Peter van Eyck — Actor (19)
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Burning Fuse (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le Feu aux poudres
director: Henri Decoin actor: Raymond Pellegrin / Charles Vanel …
other title: X3 operazione dinamite / Dem Satan ins Gesicht gespuckt …
Lola, the wife of arms dealer Pedro Wassewich, is attracted to Ludovic, a young painter who turns out to be the emissary of a notorious gangster. He claims to have been sent by the latter to pick up a shipment. In fact, it's the police who, behind the scenes, orchestrate the operation to catch Wassewich red-handed.
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On Friday at Eleven (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
An einem Freitag um halb zwölf
director: Alvin Rakoff actor: Nadja Tiller / Rod Steiger …
other title: Il mondo nella mia tasca / Un vendredi à onze heures passées …
An enigmatic woman recruits a gang of specialised criminals to rob a US Army payroll armoured truck bound for Marseilles. However, things don't go exactly as planned.
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Epilogue (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Epilog - Das Geheimnis der Orplid
director: Helmut Käutner actor: Horst Caspar / Bettina Moissi …
other title: La traversata del terrore / Epilog - Das Geheimnis der Orplid
The reporter Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons? A German political thriller and film noir inspired by Carol Reed's "The Third Man".
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Night People (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Night People
director: Nunnally Johnson actor: Gregory Peck / Broderick Crawford …
other title: Gente di notte / Das unsichtbare Netz …
A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent American businessman. In exchange for the soldier's return, the Russians attempt to barter a trade for an elderly German couple who they want for treason.
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The Devil's Agent (1962) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Devil's Agent
director: John Paddy Carstairs actor: Peter van Eyck / Marianne Koch …
other title: Im Namen des Teufels / El agente del diablo …
Droste, a mild-mannered businessman, was an intelligence expert during World War II. When Droste runs into his old friend Baron Von Straub, the two rekindle a friendship that was interrupted by the war. However, when Von Straub asks Droste to deliver a small package to a friend in West Germany, the befuddled Droste is set up for a series of complicated spy games.
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Million Dollar Man (1967) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
L'Homme qui valait des milliards
director: Michel Boisrond actor: Frederick Stafford / Raymond Pellegrin …
other title: Der goldene Schlüssel / L'Homme qui valait des milliards …
A U.S. Treasury Department agent is sent to Morocco to find a fortune in counterfeit money hidden by the Nazis during World War II. The agent escapes from prison with the only man who knows the location of the bogus bills. The duo is shadowed by a group of former Nazi soldiers who hope they will lead them to recover the lost loot. The feature plays as a crime drama with overtones of international espionage.
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The Brain (1962) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Brain
director: Freddie Francis actor: Anne Heywood / Peter van Eyck …
other title: L'uomo che vinse la morte / Ein Toter sucht seinen Mörder …
After the mysterious crash of a millionaire's private plane, scientists secretly harvest the dying man's brain and keep it alive in a laboratory in order to communicate via telepathy.
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Anyone Can Kill Me (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Tous peuvent me tuer
director: Henri Decoin actor: François Périer / Peter van Eyck …
other title: Tutti possono uccidermi / Der sechste Mann …
The holdup of the bank is a success. All happened according to plan. Now, Cyril Gad and his four accomplices must secure an alibi. What better place than a prison cell? As a result the five gangsters have themselves arrested on minor charges and start waiting until they are released. Unfortunately three of them die mysteriously, another one is openly murdered. The only man still alive, Tony, is scared. Easy to understand why...
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The Impostor (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Impostor
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Jean Gabin / Ellen Drew …
other title: L'impostore / L'Imposteur …
A condemned murderer named Clement is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his escape, Clement comes across the body of a French soldier; he steals the dead man's uniform and identification papers, then hides from the law by joining the Resistance movement. Clement's new identity and purpose in life reforms him, and in due time he has sacrificed himself in service of his country.
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A Bullet for Joey (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Bullet for Joey
director: Lewis Allen actor: Edward G. Robinson / George Raft …
other title: Spionaggio atomico / Akte XP 15 …
Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction, balks when he learns what is at stake and helps Leduc out instead.
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Shalako (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Shalako
director: Edward Dmytryk actor: Sean Connery / Brigitte Bardot …
other title: Un uomo chiamato Shalako / Man nennt mich Shalako
While guiding a hunting party of clueless European aristocrats, cowboy Bosky Fulton leads them into hostile Apache territory. Becoming separated from the group, Countess Irina Lazaar experiences the first run-in with an Apache, which results in the tracker Shalako coming to her rescue. Despite Shalako's warning to leave the area immediately, the pampered foreigners fail to take him seriously, leaving them in grave danger.
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Five Graves to Cairo (1943) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Five Graves to Cairo
director: Billy Wilder actor: Franchot Tone / Anne Baxter …
other title: I cinque segreti del deserto / Cinco Covas no Egipto …
During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use.
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Attack (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Attack
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Jack Palance / Eddie Albert …
other title: Prima linea / Angreb …
Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic area, has serious doubts about Captain Cooney's leadership ability.