Peter Yates
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- 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…