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Following his discharge with the rank of sergeant in 1945, Finch established himself as one of Australia's premiere radio actors and went on to co-found the Mercury Theatre Company with fellow actors Allan Ashbolt, Sydney John Kay, Colin Scrimgeour and John Wiltshire.Named after Orson Welles' own company, the Mercury put on a number of notable ...
The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Directed by Ken Hughes. With Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell, James Mason, Nigel Patrick. A chronicle of Oscar Wilde's libel suit against the Marquis of Queensberry and the tragic turn his life takes because of it.
Peter Finch was the first person to win an acting Oscar® posthumously, and remains the only one to win in the lead category. Producers of the Oscar® show had asked Paddy Chayefsky to accept in the event Finch won the award, but he called the actor's wife, Eletha, to the podium.
Kidnapped: Directed by Robert Stevenson. With Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee, John Laurie. In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.
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I Thank a Fool: Directed by Robert Stevens. With Susan Hayward, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento, Cyril Cusack. After prosecuting a doctor for mercy killing, a district-attorney hires the same doctor to care for his mentally ill wife.
Mar 17, 2022 · BAD NEWS Sidney Lumet’s movie, which starred Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall, and William Holden, continues to inspire filmmakers. Courtesy Everett Collection.
The Nun's Story is a 1959 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, and Peggy Ashcroft. The screenplay was written by Robert Anderson, based on the popular 1956 novel of the same name by Kathryn Hulme. The film tells the life of Sister Luke (Hepburn), a young woman who decides to enter ...
