Peter Medak Filmography

Masters of Horror: The Washingtonians

Crew: Director

Actors: Johnathon Schaech, Saul Rubinek

Synopsis: A man who makes a horrifying discovery about the founding fathers of America must protect his family from the murderous loyalist determined to safeguard the volatile secret at all costs in director Peter Medak's adaptation of a short story by author Bentley Little. Soon after his grandfather's Read More

House: The Socratic Method

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Throwing himself into his work to get his mind off his birthday, House (Hugh Laurie) is intrigued when diagnosed schizophrenic Lucille Palmeiro (Stacy Edwards) has a pulmonary embolism at the unusually young age of 38. In fact, he's so intrigued that he breaks his own self-imposed rule and tries Read More

Carnivàle: Black Blizzard

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The troupe is heading south, towards Babylon, and rumors about the town's deadly reputation are flying. Everyone is getting antsy, and it doesn't help matters when Samson (Michael J. Anderson), on Management's orders, has them set up shop in the middle of nowhere. Jonesy (Tim DeKay) expresses his Read More

The Feast of All Saints

Crew: Director

Actors: Gloria Reuben, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Beals, Robert Ri'chard

Synopsis: Based on a story by Anne Rice, this made-for-cable miniseries explores the little-known phenomenon of the "Gens de Couleur Libres," or "Free People of Color," who lived in Louisiana at a time when slavery still held a stranglehold on much of the South. In 1822, it was not at all uncommon for Read More

David Copperfield

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Hot on the heels of the BBC's multipart 1999 adaptation of Charles Dickens' semiautobiographical novel David Copperfield came this American-financed version, prepared for the TNT cable network as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Child actor Max Dolbey and adult performer Hugh Dancy share the Read More

Species II

Crew: Director

Actors: Michael Madsen, Natasha Henstridge, Marg Helgenberger, Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza

Synopsis: In the science-fiction thriller Species (1995), Natasha Hentsridge appeared as the beautiful but deadly Sil, a human-alien DNA combo. In this sequel, Hentsridge portrays Eve, a government experiment concocted to gain an understanding of how to combat future aliens, while Michael Madsen and Marg Helgenberger Read More

Homicide: Life on the Street - Brotherly Love

Crew: Director

Actors: Richard Belzer, Giancarlo Esposito, Peter Gerety, Clark Johnson, Yaphet Kotto

Synopsis: The twin brother of a murder victim insists that the dead man's girlfriend is responsible, but the men and women of Homicide have their doubts. Elsewhere, several of the male detectives are moonstruck by attractive new arrival Rene Sheppard (Michael Michele); Mike Giardello (Giancarlo Esposito) Read More

Homicide: Life on the Street - Deception

Crew: Director

Actors: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Michelle Forbes, Clark Johnson

Synopsis: When one of drug kingpin Luther Mahoney's "heroin mules" is found dead, Lewis (Clark Johnson) and Kellerman (Reed Diamond) mount an elaborate sting operation to bring down Mahoney (Erik Todd Dellums) once and for all. Elsewhere, Bayliss (Kyle Secor) finally patches up his differences with Read More

The Hunchback

Crew: Director

Actors: Mandy Patinkin, Salma Hayek, Richard Harris, Nigel Terry, Jim Dale

Synopsis: In medieval Paris, a deformed foundling named Quasimodo grows up under the care and tutelage of Dom Claude Frollo, the archdeacon of the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Quasimodo is humpbacked, lame, and blind in a drooping eye -- a human gargoyle who keeps to the shadows of the great church as its Read More

Homicide: Life on the Street - Justice, Part 2

Crew: Director

Actors: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Isabella Hoffman, Clark Johnson

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Baltimore cop Jake Rodzinski (Bruce Campbell) is the prime suspect in the murder of Kenny Damon, who had been acquitted on the charge of killing Jake's father. Kellerman (Reed Diamond) investigates the case, but withholds details of his findings from Jake's Read More

Homicide: Life on the Street - The Hat

Crew: Director

Actors: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Isabella Hoffman, Clark Johnson

Synopsis: While traveling to Harrisburg, PN, to extradite suspected murderer Rose Halligan (Lily Tomlin), Baltimore homicide detectives Lewis (Clark Johnson) and Kellerman (Reed Diamond) bide their time and relax as much as possible. Their lethargy proves to be their undoing when Halligan slips through the Read More

Homicide: Life on the Street - Colors

Crew: Director

Actors: Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Isabella Hoffman

Synopsis: A serious rift develops between Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor) and Frank Pembleton (Andre Braugher) when Tim's cousin Jim (David Morse) shoots a Turkish exchange student whom he thinks is breaking into his house. Upset that Bayliss is willing to accept Jim's self-defence plea, Pembleton becomes Read More

Homicide: Life on the Street - All Through the House

Crew: Director

Actors: Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Isabella Hoffman

Synopsis: Christmas is just another day on the calendar for the acerbic Munch (Richard Belzer), especially when he is handed a case involving the murder of a man in a Santa Claus suit. Elsewhere, Lt. Russert (Isabella Hoffman) decides to get back into the hands-on aspects of detective work by joining Lewis (Clark Johnson Read More

Pontiac Moon

Crew: Director

Actors: Tamara Wilcox-Smith, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Ryan Todd, Eric Schweig, Cathy Moriarty

Synopsis: A dysfunctional family reunites during the Apollo XI moon landing in this drama starring real-life couple Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen. In 1969, eccentric teacher Washington Bellamy (Danson) turns the arrival of men on the moon into a science project for his son Andy (Ryan Todd). They drive Read More

Romeo Is Bleeding

Crew: Director

Actors: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Roy Scheider

Synopsis: New York cop Jack Grimaldi (Gary Oldman) has a nice home, a stunning wife Natalie (Annabella Sciorra), and a sweet, if stupid mistress, Sheri (Juliette Lewis). Jack also earns extra money by betraying mob witnesses to Mafia-boss Don Falcone (Roy Scheider). Assigned to guard the viciously sexy Read More

Beverly Hills Cop III

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Hector Elizondo, Timothy Carhart, Stephen McHattie, John Saxon

Synopsis: The third entry in the popular Beverly Hills Cop series finds Detroit cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) returning yet again to Southern California, this time on the trail of two car thieves turned murderers. As he teams up again with L.A. cop Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), Foley's investigation Read More

Let Him Have It

Crew: Director

Actors: Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Clare Holman, Tom Bell

Synopsis: The Derek Bentley Case has been an uneasy blight on the British legal system since the early 1950s. Two young, frightened boys were caught by police trying to break into to a building. One of the boys had a gun. When the policeman reached out to the youth to turn over the gun, his friend shouted Read More

The Krays

Crew: Director

Actors: Billie Whitelaw, Tom Bell, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Charlotte Cornwell, Susan Fleetwood

Synopsis: Peter Medak directed this fact-based drama, chronicling the lives of the infamous Kray Brothers, notorious celebrities in 60s London. The Krays were twin gangsters who ruled London's stylish East End club scene, staking out their territory by committing the most violent crimes imaginable Read More

Nabokov on Kafka: Understanding "The Metamorphosis"

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Russian-born novelist Vladimir Nabokov was considered one of the masters of 20th century prose. His novel Lolita both shocked and intrigued readers. Nabokov was also a prolific critic, having penned several lectures on literature, themselves explorations of world-famous writers. One of his Read More

The Metamorphosis: A Study - Nabokov on Kafka

Crew: Director

Actors: Christopher Plummer

Synopsis: In this witty, dialogue-heavy piece, Christopher Plummer stars as the legendary Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov during his days lecturing at Cornell University. He proceeds to give an extremely literate and colorful interpretation of Franz Kafka's classic short story "The Metamorphosis," about a Read More

Beauty and the Beast: Song of Orpheus

Crew: Director

The Men's Club

Crew: Director

Actors: Roy Scheider, Frank Langella, Harvey Keitel, Treat Williams, Richard Jordan

Synopsis: Based on a 1981 book by Leonard Michaels, focuses on a lawyer (Richard Jordan) who brings together a singularly dysfunctional group of men in a kind of venting, loquacious therapy session. All that talk brings out the worst in everyone. Cavanaugh (Roy Scheider) is a retired baseball star whose Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Professor Jonathan Higgins

Crew: Director

Synopsis: It was perhaps inevitable that, somewhere along the line in Magnum, P.I.,Higgins (John Hillerman) would end up emulating his namesake Professor Henry Higgins, the hero of Shaw's "Pygmalion"--which of course was the source material for the musical hit "My Fair Lady." In this episode, Higgins takes Read More

Breakin' Through

Crew: Director

Faerie Tale Theatre: The Emperor's New Clothes

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Featuring an all-star cast, this episode from the cable-television series Faerie Tale Theatre tells the tale of how a vain king gets his comeuppance. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Faerie Tale Theatre: Dancing Princesses

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This made-for-TV children's film (from the Faerie Tale Theatre) concerns five princesses who wear out the soles of their shoes each day. The King promises a fortune to the person who can figure out the reason for the problem. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Faerie Tale Theatre: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The classic tale of a kind-hearted princess stalked by a jealous stepmother is brought to life in this early episode of Faerie Tale Theatre. Elizabeth McGovern is Snow White, the princess whose stepmother, the queen, banishes her because she is jealous of the girl's beauty. She takes up residence Read More

Faerie Tale Theatre: Snow Queen

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This version of Hans Christian Andersen's story was produced for Faerie Tale Theatre. It is the story of a young maiden who bravely faces the fearsome ice-hearted Snow Queen in order to free her beloved. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Faerie Tale Theatre: Pinocchio

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Paul Reubens is the troublemaking title character in this installment of Faerie Tale Theatre. Carl Reiner stars as Gepetto, the lonely woodcarver who wishes for a son and creates a wooden marionette named Pinnochio as a substitute. One night a good fairy pays a visit and brings Pinnochio to life Read More

Cry for the Strangers

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this mystery a psychiatrist and his wife are surprised to find that the quiet seaside town they just moved to is plagued by strange deaths that occur during mysterious storms. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Zorro, the Gay Blade

Crew: Director

Actors: George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro, Ron Leibman, Donovan Scott

Synopsis: In this spoof, Don Diego Vega (George Hamilton) follows in his father's footsteps as he dons the identity of Zorro in an attempt to defend the weak and innocent from the ravages of the evil. However, when Vega falls victim to a debilitating injury, it is up to his gay twin brother, Bunny Read More

Mistress of Paradise

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In her first TV-movie appearance, Genevieve Bujold plays Elizabeth, an attractive heiress from the North who becomes the second wife of aristocratic Creole plantation owner Charlie Beaufort (Chad Everett) in the mid-19th century. As the new "Mistress of Paradise," Elizabeth immediately finds Read More

The Changeling

Crew: Director

Actors: George C. Scott, Trish VanDevere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Jean Marsh

Synopsis: Peter Medak's The Changeling is among a handful of films, including The Haunting (1963), Ghost Story (1981), and Lady in White (1988), that have successfully recreated the intimate, drawing-room atmosphere of supernatural horror fiction. After his wife and daughter are killed in a snowbound car Read More

The Babysitter

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The Babysitter is sweet-faced Stephanie Zimbalist, who is hired as housekeeper by married couple Patty Duke Astin and William Shatner. As she takes care of the couple's daughter (Quinn Cummings), Zimbalist slowly, subtly poisons the child's mind against her parents. She then sets about to seduce Shatner Read More

The Odd Job

Crew: Director

Actors: Graham Chapman, David Jason, Diana Quick, Simon Williams, Edward Hardwicke

Synopsis: In this dark British comedy, a despondent businessman (Graham Chapman) decides to end it all after his wife leaves him. Unfortunately, he lacks the courage to do it to himself and so hires a professional assassin, telling him to do the deed no matter what. A short time passes and things look Read More

Sporting Chance

Crew: Director

Ghost in the Noonday Sun

Crew: Director

Actors: Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa, Spike Milligan, Clive Revill, Peter Boyle

Synopsis: Released several years after it was filmed, this standard Peter Sellers comedy focuses on Dick Scratcher (Sellers), a bumbling, roughly-hewn chief cook on a pirate ship trying to keep an unsteady control of things after he murders the captain. Once the captain is dead, Scratcher is the only one Read More

The Third Girl From the Left

Crew: Director

Actors: Kim Novak

Synopsis: The Third Girl From the Left might have passed without notice had the film not been the highly touted TV-movie debuts of Kim Novak and Tony Curtis. Kim heads the cast as an ageing Las Vegas chorus girl, while Tony plays a third-rate nightclub comic. Determining that her romance with Curtis is Read More

The Ruling Class

Crew: Director

Actors: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne

Synopsis: An institutionalized schizophrenic with a Messiah complex inherits the position of an English Earl in this cutting satire of British society, based on a play by Peter Barnes. The film's irreverent tone is established with the disturbingly hilarious death of the thirteenth Earl of Gurney during a Read More

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

Crew: Director

Actors: Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles, Sheila Gish, Joan Hickson

Synopsis: The plight of an English couple struggling to raise a disabled child is given a darkly humorous treatment in this English comedy. Based on the successful stage play by Peter Nichols, the film centers on the parents of Jo, nicknamed "Joe Egg," a mentally challenged invalid subject to violent Read More

Negatives

Crew: Director

Actors: Peter McEnery, Diane Cilento, Glenda Jackson, Stephen Lewis

Synopsis: An unmarried London couple tries to interject some life into their romantic pursuits in this uneven mystery. Theo (Peter McEnery) and Vivien (Glenda Jackson) take over the used furniture store owned by Theo's father, who is dying of cancer. Reingard (Diane Cliento) is the German neighbor who Read More