Peter Yates — Director (10)
Breaking Away (1979) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Breaking Away
director: Peter Yates actor: Dennis Christopher / Dennis Quaid
other title: All American Boys / Udbrud
Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.
Bullitt (1968) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB WikiData Douban IMDb
Bullitt
director: Peter Yates actor: Steve McQueen / Robert Vaughn
other title: 布利特 / 浑身是胆
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
director: Peter Yates actor: Robert Mitchum / Peter Boyle
other title: Gli amici di Eddie Coyle / Selva Humana
An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.
Krull (1983) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB TMDB Douban
Krull
director: Peter Yates actor: Ken Marshall / Lysette Anthony
other title: Krull - Além da Imaginação / 혹성의 위기
A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
The Dresser (1983) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData NeoDB Douban
The Dresser
director: Peter Yates actor: Albert Finney / Tom Courtenay
other title: Il servo di scena / O Companheiro
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
The Hot Rock (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Hot Rock
director: Peter Yates actor: Robert Redford / George Segal
other title: La pietra che scotta / Vier schräge Vögel
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
Robbery (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Robbery
director: Peter Yates actor: Stanley Baker / Joanna Pettet
other title: Rapina al treno postale / Überfall
In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.
Summer Holiday (1963) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Summer Holiday
director: Peter Yates actor: Cliff Richard / Lauri Peters
other title: Holiday für dich und mich / Vacances d'été
1960s musical showcasing Cliff Richard. Four bus mechanics working for London Transport strike up a deal with the company: they do up a one of the company's legendary red double decker buses and take it to southern Europe as a mobile hotel. If it succeeds, they will be put in charge of a whole fleet. While on the road in France they pick up three young British ladies whose car breaks down and offer to take them to their next singing job in Athens. They also pick up a stowaway, who hides the fact that she's a famous American pop star on the run, chased by the media and her parents.
The Deep (1977) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Deep
director: Peter Yates actor: Robert Shaw / Jacqueline Bisset
other title: Abissi / Drama i dybet
A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.
Suspect (1987) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Suspect
director: Peter Yates actor: Cher / Dennis Quaid
other title: Suspect - Presunto colpevole / Under mistanke
When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley is assigned to his case, she begins to believe that Anderson may actually be innocent. Juror Eddie Sanger, a Washington lobbyist, agrees, and together the pair begins their own investigation of events.