Movies directed by Peter

Blind Spot (1958)

72 mins Drama

"Blind Spot" is one of those movies which draws you in with a decent set up, watching the blind Dan Adams get dropped off at the wrong house, trip on a body and then have an encounter with the killers is intriguing. It also h...

Revenge of the Virgins (1959)

61 mins Western

Anyone who frequents The Movie Scene knows I like old westerns especially those which have a run time of 60 minutes but I have to say that I have never come across a western like "Revenge of the Virgins" before. Now this late...

Serena (1962)

60 mins Crime, Drama

Butcher's Film Service is not a very glamorous name and almost gives you an impression of a back alley film company knocking out hastily put together movies on the butcher's block using meat cleavers to cut the film. And in t...

Captain Clegg (1962)

82 mins Adventure , Drama, Horror

"Captain Clegg", or "Night Creatures" as it is also called, is a different sort of prospect from Hammer as we are not in horror land but more a traditional costume drama of rogue smugglers and their schemes to avoid being det...

Summer Holiday (1963)

107 mins Musical, Romance

There was the King, Elvis, he made great music and also movies and then there was Cliff Richard, the British equivalent and like Elvis he not only sang he made movies. Now it has to be said that many of Elvis's movies were le...

Impact (1963)

61 mins Thriller

"Impact" is the sort of old British movie which you stumble across one day on one of those channels which appear well down the list which some people don't even know exist. It is also one of those movies which you start watch...

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill (1965)

94 mins Drama, Thriller

On a flight to Athens engine trouble causes pilot Jamie Faulkner (Lex Barker) to land his plane in Beirut where he learns that it will take 24 hours to fix and so the crew as well as the passengers must spend the next day in ...

Bullitt (1968)

114 mins Action , Crime, Mystery

Have we, as a movie loving population, become so spoilt by what cinema has to offer now that it is getting increasingly harder to be impressed by those older movies which some hold in high regard. I say this because I reckon ...

The Italian Job (1969)

99 mins Crime, Drama, Thriller

Charlie Croker, is just about to finish a stint at her majesty's pleasure, but is already involved in plans for his next big robbery with the help of Roger Beckerman, the brains behind the operation. Upon his release, he pays...

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

142 mins Action , Adventure , Crime

Everyone has their favourite Bond and their favourite Bond movie and at the same time they also have their least favourites and quite often when it comes to least favourites George Lazenby and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service...

You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)

97 mins Adventure , Comedy

As a movie reviewer I some times finding myself repeating what I have said before but then on occasion it just can't be helped. "You Can't Win 'Em All" is one such movie, a monotonous, repetitive bore of a movie which when I ...

Murphy's War (1971)

105 mins Drama, War

On face value "Murphy's War" could be grouped together with various other war movies such as "The Eagle has Landed" where it's all about sticking it to the Germans by any means possible. And as such I would have to say "Murph...

The Last Picture Show (1971)

118 mins Drama

Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd were all young actors back in 1971 when "The Last Picture Show" was released yet their performances were those of seasoned professionals who knew how to be people on the scree...

Countess Dracula (1971)

93 mins Horror

I've said it before, I genuinely believe that the Hammer horror movies work best for those who saw them when they first came out and watched now for the first time are quite difficult to appreciate. Now I am in the latter gro...

The Hired Hand (1971)

90 mins Drama, Western

Is cinema purely a form of entertainment or is it also a form of art? Whilst I have no objection to those who delight in the artistic nature of cinema for me personally I see it as a form of entertainment first. The question ...

What's Up, Doc? (1972)

94 mins Comedy, Romance

"What's Up, Doc?" is not only a crazy movie but also a crazy good one as Peter Bogdanovich takes everything which was so good about screwball comedies from the 30s and brings them together in one wonderful movie. It's as if B...

The Hot Rock (1972)

101 mins Action , Comedy, Crime

I have a simple question, why isn't "The Hot Rock" better known because it is above average when it comes to the genre or should that be genres. I say genres because this is a heist movie crossed with caper movie as one botch...

Columbo: Étude in Black (1972)

97 mins Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

Let me start with a brief side note in this review of "Columbo: �tude in Black"; Blythe Danner was pregnant with Gwyneth Paltrow at the time of filming this and at times you do a double take as the then Blythe Danner looks so...

Columbo: Blueprint for Murder (1972)

75 mins Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

The more episodes of "Columbo" I watch the more I am impressed by them especially considering that even those from back from the first series in 1971 are as entertaining now as they have always been with some really standing ...

Paper Moon (1973)

102 mins Comedy, Crime, Drama

Originally the father-daughter team scheduled to appear in "Paper Moon" wasn't Ryan and Tatum O'Neal, it was Paul Newman and his daughter Nell but through a few issues they dropped out and the O'Neal's came in. In fact it was...

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Peter as one of the directors.