Cast: Peter Cook

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


The Black Adder (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 35 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Curtis · Rowan Atkinson · Martin Shardlow · Geoff Posner

Cast Rowan Atkinson · Stephen Frost · Tim McInnerny · Tony Robinson

Synopsis TV Series (1983-1989). 4 Seasons. 25 Episodes. Set in England at the end of the War of the Roses, we soon find out that the history we know is a Tudor fiction. In fact, Henry VII did not actually win...

7.6

4K votes

7.6

4K votes

The Princess Bride

1987 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Robin Wright · Cary Elwes · Mandy Patinkin · Chris Sarandon

Synopsis The Princess Bride (1987) is a whimsical tale of true love and high adventure. It follows the beautiful Buttercup, who is separated from her beloved farmhand, Westley, when he is presumed dead. Years later, she is betrothed to the nefarious...

7.4

62K votes

7.4

62K votes

Without a Clue

1988 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thom Eberhardt

Cast Ben Kingsley · Michael Caine · Jeffrey Jones · Lysette Anthony

Synopsis The outrageous comedy about the world's greatest detective and his bumbling partner...Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behing the operation. Watson scripts all of Holmes' solutions, having...

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

Dandy in Aspic

1968 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Anthony Mann · Laurence Harvey

Cast Laurence Harvey · Tom Courtenay · Mia Farrow · Harry Andrews

Synopsis A Russian double agent, posing as a British spy for the past eighteen years, finds his request to return home denied. His life is further complicated when British Intelligence assigns him to eliminate his Russian counterpart and friend.

5.8

242 votes

5.8

242 votes

The Wrong Box

1966 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Bryan Forbes

Cast John Mills · Michael Caine · Ralph Richardson · Peter Cook

Synopsis A tontine is established for a dozen children, a tontine being a kind of bet/insurance, money is put in for each to grow with interest and the last survivor is to get the lot. We watch the group dwindle until...

5.8

220 votes

5.8

220 votes

Great Balls of Fire!

1989 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Jim McBride

Cast Dennis Quaid · Winona Ryder · Alec Baldwin · John Bloom

Synopsis Great Balls of Fire! (1989) tells the electrifying true story of Jerry Lee Lewis, a rebellious rock 'n' roll pioneer whose meteoric rise to fame is fueled by his fiery piano skills and wild personality. As his career skyrockets in...

5.7

5K votes

5.7

5K votes

Getting It Right

1989 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

5.5

47 votes

5.5

47 votes

Bedazzled

1967 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

5.4

625 votes

5.4

625 votes

Monte Carlo or Bust!

1969 · Movie · 125 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Annakin

Cast Bourvil · Lando Buzzanca · Walter Chiari · Peter Cook

Synopsis In an international car rally, competitors must travel from various points in Europe to Monte Carlo, then race their cars. Things are complicated by smuggling, cheating, honor, inventions, medicine, and love at first sight...

5.2

193 votes

5.2

193 votes

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1978 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Morrissey

Cast Peter Cook · Dudley Moore · Kenneth Williams · Terry-Thomas

Synopsis A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.

5.0

34 votes

5.0

34 votes

Yellowbeard

1983 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mel Damski

Cast Graham Chapman · Peter Boyle · Cheech Marin · Tommy Chong

Synopsis Yellowbeard, a pirate's pirate, is allowed to escape from prison to lead the authorities to his treasure. He finds that his wife neglected to tell him that he now has a son, 20, and shame of shame, an intellectual. The...

4.8

157 votes

4.8

157 votes

Supergirl

1984 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Helen Slater · Faye Dunaway · Peter O'Toole · Mia Farrow

Synopsis Supergirl is transported to Earth accidentally, where she meets Ethan. Ethan has been put under a spell by the witch Selena, which makes him fall in love with the first person he sees. When the spell causes Ethan to fall...

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3.4

3K votes

3.4

3K votes

Direction Kevin Billington

Cast Peter Cook · Denholm Elliott · Ronald Fraser · Vanessa Howard

Synopsis Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics, and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise...

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Find the Lady

1976 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Trent

Cast Lawrence Dane · John Candy · Ed McNamara · Bob McHeady

Synopsis The daughter of a wealthy businessman has been kidnapped, and the chief of police, under a lot of pressure to find her as soon as possible, assigns officers Kopek and Broom to track her down and bring her back safe...

Not rated

Not rated

Everyman (TV Series)

1976 · Documentary · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction William Nicholson · Judy Jackson · Hugh David · Nikki Stockley

Cast Peter France · Joan Bakewell · Spike Milligan · Jeremy Paxman

Synopsis Everyman is a British television documentary series that aired on BBC One in a late-night slot on Sunday evenings between 1977 and 2000. Its subject matter tended to be focused on moral and religious issues, often in the form of...

Not rated

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The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

1972 · Movie · 114 min. · Australia

Direction Bruce Beresford

Cast Barry Crocker · Barry Humphries · Spike Milligan · Peter Cook

Synopsis Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will.

Not rated

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Derek and Clive Get the Horn

1979 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Russell Mulcahy

Cast Dudley Moore · Peter Cook · Richard Branson · Nicola Austin

Synopsis Russell Mulcahy (of "Highlander" fame) films British comedy luminaries Peter Cook and Dudley Moore recording their last comedy album featuring two of their most beloved characters, lavatory attendants Derek and Clive. Booze, drugs, strippers and practical jokes (sometimes bitter and...

Not rated

Not rated

Bachelor of Hearts

1958 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Wolf Rilla

Cast Hardy Krüger · Sylvia Syms · Ronald Lewis · Eric Barker

Synopsis German scholar Wolf Hauser arrives for a year at Cambridge. Apart from his studies he tries to muck in with the very English non-academic goings-on while romancing pretty Girton-girl Ann.

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Whoops Apocalypse

1988 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tom Bussmann

Cast Peter Cook · Loretta Swit · Herbert Lom · Rik Mayall

Synopsis A British satire on the beginning of WWIII. A small British colony is invaded by its Communist neighbour. Newly elected female US President Barbara Adams tried to sort out the mess, but the British PM sends in a task force...

Not rated

Not rated