Peter M. Thompson

Peter M. Thompson

Movies for Peter M. Thompson...

Monster a Go-Go!
Title: Monster a Go-Go!
Character: Dr. Chris Manning
Released: July 1, 1965
Type: Movie
American astronaut Frank Douglas mysteriously disappears from his spacecraft as it parachutes to Earth. He is apparently replaced by or turned into a large, radioactive, humanoid monster. A team of scientists and military men attempt to capture the monster.
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Who Was That Lady?
Title: Who Was That Lady?
Character: F.B.I. Man (uncredited)
Released: April 8, 1960
Type: Movie
In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.
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Fury in Paradise
Title: Fury in Paradise
Character: (as Peter Thompson)
Released: September 19, 1955
Type: Movie
In this western, the hero takes a Mexican vacation, gets caught up in a revolutionary plot with the powerful owner of a hacienda, and falls in love with the rancher's daughter all at the same time.
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A Yank in Ermine
Title: A Yank in Ermine
Character: Joe Turner
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
An American airman inherits an Earldom in England along with the small matter of $3 million on the proviso that he gives up his US citizenship. Unsure if he is prepared to make the sacrifice he takes a trip with his two best friends to try our his new title, but will he be able to cope with the British aristocracy?
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The Family Secret
Title: The Family Secret
Released: October 21, 1951
Type: Movie
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
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The Harlem Globetrotters
Title: The Harlem Globetrotters
Character: Martin
Released: May 30, 1951
Type: Movie
All-American basketball player, Billy signs up with the world-famous "Harlem Globetrotters", an all-Negro professional team. Billy struggles with important life decisions and their consequences.
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Smuggler's Gold
Title: Smuggler's Gold
Character: Frank Warren
Released: May 5, 1951
Type: Movie
A deep-sea diver becomes romantically involved with the daughter of a gold smuggler.
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Santa Fe
Title: Santa Fe
Character: Tom Canfield
Released: April 1, 1951
Type: Movie
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
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Fort Savage Raiders
Title: Fort Savage Raiders
Character: Lt. James Sutter (as Peter Thompson)
Released: March 14, 1951
Type: Movie
Fort Savage Raiders is another entry in Charles Starrett's "Durango Kid" western series. Starrett once again does double duty as a peacekeeper named Steve (this time his last name is Drake) and as masked avenger Durango. The heavy of the piece is escaped military prisoner Craydon (John Dehner) who, with several other fugitives from justice, forms an army of terrorists.
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Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
Title: Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
Character: Sheriff Tom Chapman (as Peter Thompson)
Released: February 23, 1951
Type: Movie
Charles Starrett plays lawman Steve Forsythe in Ridin' the Outlaw Trail. Somewhere along the line, of course, Steve is obliged to don the mask of The Durango Kid, mysterious righter of wrongs. The "wrongs" in this instance include the theft of $20,000 in gold, and the "kidnapping" of a blacksmith's forge! Jim Bannon, who only a few months earlier had played the heroic Red Ryder, provides the villainy in this fast-paced "Durango Kid" entry
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The Flying Missile
Title: The Flying Missile
Character: Lieutenant Commander
Released: December 24, 1950
Type: Movie
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
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Mystery Street
Title: Mystery Street
Character: Law Student (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 1950
Type: Movie
When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.
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Father of the Bride
Title: Father of the Bride
Character: Usher (uncredited)
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
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A Double Life
Title: A Double Life
Character: Asst. Stage Manager
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Title: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Character: Phil
Released: October 8, 1947
Type: Movie
Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.
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Buck Privates Come Home
Title: Buck Privates Come Home
Character: GI Buddy (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1947
Type: Movie
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.