Peter Lawford
18 titles
Filmography
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Little Women
(1949)Meet Jo, Beth, Amy and Meg. They're the March sisters, the Little Women of Mervyn LeRoy's Academy Award-winning Technicolor version of the cherished Louisa May Alcott novel. Set during the Civil War, it chronicles the Marches' lives and loves, underscoring the era's expectations about a woman's place in the world.

Good News
(1947)With boundless enthusiasm and enough jive to meld '20s flapper giddiness with '40s swing, 1947's Good News - the feature directing debut of Charles Walters (Easter Parade, The Unsinkable Molly Brown) and screenwriting debut of Betty Comden and Adolph Green (Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon) - is "one of the best of the lighthearted rah-rah collegiate musicals" (Pauline Kael, The New Yorker).

Salt & Pepper
(1968)After a secret agent turns up dead in their trendy establishment, the hip owners of a London nightclub stumble into uncovering a diabolical plot.

Dead Ringer
(1964)Edith kills Margaret, her twin, and takes her identity, fooling Edith's boyfriend but not Margaret's lover.

Royal Wedding
(1951)Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dance act whose show closes in New York.

Easter Parade
(1948)Fred Astaire had announced his retirement before the cameras began to roll on Easter Parade, but he decided to accept the film's leading role when its original star Gene Kelly became incapacitated. The thinnish plot, which finds Astaire trying to turn chorus girl Judy Garland into a star in order to show up his former partner Ann Miller, is hardly what keeps the audience's eyes riveted to the s...

It Happened in Brooklyn
(1947)Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford star as a couple of mismatched pals vying for the love of one woman in a singing, dancing, romantic comedy of errors when It Happened in Brooklyn.

The April Fools
(1969)Howard Brubaker (Jack Lemmon) is a newly promoted man trapped in a loveless marriage. Catherine's (Catherine Deneuve) marriage would be ideal if her husband wasn't a womanizer. Soon the pair find themselves falling in love, and facing their spouses.

Body and Soul
(1981)Success goes to the head of a cocky boxing champ, who risks losing the love of his girlfriend, until a life-changing choice slams him down to reality.

That's Entertainment!
(1974)A documentary on the history of the American musical, featuring many rousing numbers and guest stars from the golden era.

Ocean's Eleven
(1960)Eleven friends devise a seemingly foolproof plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos on New Year's Eve. But complications arise despite clockwork timing.

Exodus
(1960)Following WWII, a rebel soldier helps 600 Holocaust survivors escape from British internment camps to get to Palestine, where a new nation is born.

Sylvia
(1965)A private detective falls in love with a poet whose shady past he has been hired to check.

Dean Martin: The One and Only
(2004)The life, style and performances of legendary crooner Dean Martin are showcased on this film. Hits include 'That's Amore', 'Carolina In The Morning' and 'I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now'.

The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1945)Oscar Wilde's classic story about a mysterious young man whose painted portrait ages through the years while he remains young. Starring George Sands, Angela Lansbury and Donna Reed.

Never So Few
(1959)Oscar-winner Frank Sinatra and Oscar-nominee Steve McQueen star as members of a badly outnumbered American battalion who overcome great odds to defeat the Japanese in Burma during WWII.

Harlow
(1965)An account of the troubled life and brief career of Jean Harlow, who rose to Hollywood stardom during the 1930s.

A Man Called Adam
(1966)A brand new restoration of Leo Penn's A Man Called Adam starring Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong and Cicley Tyson. Set in the 1960s, talented jazz musician Adam (Sammy Davis Jr.) appears to have it all, but an inner anger and a tormented past threaten to destroy his career. When he meets jazz legend Willie Ferguson (Louis Armstrong), and falls in love with his granddaughter (Cicley Tyson), a straight-talking civil rights activist, Adam begins to question his lifestyle, and resolves to tame his drinking and wild behaviour. But despite his new-found love, Adam is haunted by the shadows of his past. Can he escape his demons, before they destroy him entirely?