Peter Cookson

Acting

Peter Cookson

Born 1913-05-08

Acting credits

A Guy Named Joe poster
6.7

A cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he's sent back to Earth by a heavenly General with a new assignment.

A Guy Named Joe

1944

Fear poster
4.6

B-movie film noir take on Crime and Punishment. A college student gets deeper and deeper in trouble when he takes a loan from a shady college professor.

Fear

1946

White Lies poster
5.6

How can a smart middle class girl suddenly turn into a devoted right wing debater? That's what happens with Catherine when she meets the charismatic leaders of the neo-nazi organization NIM. Catherine, a first-year university student who feels alienated from the liberal campus, joins a hate group through the Internet and becomes their voice, only to gradually question their beliefs even as she becomes more deeply involved.

White Lies

1998

The Girl Who Dared poster
6.1

A group of people are invited to a party at a creepy mansion where legend has it a ghost appears once a year.

The Girl Who Dared

1944

Adventures of Kitty O'Day poster
5.5

A telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police.

Adventures of Kitty O'Day

1945

Strange Conquest poster
8.0

Two doctors try to find the cure for a fatal disease, while battling each other for the affection of a beautiful woman doctor.

Strange Conquest

1946

The Scarlet Horseman poster
10.0

Government agents work to interfere with schemes to trick the Comanches into war with the Texans.

The Scarlet Horseman

1946

Detective Kitty O'Day poster
4.6

Convinced that she has what it takes to be a detective, inquisitive secretary Kitty O'Day gets her chance to put her sleuthing skills to the test when her investment broker boss is mysteriously murdered. But Kitty's investigation hits a snag when Inspector Miles Clancy begins to suspect that she's the culprit.

Detective Kitty O'Day

1944

Behind City Lights poster
7.0

This Republic programmer stars Lynne Roberts as a country gal who is slickered by a couple of city-fied jewel thieves, played by Peter Cookson and Jerome Cowan. Roberts is set up for a patsy by these two rogues, and nearly ends up in jail-and later on, narrowly escapes being rubbed out by gangsters.

Behind City Lights

1945

G.I. Honeymoon poster
8.0

In this romantic comedy, set during WW II, an newlywed army couple are unable to consummate their marriage, as on their wedding night the husband is called away to sentry duty. Later they try again, but as he has just completed a 37-mile hike, he finds himself too tired to work up any enthusiasm for conjugal bliss. Fortunately, the bride's understanding aunt intervenes with the young man's colonel and the frustrated couple is at last able to share a night of love.

G.I. Honeymoon

1945

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9.0

The Andrews Sisters take a hiatus from show business to aid the war effort. They take on jobs at a pipe-organ plant now making artillery shells. But they still find time for plenty of singing and dancing.

Swingtime Johnny

1944

Don't Gamble with Strangers poster
6.1

Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over a crooked gambling joint.

Don't Gamble with Strangers

1946

Shadow of Suspicion poster
7.5

Brash ladies' man James Dale and his partner, wisecracking Everett Northrup, are sent by Cartell & Co. jewelers to safeguard the arrival of the famous Stonehaven necklace at one of its branch offices, recently the victim of a jewel robbery.

Shadow of Suspicion

1944