The best Peter Butterworth’s movies

Peter Butterworth

Peter Butterworth

04/02/1919- 16/01/1979
We present our ranking of the best Peter Butterworth’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Peter Butterworth.
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The First Great Train Robbery

The First Great Train Robbery
6.9/10
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

Murder She Said

Murder She Said
7.3/10
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.

Robin and Marian

Robin and Marian
6.5/10
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

Carry On Screaming

Carry On Screaming
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 20/05/1966
  • Character: Detective Constable Slobotham
The sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for Dr Watt, Detective-Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue! In this send up of the Hammer Horror movies, there are send-ups of all the horror greats from Frankenstein to Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 16/10/1966
  • Character: Roman Sentry
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

Carry On Again Doctor

Carry On Again Doctor
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/12/1969
  • Character: Shuffling Patient
Dr Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.

The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper
6.3/10
In the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange "roles" for a short while. After many adventures, the prince regains his rightful identity and graciously makes his "twin" a ward of the court.

Follow That Camel

Follow That Camel
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/08/1967
  • Character: Simpson
Bertram Oliphant West (also known as Bo West) wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation. He joins the Foreign Legion, with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the fort they get posted to is full of eccentric legionnaires, and there is trouble brewing with the locals too. Unbeknown to Bo, his lady love has followed him in disguise...

Carry On Girls

Carry On Girls
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/11/1973
  • Character: Admiral
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.

Night and the City

Night and the City
7.9/10
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan. His latest ploy, promoting an aging Greek wrestler, goes awry when the wrestler dies and everyone points the finger at Harry. Hiding out in a riverfront barge, Harry sees his grand ambitions spiral into a nightmare of fear and desperation as the underworld closes in.

Carry On Up the Khyber

Carry On Up the Khyber
6.8/10
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe, but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas—he wants all the British dead. But his troops fear the 'skirted-devils, who are rumoured not to wear any underwear.

Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb
6.4/10
The Forest Queen grants the wish of Jonathan, the woodcutter, and his wife, Anna.

Saturday Island

Saturday Island
6/10
When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during World War II, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe (Linda Darnell) and Marine Michael Dugan (Tab Hunter) find themselves stranded — and soon enough, falling in love — on an idyllic tropical island. But when British pilot William Peck (Donald Gray) crash-lands on their cozy little atoll, Dugan suddenly discovers he has a rival in love.

Carry On Abroad

Carry On Abroad
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/12/1972
  • Character: Pepe
A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished being built, and the weather is awful. And there is something strange about the staff—they all look very similar. To top it all off, the weather seems to be having an adverse affect on the Hotel's foundations.

Carry On Cowboy

Carry On Cowboy
6.2/10
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal. Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids—revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.

Don't Lose Your Head

Don't Lose Your Head
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/12/1966
  • Character: Bidet
The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy take it upon themselves to aid their French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes "the black fingernail", scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police...

Carry On Camping

Carry On Camping
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/05/1969
  • Character: Josh Fiddler
Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea, so when they decide to take them on a holiday to Paradise Camp, they think they're off to a nudist colony—but they couldn't be more wrong, and meet up with the weirdest bunch of campers you can imagine.

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/11/1971
  • Character: Guest Appearance (segment "Sloth")
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Seven and the seven deadly sins. It comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. The sketches are linked by animation sequences. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod Nelson-Keys and Roy Piper. It was produced by Tigon Pictures and distributed in the U.K. by Tigon Film Distributors Ltd..

Carry on Christmas

Carry on Christmas
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyFantasy
  • Release: 24/12/1969
  • Character: Dracula / Street Beggar / Convent Girl / Haggie the Other Ugly Sister
Ebenezer Scrooge is a misery on Christmas, not allowing people money or doing anything to share Christmas cheer around his employees or acquaintances. While Scrooge is visited by three ghosts we see how his penny pinching has affected those around him.

Appointment with Venus

Appointment with Venus
6.1/10
  • Genre: Romance
  • Release: 08/10/1951
  • Character: 1st Naval Rating
At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the noses of the Nazis.

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