Movies by Anthony Perkins
As part of the cast:
-
A Demon in My View (1991)
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Uwe Bohm, Sophie Ward …
Directed by: Petra Haffter
For more than two decades, Arthur (Anthony Perkins) has quietly kept his identity as the prostitute-strangling Kenbourne Killer under wraps. But when a new neighbor (Uwe Bohm) moves in and…
-
Chillers: Vol. 1 (1990)
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Annabel Leventon, Anna Massey …
Directed by: Clare Peploe, Nessa Hyams, Nick Lewin …
Hosted by the master of the macabre, Psycho star Anthony Perkins, this series of suspenseful thrillers will have you on the edge of your seat. With the beauty and spectacle of Europe as the…
-
Edge of Sanity (1989)
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, David Lodge …
Directed by: Gerard Kikoine
In this variation on the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story, respected physician Henry Jekyll (Anthony Perkins) has been experimenting with cocaine -- which unleashes his alter ego, the…
-
Psycho III (1986)
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey …
Directed by: Anthony Perkins
And you thought it was safe to go back in the shower! Anthony Perkins recreates his most famous role and makes his directing debut in this second sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's legendary…
-
Crimes of Passion (1984)
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, John Laughlin …
Directed by: Ken Russell
Set in the midst of a steamy red light district, this compelling drama focuses on China Blue (Kathleen Turner), a stunningly beautiful fashion designer by day -- and a prostitute keenly adept…
-
The Glory Boys (1984)
Cast: Rod Steiger, Anthony Perkins, Alfred Burke …
Directed by: Michael Ferguson
Based on a novel by Gerald Seymour, this cerebral three-part miniseries starring Rod Steiger and Anthony Perkins tracks the British government's attempts to thwart the murderous plans of…
-
Psycho II (1983)
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly …
Directed by: Richard Franklin
Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) comes home in the terrifying sequel to one of Alfred Hitchcock's most suspenseful movies. After years of rehab in a mental institution, Norman returns to…
-
Ffolkes (1980)
Cast: Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins …
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
When a band of terrorists led by Lou Kramer (Anthony Perkins) commandeers a Norwegian vessel and threatens to blow up two North Sea oil rigs, cocky adventurer-for-hire Rufus Excalibur Ffolkes…
-
The Black Hole (1979)
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster …
Directed by: Gary Nelson
Disney goes sci-fi in this futuristic adventure about a team of space travelers who stumble upon a black hole. Fearful of being pulled into the abyss, the explorers try for a quick exit --…
-
Winter Kills (1979)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins …
Directed by: William Richert
This quirky black comedy stars Jeff Bridges as Nick Kegan, the younger brother of an American president who was shot and killed 19 years earlier. Now, a chance encounter with a dying man…
-
Les Miserables (1978)
Cast: Richard Jordan, Anthony Perkins, Cyril Cusack …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
This immortal story follows a minor thief (Richard Jordan) who rises above his past only to be hounded by an implacable chief inspector (Anthony Perkins) who fervently believes that law and…
-
Mahogany (1975)
Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins …
Directed by: Berry Gordy
Directed by Berry Gordy and featuring the Oscar-nominated song "Do You Know Where You're Going To," this rags-to-riches story follows up-and-coming fashion model Tracy (Diana Ross),…
-
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Cast: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Investigator Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is heading home aboard the Orient Express when a fellow passenger, American businessman Samuel Ratchett (Richard Widmark), is found murdered in…
-
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Cast: Paul Newman, Victoria Principal, Anthony Perkins …
Directed by: John Huston
John Huston brings to life the legendary hanging judge of the Old West, Roy Bean (Paul Newman). The film is a comic take on Bean, who was judge, jury and executioner for most crimes committed…
-
Play It as It Lays (1972)
Cast: Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Tammy Grimes …
Directed by: Frank Perry
Maria Wyeth is an aspiring actress with a bright future; however, waiting around every corner is the seedier side of fame and fortune, and the starlet's hope soon turns to despair in…
-
Someone Behind the Door (1971)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Anthony Perkins, Jill Ireland …
Directed by: Nicolas Gessner
An amnesiac (Charles Bronson) who's a suspect in a murder case comes under the care of conniving brain surgeon Laurence Jeffries (Anthony Perkins) -- a man determined to see his…
-
Charles Bronson's Deadly Arsenal Triple Feature (1971)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, Anthony Perkins …
Directed by: John Sturges, Terence Young, Nicolas Gessner …
A triple dose of "tough guy" flicks show Charles Bronson in three very different roles. In Cold Sweat (1970), he plays a drug trader who resorts to revenge to save his wife (Liv Ullmann). In…
-
Catch-22 (1970)
Cast: Alan Arkin, Martin Sheen, Richard Benjamin …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Capt. Yossarian (Alan Arkin) tries to escape the travesties of World War II by convincing his Air Force commanders that he's crazy. Hilarity ensues -- but so does reality as he watches…
-
Charles Bronson: Vital Hits (1970)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason …
Directed by: John Sturges, Terence Young, Nicolas Gessner …
For many action film fanatics, the genre begins and ends with stoic, unflappable tough guy Charles Bronson. A man of few words, Bronson usually let his actions speak for him -- to deadly…
-
How Awful About Allan (1970)
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Julie Harris, Joan Hackett …
Directed by: Curtis Harrington
Anthony Perkins, star of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, takes on another role of creepy proportions in this haunting, gothic film about a hysterically blind man (Perkins) suffering under the…
-
WUSA (1970)
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Perkins …
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
Jaded disc jockey Rheinhardt (Paul Newman) finds a berth at right-wing New Orleans station WUSA, whose hateful message he sets aside his own beliefs to spread -- but his indifference is…
-
Pretty Poison (1968)
Cast: Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland, Anthony Perkins …
Directed by: Noel Black
Having played crazy to perfection in Psycho (1960), Anthony Perkins puts the nail in his typecasting coffin with his portrayal of just-released-from-the-loony-bin Dennis Pitt in this blackly…
-
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Gert Fröbe …
Directed by: Rene Clement
World War II is nearly over, but the Germans wage one last effort at destruction in Paris. But the French Resistance won't let them win -- not when Allied victory is so close at hand.…
-
Evening Primrose (1966)
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Dorothy Stickney, Larry Gates …
Directed by: Paul Bogart
Seeking refuge from the outside world, a reclusive poet (Anthony Perkins) takes up residence in a department store, only to discover he isn't alone. Among his new neighbors is a…
-
Une Ravissante Idiote (1964)
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Brigitte Bardot, Gregoire Aslan …
Directed by: Edouard Molinaro
The British Secret Service has it on good account that Russian spy Anthony Perkins will steal some fake N.A.T.O documents that they've planted for him to take. Only trouble is, Perkins…
-
The Trial (1962)
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Orson Welles …
Directed by: Orson Welles
Director Orson Welles's brilliant adaptation of Franz Kafka's existential novel casts Anthony Perkins as Josef K, a bank clerk who finds himself at the mercy of a powerful and…
-
Phaedra (1962)
Cast: Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone …
Directed by: Jules Dassin
This contemporary remake of Euripides's &NFi;Hippolytus&NFi_; stars Melina Mercouri as Phaedra, whose husband, Greek tycoon Thanos (Raf Vallone), wants her to persuade his adult son,…
-
Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Italian beauty Lisa Macklin (Sophia Loren) tells her abusive husband, Robert (Anthony Perkins), that she is fed up with his immaturity and that their marriage is over; but when he returns…
-
Goodbye Again (1961)
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
What's good for the goose is good for the gander in this drama about Paula (Ingrid Bergman), a successful decorator who gets so tired of her lover Roger's (Yves Montand) endless…
-
Psycho (1960)
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where twitchy…
-
On the Beach (1959)
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire …
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
In this 1959 doomsday classic, a U.S. submarine led by Capt. Dwight Towers (Gregory Peck) surfaces near Melbourne, where the passengers learn that nuclear war has wiped out most of humanity.…
-
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives …
Directed by: Delbert Mann
Desiring another heir, wealthy landowner Ephraim Cabot (Burl Ives) marries young Anna (Sophia Loren) in a hush-hush exchange for the title to his land. His grown son, Eben (Anthony Perkins),…
-
The Matchmaker (1958)
Cast: Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Joseph Anthony
Although matchmaker Dolly (Shirley Booth) is trying to get Horace (Paul Ford) and Irene (Shirley MacLaine) together, she wishes she could have Horace for herself. On the other side of town,…
-
The Tin Star (1957)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer …
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Director Anthony Mann (master of the "psychological" Western) helms this taut tale about an inexperienced deputy, Ben Owens (Anthony Perkins), who steps in as a temporary replacement when the…
-
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore …
Directed by: Robert Mulligan
This absorbing biopic stars Anthony Perkins as Jimmy Piersall, whose talents on the baseball diamond take him to the Major Leagues as a Red Sox outfielder -- and whose desire to please his…
-
The Lonely Man (1957)
Cast: Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand …
Directed by: Henry Levin
Can a hoodlum turn over a new leaf? That's all Jacob Wade (Jack Palance) wants, but it's hard to shake his fearsome reputation. That's especially true when nearly everyone --…
-
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins …
Directed by: William Wyler
Jess and Eliza Birdwell (Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire) are devoted Quaker parents in Indiana during the height of the Civil War. The Birdwells' religion opposes violence, but as…
As a director:
-
Lucky Stiff (1988)
Cast: Donna Dixon, Joe Alaskey, Jeff Kober …
Directed by: Anthony Perkins
After his new wife leaves him, a hapless bridegroom (Joe Alaskey) receives an invitation from a beautiful blond stranger (Donna Dixon) to accompany her home for Christmas. But what he…
-
Psycho III (1986)
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey …
Directed by: Anthony Perkins
And you thought it was safe to go back in the shower! Anthony Perkins recreates his most famous role and makes his directing debut in this second sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's legendary…