Peter Boyle
Actor
Films to Rent
- Joe (1970)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick
- A 'cause celebre' in its day, this pungent drama unrolls after a wealthy executive (Patrick) murders the drug–dealing boyfriend of his daughter…
- T.R. Baskin (1971)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Candice Bergen, Peter Boyle, James Caan
- Candice Bergen plays a naive but enthusiastic young woman who runs away to Chicago in the hopes of finding a fulfilling romantic life and career, but…
- 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…
- Young Frankenstein (1974)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr…
- One of Mel Brooks' best is this on–target parody of Mary Shelley's gothic legend and especially James Whale's classic 1930s film versions.…
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks…
- Robert De Niro stalks the decaying streets of the Big Apple to Bernard Herrmann's haunting score before flipping his lid and enacting brutal revenge…
- Swashbuckler (1976)
- Dir. James Goldstone
Feat. Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle…
- Refreshingly unselfconscious pirate yarn with Robert Shaw crossing swords with a fey Peter Boyle against Caribbean backdrops.
Released at a time…
- Brink's Job, The (1977)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Peter Falk, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands…
- In 1950, the Brink’s security firm in Boston was robbed of nearly $3,000,000, in one of the US’ largest ever heists. This version of events…
- F.I.S.T. (Fist) (1978)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle…
- Earnest union drama with Stallone as a Jimmy Hoffa type union leader whose idealism is gradually corrupted. Curious misfire is worth a watch with a…
- Hardcore (1979)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. George C. Scott, Peter Boyle
- Paul Schrader, rehashing his script of TAXI DRIVER, pits a Catholic mid–westerner against the seedy, amoral underworld of California's adult…
- Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
- Dir. Art Linson
Feat. Bill Murray, Peter Boyle
- In a piece of dream–casting, Bill Murray plays 'gonzo' journalist Hunter S Thompson, with Peter Boyle as his lawyer sidekick having a series of…
- Outland (1981)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen…
- Enjoyable outer–space remake of High Noon with Sean Connery as an ass–kicking 21st Century marshall determined to rid the planet of…
- Yellowbeard (1983)
- Dir. Mel Damski
Feat. Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Eric Idle…
- Pirate farce for serious Python completists only. Impressive cast though.
- Hammett (1983)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner…
- A chequered production history – conflict between director Wenders and exec producer Coppola, money problems – basically rendered the…
- Johnny Dangerously (1984)
- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Michael Keating, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner…
- Michael Keaton turns to a life of crime to support his ailing mother in this zany spoof of 1930's gangster films.
- Echoes In The Darkness (TV Mini-series) (1987)
- Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. Peter Coyote, Stockard Channing, Robert Loggia…
- The true life murder of Pennsylvanian woman Susan Reinert and her two children in the 1970s gets a successful treatment in this taut…
- Red Heat (1988)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle…
- Director reworks his 48HRS for Arnie and Belushi as mismatched cops on a mission in Moscow.
- Walker (1988)
- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Ed Harris, Rene Auberjonois, Peter Boyle…
- Harris is William Walker in an unwieldy, idiosyncratic account of the American adventurer's takeover of Nicaragua in 1855.
- Dream Team, The (1989)
- Dir. Howard Zieff
Feat. Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle
- Four mental patients are taken by their psychiatrist to see a baseball game and end up lost in New York after he is knocked unconscious while…
- Shadow, The (1994)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller…
- Alec Baldwin plays the suave superhero based on the pulp fiction character created by Walter B. Gibson in 1931. Considered an elegant flop, the…
- While You Were Sleeping (1995)
- Dir. Jon Turteltaub
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher…
- Lonely girl Sandra Bullock comes to the aid of a romanticised stranger after he is mugged, murmurs that she was going to 'marry him', and so is taken…
- Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series) (1996-2005)
- Feat. Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts…
- Long–running US sitcom set around a sportswriter entangled in the dysfunctions and agendas of his oddball family. Inoffensive, easily enjoyable…
- Dr. Dolittle (1998)
- Dir. Betty Thomas
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt…
- Slick remake of the 1967 musical replaces songs with tech wizardry and the comic mugging of Eddie Murphy as the medic who can 'talk to the…
- Monster's Ball (2001)
- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger…
- A surprising success of 2001 after Halle Berry won the Best Actress Oscar, this compelling race–drama is harrowing, angst–ridden and…
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Scooby Doo 2) (2004)
- Dir. Raja Gosnell
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jnr., Matthew Lillard…
- More shenanigans from the Scoob and his human pals – Fred, Shaggy, Velma and Daphne – this time defending the city of Coolsville from an…