Peter Finch
          Actor  
	
	Films to Rent 
				 
	  
	        
Rats of Tobruk, The (The Fighting Rats of Tobruk) (1944) 
- Dir. Charles Chauvel
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Peter Finch 
- Aussie battler Chips Rafferty fight hard in the Battle of Rommel in this chest–thumping follow–up to FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN.
 
Eureka Stockade (Massacre Hill) (1949) 
- Dir. Harry Watt
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert… 
- Stirring account of the Victorian gold miners rebellion against British colonial authority in the 1850's and it's violent result. 
Ealing Studio's…
 
Story of Robin Hood, The (1952) 
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch… 
- Colourful, uncomplicated rendering of the famous tale should delight younger viewers. Filmed in England by Walt Disney Studios.
 
Heart of the Matter, The (1953) 
- Dir. George More O'Ferrall
Feat. Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Allan, Maria Schell… 
- Solid adaptation of Graham Greene's bleak novel has Trevor Howard as a policeman in Sierra Leone tormented by his extra–marital affair. 
 
Story of Gilbert and Sullivan, The (1953)
 
- Dir. Sidney Gilliat
Feat. Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Eileen Herlie… 
- Spirited biopic of the careers of W.S. Gilbert, a barrister turned–comic–writer, and Arthur Sullivan, a classic composer (converted…
 
Elephant Walk (1954) 
- Dir. William Dieterle
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch… 
- Love–triangle melodrama set on Ceylon tea plantation is a tad overblown, with thunder stolen from the good cast by a climactic elephant…
 
Passage Home (1955) 
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Finch, Anthony Steel, Diane Cilento… 
- Torrid melodrama with the presence of a young woman on board a cargo ship causing tensions amongst the male crew.
 
Simon & Laura  (Simon and Laura) (1955) 
- Dir. Muriel Box
Feat. Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Maurice Denham… 
- Prescient satire with a bickering couple, on the brink of splitting up are given the opportunity to revitalise their acting careers by starring in a…
 
A Town Like Alice (1956) 
- Dir. Jack Lee
Feat. Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch 
- Based on Neville Shute's 1950s bestseller, this WWII drama opens with the fall of Singapore and the internment of Virginia McKenna in a Japanese POW…
 
Battle of the River Plate (1956) 
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressbuger
Feat. John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch 
- Straight–ahead account of the British attempt to capture a gigantic German battleship in 1939 off the coast of South America. 
 
Robbery Under Arms (1957) 
- Dir. Jack Lee
Feat. Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, Laurence Naismith… 
- Seminal Aussie western with Peter Finch as charismatic outlaw Captain Starlight leading two brothers astray after they join his roving band of…
 
Windom's Way (1957) 
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Peter Finch, Mary Ure, Robert Flemyng… 
- Malayan–set drama with Finch as a doctor – who along with his estranged wife – finds himself caught up in political turmoil that…
 
Nun's Story, The (1958) 
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Dame Edith Evans 
- Audrey Hepburn stars in this satisfying account of a young woman's ambition to serve in the Belgian Congo after her time in a strict convent.
 
Operation Amsterdam (1959) 
- Dir. Michael McCarthy
Feat. Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton 
- Gripping wartime drama tracking two gem specialists attempting to remove a valuable horde of diamonds from Amsterdam in 14 hours before the nasty…
 
Kidnapped (1960) 
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee… 
- The third screen version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic about a young lad who lands in the middle of the 18th century Scottish uprising. With…
 
No Love for Johnnie (1961) 
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Peter Finch, Stanley Holloway, Donald Pleasence… 
- Peter Finch excels as a British MP whose desire for career advancement threatens his personal life.
 
Girl with Green Eyes (1963) 
- Dir. Desmond Davis
Feat. Peter Finch, Rita Tushingham 
- Rewarding 'kitchen sink' drama about an ill–fated attraction between a young girl and a married writer. Peter Finch and Rita Tushingham are the…
 
Pumpkin Eater, The (1964)
 
- Dir. Jack Clayton
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason… 
- Anne Bancroft is riveting as a woman of the verge of a nervous breakdown in this penetrating and vastly under–rated British melodrama. 
As…
 
Flight of the Phoenix, The (1965)
 
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch… 
- One of the great survival–adventure films has an all–star cast crash landing their cargo plane deep in the Sahara, with no obvious means…
 
10:30 PM Summer (1966) 
- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Melina Mercouri, Romy Schneider, Peter Finch 
- Tawdry, heavy–handed curiosity adapts Marguerite Duras’s New Wave novel into a sordid, albeit beautifully locationed spectacle. With a…
 
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
 
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Terence Stamp… 
- Pastoral, moody epic set in 18th Century England follows the romantic intrigues of an independent woman farmer with three men. Photography by Nic…
 
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
 
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch 
- Bizarre love triangle develops when a couple find themselves having an affair with the same man. A mature and provocative drama.
 
Network (1976)
 
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway… 
- Explosive drama about an ailing TV station desperate to improve their ratings. Peter Finch won the Best Actor Oscar post–humously as the…