Direction: John Peyser

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by John Peyser. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Untouchables (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Walter Grauman · Stuart Rosenberg · Paul Wendkos · John Peyser

Cast Robert Stack · Nicholas Georgiade · Abel Fernandez · Paul Picerni

Plot TV Series (1959-1963). 4 Seasons. 119 Episodes. Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

7.0

615 votes

7.0

615 votes

Combat! (TV Series)

1962 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Bernard McEveety · John Peyser · Sutton Roley · Michael Caffey

Cast Vic Morrow · Rick Jason · Pierre Jalbert · Jack Hogan

Plot TV Series (1962-1967). 152 episodes. Combat!, a one-hour WWII drama series on television, followed a frontline American infantry squad as they battled their way across Europe. With mud-splattered realism, the...

6.9

114 votes

6.9

114 votes

Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)

1979 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Graham Evans · John Gorrie · Alan Gibson · Herbert Wise

Cast Roald Dahl · John Houseman · Andrew Ray · Joan Collins

Plot TV Series (1979-1988). 9 seasons. 112 episodes. A British anthology of mystery, suspense, horror and black comedy, highlighted by plot twists and surprise endings (in the early seasons, all by...

6.8

49 votes

6.8

49 votes

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series)

1964 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Sam Rolfe · E. Darrell Hallenbeck · Joseph Sargent · John Brahm

Cast Robert Vaughn · David McCallum · Leo G. Carroll · Barbara Moore

Plot TV Serie (1964-1968). 4 Seasons. 105 episodes. Napoleon Solo and Illya Kullyakin are the two agents of the United Network Command for Law Enforcement, who fight evil (primarily an organization...

6.5

197 votes

6.5

197 votes

Ripley's Believe It or Not! (TV Series)

1982 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Ronald Lyon · William Kronick · John Peyser · Roger Spottiswoode

Cast Jack Palance · Holly Palance · Marie Osmond · Cathie Shirriff

Plot Based on the travels and discoveries of oddity-hunter Ripley, this show looked at the people, places and events that made up the stranger side of human history. Subjects have included...

6.5

47 votes

6.5

47 votes

Perry Mason (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Erle Stanley Gardner · Arthur Marks · Jesse Hibbs · William D. Russell

Cast Raymond Burr · William Hopper · Barbara Hale · William Talman

Plot TV Series (1957-1966). 9 Seasons. 271 Episodes. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is an attorney who specializes in defending seemingly indefensible cases. With the aid of his secretary Della Street (Barbara...

6.5

1K votes

6.5

1K votes

The Young Warriors

1967 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction John Peyser

Cast James Drury · Steve Carlson · Jonathan Daly · Robert Pine

Plot In World War II, a tough sergeant is put in charge of a squad of young recruits and assigned to lead them on a mission against the Germans.

4.3

30 votes

4.3

30 votes

The Kashmiri Run

1970 · Movie · 99 min. · Spain

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Switch (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 90 min. · United States

Direction John Peyser · Sigmund Neufeld Jr. · Bruce Kessler · Leo Penn

Cast Robert Wagner · Eddie Albert · Charlie Callas · Sharon Gless

Plot Ex-cop Frank McBride (Eddie Albert) and ex-con Pete Ryan (Robert Wagner) start their own detective agency.

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Wide Country (TV Series)

1962 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction John Peyser · Don Weis · John Brahm · William Witney

Cast Earl Holliman · Andrew Prine · Slim Pickens · Ray Teal

Plot Mitch Guthrie is a champion bronco rider in the rodeo who tries to keep his kid brother, Andy, from pursuing the same life.

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Studio One (TV Series)

1948 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Paul Nickell · Franklin J. Schaffner · Allen Reisner · Robert Mulligan

Cast Al Markim · Alexander Scourby · Arthur Storch · Casey Allen

Plot Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. A total of 466 episodes aired on CBS between 1948 and 1958. The program appeared...

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Law of the Plainsman (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Paul Landres · William F. Claxton · John Peyser · Bobby Gordon

Cast Michael Ansara · Dayton Lummis · Nora Marlowe · Gina Gillespie

Plot Sam Buckhart was an Apache Indian who had saved the life of a U.S. Cavalry officer after an Indian ambush. When the officer died, he left Sam money that was...

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Behind Closed Doors (TV Series)

1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction John Peyser · Samuel Gallu · Paul Wendkos · John English

Cast Bruce Gordon · Ellis M. Zacharias · John Sutton · Jacques Aubuchon

Plot The files of Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias were the basis of this series based on American counterespionage from 25 years in naval intelligence. The stories were connected with the...

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Undersea Girl

1957 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction John Peyser

Cast Mara Corday · Pat Conway · Florence Marly · Dan Seymour

Plot A woman reporter, a navy investigator, and a heavyset police detective come across a gang which scuttled a ship in order to loot her later, underwater, for a Navy money...

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Garrison's Gorillas (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Mort Green · David Karp · Tom Gries · Sutton Roley

Cast Ron Harper · Cesare Danova · Brendon Boone · Christopher Cary

Plot TV Series (1967-1968). 1 season. 26 episodes. Inspired by the film "The Dirty Dozen", this series chronicles the adventures of a group of convicts recruited into the U.S. Army by...

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Casablanca (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction John Peyser · Don Weis

Cast Michael Fox · Peter van Eyck · Charles McGraw · Marcel Dalio

Plot Series inspired by the famous film, it is set before the events of the film.

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The American Girls (TV Series)

1978 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Mike Lloyd Ross · Lane Slate · Lee Philips · Rod Holcomb

Cast Priscilla Barnes · Debra Clinger · David Spielberg · William Prince

Plot Rebecca Tomkins (Priscilla Barnes) and Amy Waddell (Debra Clinger) are a pair of sexy young television reporters working for a respected "60 Minutes", like newsmagazine. Receiving their story assignments from...

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Kate McShane (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Corey Allen · Bill Bixby · David Friedkin · John Peyser

Cast Anne Meara · Ed Lauter · John Aprea · Sandy Ward

Plot Kate McShane was a brash but successful criminal attorney from a blue-collar Irish background who often took on cases that seemed hopeless for her clients.

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The Rat Patrol (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Tom Gries · John Peyser · Lee H. Katzin · Robert Sparr

Cast Christopher George · Gary Raymond · Eric Braeden · Lawrence P. Casey

Plot Set in North Africa during World War II, this series chronicles the adventures of a 4-man team of commandos within the Long Range Desert Group. Armed with jeeps equipped with...

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Four Rode Out

1970 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction John Peyser

Cast Sue Lyon · Pernell Roberts · Julián Mateos · Leslie Nielsen

Plot A U.S. marshal sets out to bring in a Mexican bandit accused of killing his girlfriend's father, but it turns out that there's more to the story than there first...

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