Peter Cushing Movie Rankings
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 3.9039 out of 4 stars for Star Wars
3.9039
Part IV in George Lucas' epic, "Star Wars: A New Hope" follows Luke Skywalker, a orphaned farm boy, as he discovers he is the last of a dying breed of Jedi and has to save Princess Leia from the Empire. ... more about Star Wars
DVD from $8.26 
(5 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 3.3124 out of 4 stars for Hamlet
3.3124
Tortured Prince of Denmark who must avenge his father's murder. He swears to his father's ghost that he will wreak revenge by killing Claudius, his uncle and now King. ... more about Hamlet
DVD from $13.69 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 3.0861 out of 4 stars for Hound of the Baskervilles
3.0861
Returning to his family's manor house on the lonely moors after his father dies under mysterious circumstances, Sir Henry Baskerville is confronted with the mystery of the supernatural hound that supposedly takes revenge upon the Baskerville family. ... more about Hound of the Baskervilles
DVD from $6.26 
(5 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.9805 out of 4 stars for Curse of Frankenstein
2.9805
Baron Victor Frankenstein, in prison for murder and trying to evade the guillotine, tells a priest how he and his mentor, Paul Krempe, had performed many scientific experiments, eventually leading to the resurrection of a dead body. ... more about Curse of Frankenstein
DVD from $2.66 
(7 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.9233 out of 4 stars for Top Secret!
2.9233
This time Zucker and Abrams are spoofing, most notably, Elvis films and WWII spy movies. Val Kilmer stars as Nick Rivers, a handsome American 50s-style rock and roll singer. ... more about Top Secret!
DVD from $3.80 
(6 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.9027 out of 4 stars for Dracula
2.9027
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle (apparently somewhere in Germany), the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancee. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. ... more about Dracula
DVD from $3.00 
(6 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.8968 out of 4 stars for Abominable Snowman
2.8968
A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti. Also known as The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas. ... more about Abominable Snowman
DVD from $74.99 
(0 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.8810 out of 4 stars for Creeping Flesh
2.8810
A Victorian-age scientist returns to London with his paleontological bag-of-bones discovery from Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, when exposed to water, flesh returns to the bones unleashing a malevolent being on the scientist's family and friends. ... more about Creeping Flesh
DVD from $21.99 
(0 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.8704 out of 4 stars for Brides of Dracula
2.8704
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. ... more about Brides of Dracula
DVD from $18.88 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.8356 out of 4 stars for Evil of Frankenstein
2.8356
Penniless, Baron Frankenstein, accompanied by his eager assistant Hans, arrives at his family castle near the town of Karlstaad, vowing to continue his experiments in the creation of life. ... more about Evil of Frankenstein
DVD from $18.88 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.8353 out of 4 stars for Dr. Phibes Rises Again
2.8353
The moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping Dr. Phibes three years later. ... more about Dr. Phibes Rises Again
DVD from $1.97 
(7 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.8298 out of 4 stars for Scream and Scream Again
2.8298
A serial killer, who drains his victims for blood is on the loose in London, the Police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist. ... more about Scream and Scream Again
DVD from $3.83 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.8201 out of 4 stars for Asylum
2.8201
A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for employment. ... more about Asylum
DVD from $6.75 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.7846 out of 4 stars for Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
2.7846
Baron Frankenstein is once again working with illegal medical experiments. Together with a young doctor, Karl and his fiancée Anna they kidnap the mentally sick Dr. Brandt, to perform the first brain transplantation ever. ... more about Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
DVD from $3.65 
(6 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.7615 out of 4 stars for And Now the Screaming Starts!
2.7615
England 1795: the young Catherine just married Charles Fengriffen and moves into his castle. She becomes victim of an old curse that lays on the family. In her wedding night she's raped by a ghost and gets pregnant. ... more about And Now the Screaming Starts!
DVD from $4.44 
(2 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.7560 out of 4 stars for Beast Must Die
2.7560
Tom Newcliffe, a rich businessman and expert hunter summons six guests to his huge country estate which he has rigged up with video cameras and a high-tech security system. ... more about Beast Must Die
DVD from $4.00 
(3 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.7425 out of 4 stars for Island of Terror
2.7425
A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back. ... more about Island of Terror
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.7268 out of 4 stars for Night of the Big Heat
2.7268
While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties. The boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. ... more about Night of the Big Heat
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.7199 out of 4 stars for Satanic Rites of Dracula
2.7199
In this modern update Dracula leads a Satanic cult of prominent scientists and politicians into developing a gruesome plague virus. His only obstacle is... ... more about Satanic Rites of Dracula
DVD from $0.01 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.7071 out of 4 stars for Mummy
2.7071
Three British archeologists discover the grave of an important Egyptian female priest who has died about four millenia ago. But when they open it a bad curse falls on them for having woken up the mighty guard of the grave who was buried with the priest. ... more about Mummy
DVD from $1.96 
(5 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.6961 out of 4 stars for Captain Clegg
2.6961
In this engaging costume melodrama of skulduggery on the low seas set back in the 18th-century, the Royal Crown suspects a bit of smuggling is going on in this locale, and they send Captain Collier (Patrick Allen) and his crew to check it out. ... more about Captain Clegg
DVD from $18.88 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.6744 out of 4 stars for Gorgon
2.6744
In early-twentieth-century middle-Europe, villagers are literally becoming petrified. Although the authorities try to hush the matter up it is apparent that at the full moon, Medusa leaves her castle lair and anyone looking on her face is turned to stone. ... more about Gorgon
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.6709 out of 4 stars for Frankenstein Created Woman
2.6709
Baron Frankenstein has the body of a young woman and all it lacks is the spark of life. He captures the soul of a recently executed young man and installs it in the young maiden, Christina. ... more about Frankenstein Created Woman
DVD from $15.98 
(2 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.6706 out of 4 stars for Dracula A.D. 1972
2.6706
In London 1872 - the final battle between Lawrence van Helsing and Count Dracula on top of a coach results in Dracula dying from a stake made from the remains of a wooden wheel. ... more about Dracula A.D. 1972
DVD from $5.97 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.6700 out of 4 stars for Tales from the Crypt
2.6700
Five people are trapped in a crypt and are shown their futures by the evil cryptkeeper. They are given the option of avoiding their fates - by avoiding living out the rest of their lives. ... more about Tales from the Crypt
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.6394 out of 4 stars for Dr. Who and the Daleks
2.6394
Based on a story from the BBC TV serial "Doctor Who". Scientist Dr. Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Dr. ... more about Dr. Who and the Daleks
DVD from $6.06 
(1 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.6282 out of 4 stars for Shock Waves
2.6282
This horror movie concerns a shipwrecked yachting party. Rose (Brooke Adams) and her fellow yacht-mates, including the captain (John Carradine) run aground on an island when they hit an odd-looking freighter. ... more about Shock Waves
DVD from $9.95 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.6270 out of 4 stars for At the Earth's Core
2.6270
A Victorian scientist and his young American backer set off in their new earth-boring machine with a short test on a Welsh mountain. ... more about At the Earth's Core
DVD from $3.22 
(6 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.6267 out of 4 stars for Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
2.6267
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. ... more about Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.6184 out of 4 stars for Vampire Lovers
2.6184
The Countess is called away to tend a sick friend and imposes on the General to accept her daughter Marcilla as a houseguest. ... more about Vampire Lovers
DVD from $4.59 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.6159 out of 4 stars for Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
2.6159
Last of the Hammer Frankenstein films, this one deals with the Baron hiding out in an insane asylum, so that he may continue his experiments with reanimating the dead, along with inmate Dr. ... more about Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
DVD from $9.59 
(0 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.6145 out of 4 stars for House That Dripped Blood
2.6145
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house: 1) A writer encounters a strangler of his own creation, 2) Two men are obsessed with a wax figure of a woman from their past, 3) A little girl displays an ... more about House That Dripped Blood
DVD from $6.21 
(0 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.5500 out of 4 stars for Ghoul
2.5500
Peter Cushing stars as a former priest who harbors a dark and horrible secret in his attic. The locked room serves as a prison cell for his crazed, cannibalistic adult son, who acquired his savage tastes in India during his father's missionary work there. ... more about Ghoul
Actor Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival - Best Actor
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.5465 out of 4 stars for Alexander the Great
2.5465
An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the macedonian king that united all ancient greek tribes and led them against the vast Persian Empire. ... more about Alexander the Great
DVD from $2.70 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.5237 out of 4 stars for Twins of Evil
2.5237
In nineteenth century middle-Europe, orphaned teenage twins Maria and Frieda go to live with their uncle Gustav Weil, who heads the Brotherhood, a vigilante group trying to stamp out vampirism. ... more about Twins of Evil
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.4929 out of 4 stars for Skull
2.4929
A collector of esoterica, Dr. Maitland, buys an unusual skull from his ordinary source of artifacts. The skull is what remains of marquis De Sade. Much too soon he discovers how the skull affects him: by turning him into a frenzied killer. ... more about Skull
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.4894 out of 4 stars for Moulin Rouge
2.4894
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently visits the Moulin Rouge, where he drinks cognac and draws sketches of the dancers and singers. ... more about Moulin Rouge
DVD from $3.57 
(6 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.4664 out of 4 stars for Flesh and the Fiends
2.4664
Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens... ... more about Flesh and the Fiends
DVD from $7.63 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.4521 out of 4 stars for End of the Affair
2.4521
In wartorn London Maurice Bendrix falls in love with neighbor Sarah Miles. They begin an illicit romance behind Sarah's husband's back. While war does not last forever, neither does love in this existentialist tale. ... more about End of the Affair
DVD from $3.00 
(4 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.4382 out of 4 stars for Vigil in the Night
2.4382
Nurse Anne Lee blames herself for a fatal mistake of her sister Lucy, who also is a nurse. Anne looses her job, and gets a new one at a poorly equipped country hospital. There she falls in love with Dr. ... more about Vigil in the Night
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.3956 out of 4 stars for Man in the Iron Mask
2.3956
Louis XIV of France plots to keep his twin brother Philippe imprisoned in an iron mask, away from the knowledge of the public, which might prefer Philippe as King. ... more about Man in the Iron Mask
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.3625 out of 4 stars for Horror Express
2.3625
An English anthropologist (Christopher Lee) has discovered a frozen monster in the frozen wastes of Manchuria which he believes may be the Missing Link. ... more about Horror Express
DVD from $1.45 
(0 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.3283 out of 4 stars for I
2.3283
Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intavenious drugs that are suppose to release inner inhibitions. ... more about I
DVD from $7.95 
(0 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.2885 out of 4 stars for Chump at Oxford
2.2885
With Stan in drag, the boys get jobs as a butler and maid for a dinner party at the Vandevere's. After that ends in disaster, they're reduced to sweeping streets, and accidentally capture a bank robber. ... more about Chump at Oxford
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.2035 out of 4 stars for Uncanny
2.2035
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror. ... more about Uncanny
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.1854 out of 4 stars for Torture Garden
2.1854
A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to the showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. The skeptical customers are shown the greed and violence they're hiding. ... more about Torture Garden
DVD from $3.95 
(5 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.1834 out of 4 stars for Revenge of Frankenstein
2.1834
This is the second movie Terence Fisher directed about Frankenstein. We watch Baron Frankenstein escaping from the guillotine and going to Germany. There, he names himself Dr. Stein and plans to restart his experiments by using parts of dead bodies. ... more about Revenge of Frankenstein
DVD from $5.09 
(6 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 2.1568 out of 4 stars for She
2.1568
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.9447 out of 4 stars for Incense for the Damned
1.9447
A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece. They are shocked to find that, wherever he has been, certain unsolved murders have taken place. ... more about Incense for the Damned
DVD from $6.03 
(2 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.8904 out of 4 stars for Blood Beast Terror
1.8904
A scientist, working with genetics, creates a creature that is capable of transforming back and forth between a giant Death Head moth and a beautiful woman. ... more about Blood Beast Terror
DVD from $5.04 
(2 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.8470 out of 4 stars for From Beyond the Grave
1.8470
Anthology film from Amicus adapted from four short stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes strung together about an antique dealer (Peter Cushing) who owns a shop called Temptations Ltd. and the fate that befalls his customers who try to cheat him. ... more about From Beyond the Grave
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.8089 out of 4 stars for Time Without Pity
1.8089
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Agnes, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. ... more about Time Without Pity
DVD from $11.51 
(3 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.7440 out of 4 stars for Corruption
1.7440
A surgeon discovers that he can restore the beauty to his girlfriend's scarred face by murdering other women and extracting fluids from their pituitary gland. However, the effects only last for a short time, so he has to kill more and more women. ... more about Corruption
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.7301 out of 4 stars for Shatter
1.7301
Stuart Whitman is Shatter, an international hitman who is hiding out in Hong Kong after he has completed a contract out on an African leader. ... more about Shatter
DVD from $74.99 
(0 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.7088 out of 4 stars for Nothing But the Night
1.7088
Already three trustees of the Van Traylen fund have died during the last months, looking like suicides. However after a mysterious accident of a bus with the last three trustees and 30 orphan kids in it, police colonel Bingham starts investigating. ... more about Nothing But the Night
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.5911 out of 4 stars for Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1.5911
Based on a story from the BBC TV serial "Doctor Who". Dr. Who and his companions arrive on Earth in the year 2150 AD, only to discover that the planet has been invaded and its population enslaved by the dreaded Daleks. ... more about Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
DVD from $6.06 
(1 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.5597 out of 4 stars for Biggles
1.5597
One minute the New Yorker advertising expert Jim Ferguson is at a business party -- the next he finds himself way back in 1917 in a plane fight during ww-i. Mr. ... more about Biggles
DVD from $10.99 
(2 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.5249 out of 4 stars for Cash on Demand
1.5249
A ruthless crook abducts the wife and child of a bank manager and then masquerades as an insurance company detective while scheming to rob the institution in this crime drama. ... more about Cash on Demand
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.3963 out of 4 stars for Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1.3963
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. No knights stand to defend their king's honor. Except for the valiant Gawain. ... more about Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
DVD from $4.98 
(5 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.2966 out of 4 stars for Suspect
1.2966
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. ... more about Suspect
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 1.2370 out of 4 stars for Legend of the Werewolf
1.2370
A travelling circus in 19th century France adopts and showcases a feral "wolf boy", who grows into adulthood only to kill the one-man band. ... more about Legend of the Werewolf
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.4822 out of 4 stars for House of the Long Shadows
0.4822
An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet: can he write a classic novel like "Wuthering Heights" in twenty-four hours? Upon his arrival, however, the writer discovers that the manor, thought empty, actually has several, rather odd, ... more about House of the Long Shadows
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Black Jack
0.0001
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Black Knight
0.0001
As a blacksmith John can't hope to win the hand of Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeonil. Off he goes to prove himself a noble knight. ... more about Black Knight
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Cone of Silence
0.0001
A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes. ... more about Cone of Silence
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Dreams
0.0001
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Hellfire Club
0.0001
Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason (Keith Mitchell) returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Thomas (Peter Arne). ... more about Hellfire Club
DVD from $7.00 
(2 sellers)
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for John Paul Jones
0.0001
The swashbuckling adventures of the hero of the Revolutionary War. His contributions weren't always appreciated by the new U.S. government. After the way Congress show their displeasure by sending him to the Russia of Catherine the Great. ... more about John Paul Jones
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Laddie
0.0001
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Magic Fire
0.0001
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Naked Edge
0.0001
George Radcliffe's testimony sends Donald Heath to prison for murder and the theft of over 60,000 pounds. Soon after, Radcliffe invests a large sum of money in an ultimately profitable business venture. ... more about Naked Edge
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Son of Hitler
0.0001
The leader of a right-wing German political party discovers that an illiterate woodcarver is actually the son of Adolf Hitler. He kidnaps the young man from a mental institution and prepares him to start the Fourth Reich. ... more about Son of Hitler
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Sword of Sherwood Forest
0.0001
The sheriff of Nottingham plots to confiscate the estate of the Lord of Bortrey, who has died on Crusade. The Archbishop of Canterbury speaks against this plot, and the sheriff plans to eliminate him. ... more about Sword of Sherwood Forest
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Trial by Combat
0.0001
A group of British aristocrats, who call themselves "Knights of Avalon", isn't content with the system of justice and executes judgment themselves. Instead of just killing the people they believe guilty, they give 'em a chance in traditional combat. ... more about Trial by Combat
Not Available on DVD
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Peter Cushing scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Women in War
0.0001
A "good-time girl", raised by her somewhat lax divorced father, finds herself involved in an accidental death, and the only way she's able to get out of it is to volunteer--albeit reluctantly--to be a nurse in the war effort. ... more about Women in War
Not Available on DVD
 
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Peter Cushing
Birthdate:
May 26, 1913
Death date:
August 11, 1994

Peter Cushing

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1930s
1
total ranking of 1.0758  1.0758
1940s
7
total ranking of 1.9457  1.9457
1950s
15
total ranking of 2.8375  2.8375
1960s
26
total ranking of 2.7827  2.7827
1970s
30
total ranking of 2.9692  2.9692
1980s
5
total ranking of 1.3350  1.3350
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
3.0815
Peter Cushing is ranked overall as 3.0815 of of 4 stars
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