peter yates

When Capers Were Mod: Heist Films ‘Robbery’ and ‘Midas Run’

When Capers Were Mod: Heist Films ‘Robbery’ and ‘Midas Run’

By the time Yates' Robbery and Kjellin's Midas Run came along, the Hollywood Production Code was weakening as the western world entered a period of rebellious youth, short skirts, sexual permissiveness, Cold War cynicism, colonial wars, and general political uppity-ness.

Working Class Villains in ‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’

Working Class Villains in ‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’

The Friends of Eddie Coyle presents a tragic character study of a working-class criminal who comes to realize he's wasted his life.

Breaking Through: Peter Yates (1929 – 2011)