
July 24, 1929 · 96 years old
Peter James Yates (24 July 1929 – 9 January 2011) was an English film director and producer. He was born in Aldershot, Hampshire. The son of an army officer, he attended Charterhouse School as a boy, graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked for some years as an actor, director an…

A nonconformist San Francisco cop is determined to find the underworld kingpin who killed the witness under his protection.

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, Krull.

A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.

A working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.

In Bermuda, two amateur treasure-hunting divers have a run-in with local criminals when they inadvertently discover the secret cargo of a World War II shipwreck.

After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.

When a homeless man is accused of murdering a Justice Department file clerk, a public defender is tasked with mounting his legal defense.

A man is framed by two corrupt cops for drugs. After he gets out of prison, he comes after them.

A janitor who claims he's seen a murder becomes romantically involved with the glamorous TV reporter covering the story.

Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear.

A housewife tries to finance her cab-driving husband's education.

John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.

A group of British criminals plan the robbery of the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.

An elderly yet young-at-heart man moves in with his grandson and both their lives turn upside-down.

An auctioneer's daughter and a rich buyer's emissary fall for each other while trying to keep a rare wine out of the hands of evil doers.

A mother's love for her children leads to a son's revenge for her death in this dramatic thriller that begins during the Greek civil war.

In a small village on the border of Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland, the relationship between a short tempered policeman and his rebellious son becomes even more strenuous when the young man falls for a "wrong" girl.