Movies starring Peter Illing

Against the Wind (1948)

96 mins     Action , Drama, War      

Watching "Against the Wind" now and you can't but help see the similarity between this Ealing production and movies which would come later with its story of special agents parachuting behind enemy lines only to discover they ...

Lucky Nick Cain (1951)

87 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

Movie Review - Lucky Nick Cain (1951) George Raft stars as gambler Nicky Cain who finds himself framed for a murder of a U.S. treasury agent and forced to go on the run whilst he finds out what is really going on...

Bhowani Junction (1956)

110 mins     Drama      

I know I have mentioned this before but I will say it again as history lessons at school bored me senseless and I am pretty sure that Britain's departure from India back in the 1940s was not even covered. Now that makes watch...

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

119 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama, War      

This is hard for me to say it but "The Battle of the River Plate" did very little for me as it struggled to draw me in to the unfolding drama based on a real wartime event. The annoying thing is that it is a nicely shot movie...

Fire Down Below (1957)

116 mins     Adventure , Drama      

There are a number of actresses who could cause a fire down below and Rita Hayworth in her prime is certainly one of them. But then the "Fire Down Below" in this title has a double meaning as it is a movie of two halves. And ...

Whirlpool (1959)

95 mins     Crime, Drama, Romance      

Movie Review - Whirlpool (1959) Juliette Gréco stars as Lora, a woman trying to escape from her past but that past and also the police are on her trail as she tries to run away by working on a river boat...