman Major Sinclair Yeates leaves his home in England to work as the pre-Independence...

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The Steal

1995 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Hay

Cast Alfred Molina · Helen Slater · Peter Bowles · Dinsdale Landen

Synopsis A young American computer hackeress is hired by a liberal British lawyer to right the wrong done to a third world country by a London investment company. Even the expertise of her building inspector sidekick can not prevent a surprising...

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Three Hats for Lisa

1966 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sidney Hayers

Cast Joe Brown · Sophie Hardy · Sid James · Una Stubbs

Synopsis Three young Cockneys take a day off work to meet a foreign movie star at Heathrow airport. She joins them and their taxi driver while she collects some typically British hats. The main rule of the game is to steal...

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Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series)

1978 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Donald McWhinnie · Roger Bamford · Julian Amyes · Robert Tronson

Cast Leo McKern · Jonathan Coy · Julian Curry · Marion Mathie

Synopsis (1978-1992). 7 seasons. Horace Rumpole is an "Old Bailey Hack," one of the underpaid barristers who ply the courtrooms of the Old Bailey, London's criminal court. Rumpole refused to handle most suits and will never prosecute. Each of his trials...

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Not rated

Freebird

2008 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jon Ivay

Cast Gary Stretch · Geoff Bell · Phil Daniels · Laila Rouass

Synopsis Three London motorcycle couriers Fred (Gary Stretch), Tyg (Geoff Bell) and Grouch (Phil Daniels) set off from the capital in search of an elusive hippy and his cannabis farm in the Welsh mountains.

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Taste of Excitement

1970 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Sharp

Cast Eva Renzi · David Buck · Peter Vaughan · Paul Hubschmid

Synopsis A man has been killed on the Dover/Boulogne car ferry. What is the connection between him and the attempts being made to kill Jane Kerrell, a young girl in her early twenties? As she speeds through the French countryside to...

Not rated

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Passport to Murder (TV)

1993 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction David Hemmings

Cast Connie Sellecca · Ed Marinaro · Pavel Douglas · Peter Bowles

Synopsis A Park Avenue socialite's trip to Paris turns dangerous when she learns that mysterious strangers are following her.

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Not rated