Peter Yates

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Young Ones, The / Summer Holiday (1961-1962): Dir. Sidney J. Furie, Peter Yates
Feat. Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, The Shadows; A pairing of delightfully dated musical vehicles for Brit pop sensation of the day, Cliff Richard. THE YOUNG ONES has Cliff organising a fundraising…
Danger Man (TV Series) (1966): Dir. Peter Yates, Don Chaffey
Feat. Patrick McGoohan; Before THE PRISONER, Patrick McGoohan played a prototype of the same character as the cool and calculated John Drake, a special agent who keeps up…
Robbery (1967): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Sir Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet, James Booth…; Topnotch heist film is a tension filled reconstruction of "The Great Train Robbery" with Stanley Baker in the Ronnie Biggs role. Film gets off to…
Bullitt (1968): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn…; A taut, action–packed cop thriller boasting the most spectacular car chase to be committed to screen, through the streets of San Fransisco.
John and Mary (1969): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Mia Farrow, Michael Tolan; Archetypal late–sixties timepiece has Hoffman and Farrow wandering New York after a one–night stand. Yates's direction is equally…
Murphy's War (1971): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Philippe Noiret; Shipwrecked off the coast of Venezuala by a U–Boat near the end of WWII, Peter O'Toole decides to recuperate a derelict seaplane and mount a…
Friends of Eddie Coyle, The (1973): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan…; A superlative, cold–hearted, downright unforgiving crime classic of the 70s, with Robert Mitchum (never better) as an aging Boston gunrunner…
For Pete's Sake (1974): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons; Middling comedy depicts Barbra Streisand as the wife of depressed NYC taxi–driver Michael Sarrazin – to change their fortunes she pursues…
Deep, The (1977): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw…; Underwater intrigue from novelist Peter 'Jaws' Benchley, with Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bisset (in next to nothing) teaming with salty seadog Robert…
Breaking Away (1979): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid; Deftly scripted, immensely enjoyable tale of a group of college friends in small town America who have yet to decide what they'll do after graduating…
Dresser, The (1983): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay; Classic backstage tale of the theatre, with an imperious actor–manager (Finney) being pampered and supported by his loyal dresser (Courtenay).…
Krull (1983): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Ken Marshall, Francesca Annis; Well–remembered though mostly incoherent grafting of fantasy and sci–fi elements, in which laser–beams jostle with monsters, Celtic…
Eleni (1985): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Linda Hunt; John Malkovich plays a U.S. reporter in Greece trying to find the long–lost truth about his mother's political execution.
Suspect (1987): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Cher, Liam Neeson, Dennis Quaid…; Solid courtroom thriller proffers Cher as the defence for derelict murder–accused Liam Neeson, who’s helped out by a juror who smells a rat…
Run of the Country, The (1995): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Albert Finney, Matt Keeslar, Victoria Smurfit; Stirring Irish drama in the tradition of 'My Left Foot', aided by the magnetic presence of Albert Finney. Finney's son breaks out of the confines of…

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