What made Peter Cushing so fascinating was his essential Britishness. His love and devotion for his country is something that seems rare nowadays, but for Cushing, he lived it. So much so, his reluctance to travel overseas limited his career options, even when the British film industry went into meltdown during the seventies.
And yet he did work abroad and even travelled to Hollywood with dreams of movie stardom.
For this book, Mark Iveson explores the films that Peter Cushing made abroad. From his glory days in Hollywood to the increasingly strange Euro-puddings produced in the seventies. Against a backdrop of his life and career as a whole, we explore what made Cushing tick, and the many films he was involved with from
The Man in the Iron Mask
and
A Chump at Oxford
through
Horror Express
Star Wars
to
The Mystery of Monster Island
Black Jack
.
A fascinating tribute to the career of a man whose impact on film, television and radio cannot be understated.
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' I finished the book immediately wanting to watch the films again, which is clear indication of the passion and reverence which has gone it's writing - it's certainly a very fitting tribute to an iconic and unforgettable actor.' Amazon Review