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Peter Yates
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BIRTHDAY
July 24, 1929
Ewshott, Surrey, England
DIED
January 09, 2011
RECENT CREDITS
The Run of the Country
(FILM)
Sep. 22, 1995
Roommates
(FILM)
Mar. 3, 1995
Year of the Comet
(FILM)
Apr. 24, 1992
An Innocent Man
(FILM)
Oct. 6, 1989
The House on Carroll Street
(FILM)
Mar. 4, 1988
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British director Peter Yates graduated from his early-'60s low-budget feature debut, the musical comedy Summer Holiday (1963), starring Cliff Richard and the Shadows, to the superb thriller Robbery (1967) with Stanley....
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British director Peter Yates graduated from his early-'60s low-budget feature debut, the musical comedy Summer Holiday (1963), starring Cliff Richard and the Shadows, to the superb thriller Robbery (1967) with Stanley Baker. It was a short jump to the American thriller Bullitt (1968), starring Steve McQueen, the definitive cop thriller of its decade with the first car chase that anyone remembers in movies, through the streets of San Francisco. John and Mary (1969), starring Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow, was a big date movie at the end of the 1960s, and The Hot Rock (1972) was a groundbreaking comedy/thriller of its era, while The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) was a crime drama with one of Robert Mitchum's best performances. Since then, Yates has moved easily between genres, from the black comedy of Mother, Jugs, and Speed (1976) to the comic book-style action of Krull (1983), pausing along the way for the sensitive period drama The Dresser (1983) and the suspense of Eyewitness (1981).
~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide
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Director Peter Yates Dies at 81
Jan. 10, 2011
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The Run of the Country
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Released: Oct. 6, 1989
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Released: Jun. 27, 1973
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