Screenplay: Peter Barnes
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Peter Barnes. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Ruling Class
1972 · Movie · 154 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Medak
Cast Peter O'Toole · Alastair Sim · Arthur Lowe · Harry Andrews
Plot A member of the House of Lords dies in a shockingly silly way, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son is insane: he thinks he is Jesus Christ....
6.6
212 votes
6.6
212 votes
Enchanted April
1992 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Mike Newell
Cast Joan Plowright · Miranda Richardson · Polly Walker · Alfred Molina
Plot This slow-paced gem is about the civilizing influence of Italy on beleaguered Londoners both male and female and has it's own civilizing influence on the viewer. It's almost like taking...
6.2
382 votes
6.2
382 votes
Merlin (TV Miniseries)
1998 · Series · 182 min. · United States
Direction Steve Barron
Cast Sam Neill · Helena Bonham Carter · Miranda Richardson · John Gielgud
Plot In a time long past, when magic was fading from the world of men, the malevolent sorceress Mab (Miranda Richardson) summoned forth a mighty wizard to keep the power of...
5.8
3K votes
5.8
3K votes
A Christmas Carol (TV)
1999 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction David Hugh Jones
Cast Patrick Stewart · Richard E. Grant · Joel Grey · Ian McNeice
Plot Adaptation of Charles Dickens' story "A Christmas Carol." A crotchety, old misanthrope, Ebenezer Scrooge, experiences an epiphany on Christmas Eve when he revisits his wretched past and is permitted to...
5.7
312 votes
5.7
312 votes
Arabian Nights (TV Miniseries)
2000 · Series · 175 min. · United States
Direction Steve Barron
Cast Jason Scott Lee · John Leguizamo · Mili Avital · Alan Bates
Plot To cure a prince's murderous madness, Scheherezade tells him a series of wonderous stories.
5.6
346 votes
5.6
346 votes
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (TV Miniseries)
1999 · Series · 172 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Henderson
Cast Randy Quaid · Whoopi Goldberg · Roger Daltrey · Colm Meaney
Plot American businessman Jack Woods rents a cottage on the enchanted Emerald Isle which is occupied by a family of leprechauns. Leprechaun Seamus Muldoon's son and son's friends crash the fairies'...
5.5
919 votes
5.5
919 votes
Not with My Wife, You Don't!
1966 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Direction Norman Panama
Cast Tony Curtis · Virna Lisi · George C. Scott · Carroll O'Connor
Plot During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott...
5.1
53 votes
5.1
53 votes
Noah's Ark (TV Miniseries)
1999 · Series · 160 min. · United States
Direction John Irvin
Cast Jon Voight · Mary Steenburgen · F. Murray Abraham · Carol Kane
Plot Noah is an ordinary laborer who one day begins receiving messages from God. It seems the Lord has a special assignment for him: since God is planning on destroying the...
4.2
979 votes
4.2
979 votes
Hard Times (TV Miniseries)
1994 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Barnes
Cast Alan Bates · Richard E. Grant · Bill Paterson · Bob Peck
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Violent Moment
1959 · Movie · 61 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Sidney Hayers
Cast Lyndon Brook · Jane Hylton · Jill Browne · John Paul
Plot Douglas Baines, a wartime army deserter, is lying low in a shabby flat with his girlfriend Daisy and the couple's small son, Jiffy. Returning home with a toy for Jiffy's...
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Spaghetti House
1982 · Movie · 103 min. · Italy
Direction Giulio Paradisi
Cast Nino Manfredi · Rita Tushingham · Rudolph Walker · Leo Gullotta
Plot Three black militants kidnap the waiters in an Italian restaurant in London. Soon the victims befriend their kidnappers.
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The White Trap
1959 · Movie · 58 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Sidney Hayers
Cast Lee Patterson · Conrad Phillips · Michael Goodliffe · Jack Allen
Plot Serving a jail sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Paul Langley makes several attempts to escape from prison, in order to clear his name. He also has other problems,...
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Offbeat
1961 · Movie · 71 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Cliff Owen
Cast William Sylvester · Mai Zetterling · John Meillon · Anthony Dawson
Plot An MI5 officer goes undercover to catch a criminal gang.
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The Professionals
1960 · Movie · 61 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Don Sharp
Cast William Lucas · Andrew Faulds · Colette Wilde · Stratford Johns
Plot A renowned safecracker and his crew try to rob a bank by entering the vault through the sewer system.
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The Moon and the Stars
2007 · Movie · 98 min. · Italy
Direction John Irvin
Cast Jonathan Pryce · Alfred Molina · Catherine McCormack · András Bálint
Plot 1939: Rome stands on the brink of World War II. In the midst of this political and social tension famed producer Davide Rieta (Alfred Molina) is making a major film....
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Breakout
1959 · Movie · 62 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Graham Scott
Cast Lee Patterson · Hazel Court · William Lucas · John Paul
Plot A government official arranges prison breaks as a sideline, but the police steps in and his gang is caught.
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Voices
1995 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Malcolm Clarke
Cast Jeremy Northam · Tushka Bergen · Allan Corduner · Hilton McRae
Plot A story about real life early 20th century British composer and music critic Philip Arnold Heseltine.
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Ring of Treason
1964 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Tronson
Cast Bernard Lee · William Sylvester · Margaret Tyzack · David Kossoff
Plot During the Cold War, a RN warrant officer stationed in the British Embassy in Warsaw leaks secrets to his Polish girlfriend who's a Soviet agent and after his transfer to...
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