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Peter Miles is a Actor and Writer American born on 1 april 1938
Peter Miles est un acteur et scénariste américain né le 1er avril 1938 à Tōkyō (Japon) sous le nom de Gerald Richard Perreau-Saussine, mort le 3 août 2002 à Los Angeles (Californie). Après la fin de sa carrière d'acteur, il a travaillé sous le nom de plume de Richard Miles.
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Birth name Gerald Richard Perreau-Saussine
Nationality USA
Birth 1 april 1938
Death 3 august 2002 (at 64 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 1 april 1938
Death 3 august 2002 (at 64 years)
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Little Dorrit (1987)
, 6hOrigin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Max Wall, Patricia Hayes, Alec Guinness, Miriam Margolyes
Roles M. Dubbin
Rating71%
Le film est présenté en deux parties. Dans la première, sous-titrée "La faute à personne" (une allusion à un des titres auxquels avait pensé Dickens pour le roman), l'histoire est présentée en fonction du personnage d'Arthur Clennam. La seconde, sous-titrée "L'histoire de la petite Dorrit", reprend une grande partie des mêmes événements, mais cette fois selon le point de vue de l'héroïne.
The Whistle Blower (1986)
, 1h40Directed by Simon Langton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors Michael Caine, Barry Foster, Nigel Havers, Gordon Jackson, John Gielgud, David Langton
Roles Stephen Kedge
Rating61%
Frank Jones (Caine) is a retired British naval officer and Korean War veteran, who is now a businessman. His bright but naive and idealistic son, Robert (Nigel Havers), works as a linguist at GCHQ, the top secret British intelligence listening station, using his love of Russian to listen to various pieces of communication on the other side of the Iron Curtain.
At Sword's Point (1952)
, 1h21Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Douglas, Gladys Cooper, Dan O'Herlihy, Alan Hale Jr.
Roles Young Louis XIV
Rating60%
The sons (and a daughter) of the original Four Musketeers ride to the rescue of besieged Queen Anne in 1648 France.
Quo Vadis (1951)
, 2h51Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion
Actors Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Leo Genn, Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie
Roles Nazarius
Rating70%
The action takes place in ancient Rome from AD 64–68, a period after Emperor Claudius' illustrious and powerful reign, during which the new corrupt and destructive Emperor Nero ascends to power and eventually threatens to destroy Rome's previous peaceful order. The main subject is the conflict between Christianity and the corruption of the Roman Empire, especially in the last period of the Julio-Claudian line. The characters and events depicted are a mixture of actual historical figures and situations and fictionalized ones.
Trigger, Jr. (1950)
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors Roy Rogers, Grant Withers, Dale Evans, Gordon Jones, Peter Miles, Frank Fenton (Moran)
Roles Larry Harkrider
Rating59%
Manion (Grant Withers) allows a killer horse to roam free and ruin valuable horses on nearby ranches. His plan is to "shakedown' the ranchers for protection. Roy (Roy Rogers) tracks down the bad guys with help from a young lad.
California Passage (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Estelita Rodríguez, Jim Davis, Peter Miles, Charles Kemper
Roles Tommy Martin
Rating62%
The Good Humor Man (1950)
, 1h20Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Adventure, Crime
Actors Jack Carson, George Reeves, Lola Albright, Jean Wallace, Peter Miles, Frank Ferguson
Roles Johnny Bellew
Rating62%
Un marchand de glaces (Jack Carson) est accusé du braquage d'une banque lorsque des gangsters se servent de son camion frigorifique.
The Red Pony (1949)
, 1h29Directed by Lewis Milestone, Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about families, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern, Shepperd Strudwick, Peter Miles, Margaret Hamilton
Roles Tom
Rating62%
A young boy, Tom Tiflin (Peter Miles), is given a small pony by his father (Shepperd Strudwick). Tom asks the stable helper, Billy Buck (Robert Mitchum), to help him raise and train it so that it can be ridden. During a rain storm the pony gets out of the stable and having been soaked becomes fevered. Despite Buck's best efforts to nurse the pony it develops strangles and requires a tracheotomy. Shortly after the procedure, the pony escapes from the farm. Tom follows the pony's hoof prints to a gully where it has died and is being eaten by vultures. He blames Buck for not saving its life. Buck, feeling remorse, prepares to kill his own pregnant mare in order to give Tom a colt, believing the unborn may not have turned. Tom grows angry at Buck's willingness to sacrifice a horse and steals his knife. When they return to the stable the foal has been born naturally, with both mother and colt surviving.
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
, 1h40Directed by Nicholas Ray, Irving Reis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Charles Bickford, Raymond Massey, Aline MacMahon, Richard Basehart
Roles Little Randall McCoy
Rating58%
Set in the late 19th century, the story focuses on the forbidden romance between the title character and Johnse Hatfield, whose families have been feuding for many years. The two meet when she is stung by a hornet while picking flowers for a picnic table at the local fair and he comes to her aid. When she discovers his identity, she angrily accuses his clan of having shot and injured her mother in the distant past. Johnse protests that Mounts, who was responsible for the accident, was innocent by reason of insanity, but Roseanna wants no part of him.
Song of Surrender (1949)
, 1h33Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Wanda Hendrix, Claude Rains, Macdonald Carey, Andrea King, Elizabeth Patterson, Henry Hull
Roles Simon Beecham
Rating65%
Special Agent (1949)
, 1h11Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors William Eythe, Kasey Rogers, George Reeves, Carole Mathews, Tom Powers, Frank Puglia
Roles Jake Rumpler Jr (uncredited)
Rating56%
Enchantment (1948)
, 1h40Directed by Irving Reis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Political films
Actors David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes, Farley Granger, Jayne Meadows, Leo G. Carroll
Roles Rollo as a Child
Rating71%
In World War II London, a bold American servicewoman named Grizel Dane (Evelyn Keyes) pays a visit to her granduncle, aged General Sir Roland 'Rollo' Dane (David Niven), looking for a place to stay. At first reluctant to disturb his routine, Rollo soon gives in.
Family Honeymoon (1948)
, 1h30Directed by Claude Binyon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about families
Actors Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Rita Johnson, William H. Daniels, Gigi Perreau, Hattie McDaniel
Roles Abner
Rating63%
Katie Armstrong (Claudette Colbert) is a young widow and mother of three children - Charlie (Jimmy Hunt), Abner (Peter Miles) and Zoe (Gigi Perreau). She is also engaged to be married to botany professor Grant Jordan (Fred MacMurray). Grant is seeking funds to raise a new botany research building on the university campus where he works, and the most influential person to convince in this quest is his chancellor, Richard Fenster Paul Harvey. Grant used to be involved with the chancellor’s daughter, Minna (Rita Johnson), and is surprised, to say the least, when Minna crashes his bachelor party. Minna also almost succeeds in completely ruining Katie’s engagement party. When Katie hears about Minna’s visit at the bachelor party, Grant does his best to assure her that Minna is a finished chapter in his book, but he also has a hard time completely ignoring her, since he needs to be on good foot with the chancellor himself.
Possessed (1947)
, 1h48Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges, Moroni Olsen
Roles Wynn Graham
Rating70%
A woman (Joan Crawford) is found wandering Los Angeles, unable to say anything other than "David". Admitted to a hospital, she is coaxed into recounting her life.
Curley (1947)
, 53minutesOrigin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education
Actors Frances Rafferty, Billy Gray, Kathleen Howard, Peter Miles
Roles Dudley
Rating57%
The very much appreciated young woman who was the previous teacher in Lakeview elementary school got married, and a substitute is appointed. School rascal William "Curley" Benson gather his classmates to make plans to get rid of their new teacher. They strongly suspect the substitute teacher to be half-mad eccentric, middle-aged Miss Johnson.