Peter R. Hunt

Editing

Peter R. Hunt

Born 1925-03-11 · London, England, UK

Peter Roger Hunt (11 March 1925 – 14 August 2002) was a British director, editor and producer of film and television, best known for his work on the James Bond film series, first as an editor and then as a second unit director. He finally served as director for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. His work on the series helped pioneer an innovative, fast-cutting editing style.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

On Her Majesty's Secret Service poster
6.6

With the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss Alps, where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

Death Hunt poster
6.7

Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a good deed that will put him in trouble.

Death Hunt

1981

Shout at the Devil poster
6.0

During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The story is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith, which in turn is very loosely based on events involving the light cruiser SMS Königsberg, which was sunk after taking refuge in Rufigi delta in 1915.

Shout at the Devil

1976

Wild Geese II poster
4.8

A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.

Wild Geese II

1985

Gold poster
5.7

Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drilling into an underground lake, so the unscrupulous owners can make a killing in the international gold market.

Gold

1974

Assassination poster
5.7

Jay Killon is the bodyguard of the recently elected US president, but he is assigned to the first lady (Lara Royce). Lara hates Killon so she does all she can to escape. The story complicates when someone tries to kill Lara.

Assassination

1987

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star poster
4.6

Three aliens from the planet Taros land on Earth and are befriended by a Wyoming rancher's son.

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star

1986

Gulliver's Travels poster
5.6

Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu episode. It was made partly in live action and partly animated.

Gulliver's Travels

1977

The Beasts Are on the Streets poster
6.5

Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.

The Beasts Are on the Streets

1978

No artwork available
7.0

Roy Baxter is concerned for his daughter Christina's safety. She's working as a doctor among the Masai in Kenya. Poaching gangs are slaughtering protected species, then raiding Masai villages and forcing them to help carry their ill-gotten gains across the border. Roy flies to Kenya to convince her to leave and becomes a suspect for murder when the village is raided and he tries to help a UN doctor shot by the raiders. The only witness is a young Masai boy, who is reluctant to come forward because of possible retribution against his tribe.

Eyes of a Witness

1991

Studentinnen-Report poster
8.6

Poor little rich American girl Nancy Chesterfield is having far too much fun with the local male populace on her art school trip to Greece as far as unseen dear old dad's concerned, who wants her back pronto so he can marry her off to a business associate.

Studentinnen-Report

1977