Thursday, August 01, 2024

Gregory Peck Top Ten

 1) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

2) The Guns of Navarone (1961)

3) Spellbound (1945)

4) Duel in the Sun (1946)

5) Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

6) The Gunfighter (1950)

7) Roman Holiday (1953)

8) The Big Country (1958)

9) Cape Fear (1962)

10) MacArthur (1977)

Ah this list is boring... everyone says these films. Sorry!

What about Peck movies with connection to Australia

1) MacArthur - scenes in Australia

2) Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) - written by Ivan Goff and originally meant for Errol Flynn

3) Million Pound Note (1954) - from script by Rex Rienits

4) On the Beach (1959) - set in and shot in Australia

5) Guns of Navarone (1961) - Richard Harris as an Aussie

6) The Dove (1973) - he produced it, it has scenes in Australia

7) Moby Dick (1998) - shot in Australia

8) The Omen (1976) - with Aussie Leo McKern

9) Fortunes of Richard Mahoney - Peck was meant to make this with Greer Garson

10) several of his collaborators emigrated to Australia: Casey Robinson (Days of Glory) and Anne Baxter (Yellow Sky)

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