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Peter Newbrook

Born June 29, 1920 · Chester, Cheshire, England, UK

Died June 19, 2009 · aged 88

No biography available.

Known For

The Bridge on the River KwaiThe Bridge on the River Kwai · 1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
7.81957
MovieDramaHistory
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Hobson's ChoiceHobson's Choice · 1954
Hobson's Choice
7.41954
MovieComedyDrama
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
The Deep Blue SeaThe Deep Blue Sea · 1955
The Deep Blue Sea
4.91955
MovieDramaRomance
A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF pilot, who ends up being more than she can handle.
CorruptionCorruption · 1968
Corruption
5.91968
MovieHorror
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. It is ultimately a killing spree which ends with considerable death and disaster.
The Captain's ParadiseThe Captain's Paradise · 1953
The Captain's Paradise
5.71953
MovieRomanceComedy
Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers. A perfect life. As long as neither woman decides to follow him to the other port.
The AsphyxThe Asphyx · 1972
The Asphyx
6.01972
MovieFantasyHorror
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?
It Always Rains on SundayIt Always Rains on Sunday · 1947
It Always Rains on Sunday
6.61947
MovieDramaCrime
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
The Sandwich ManThe Sandwich Man · 1966
The Sandwich Man
6.51966
MovieComedy
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.

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