Cast: Peter Boyle

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Robert De Niro · Cybill Shepherd · Jodie Foster · Albert Brooks

Synopsis Taxi Driver (1976) follows Travis Bickle, a lonely and disillusioned Vietnam War veteran working as a nighttime cab driver in New York City. Haunted by insomnia and a growing disgust for the city's decay, Travis becomes increasingly detached from reality....

Direction Mel Brooks

Cast Gene Wilder · Peter Boyle · Marty Feldman · Cloris Leachman

Synopsis Young Frankenstein (1974) follows Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, a brilliant but reluctant scientist who inherits his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Determined to distance himself from his family's controversial legacy, Frederick is drawn into the world of reanimating the dead after...

Direction Laurent Bouzereau

Cast Martin Scorsese · Paul Schrader · Peter Boyle · Robert De Niro

Synopsis This 70-minute documentary delves into the making of Scorsese's film and highlights the many contributions put forth by Taxi Driver's ensemble of talented actors and artisans.

Direction Spike Lee

Cast Denzel Washington · Angela Bassett · Albert Hall · Al Freeman Jr.

Synopsis Malcolm X (1992) chronicles the transformative life of Malcolm Little, who rises from a troubled youth involved in crime to becoming one of the most influential African American leaders. After a prison sentence, he discovers the teachings of the Nation...

Direction Marc Forster

Cast Billy Bob Thornton · Halle Berry · Heath Ledger · Peter Boyle

Synopsis Monster's Ball (2001) follows the lives of Hank, a prison guard, and Leticia, the wife of a death row inmate, in a racially charged Southern town. Both characters are grappling with personal tragedies and emotional turmoil. Their paths cross unexpectedly,...

Direction Paul Schrader

Cast George C. Scott · Peter Boyle · Season Hubley · Dick Sargent

Synopsis Jake Van Dorn is businessman from American heartland who shares strong Calvinist convictions with most of his countrymen. His teenage daughter is missing from the trip in L.A. and Van Dorn hires private investigator. Result of the investigation is his...

Direction Peter Hyams

Cast Sean Connery · Peter Boyle · Frances Sternhagen · Steven Berkoff

Synopsis Outland (1981) is a gripping sci-fi thriller set on a remote mining colony on Jupiter's moon, Io. The story follows Marshal William O'Niel, who uncovers a dangerous conspiracy involving illegal drug trafficking that is causing workers to act erratically and...

Direction Peter Yates

Cast Robert Mitchum · Peter Boyle · Richard Jordan · Steven Keats

Synopsis In one of the best performances of his legendary career, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie “Fingers” Coyle in Peter Yates’s adaptation of George V. Higgins’s acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. World-weary and living hand to mouth, Coyle...

Direction Haskell Wexler

Cast Robert Forster · Verna Bloom · Peter Bonerz · Marianna Hill

Synopsis TV news camera find himself becoming personally involved in the Violence which erupts around the 1968 Democratic Convention.

Direction John G. Avildsen

Cast Peter Boyle · Dennis Patrick · Susan Sarandon · Audrey Caire

Synopsis Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend; in the ensuing argument, Bill kills him. Panic-stricken, he wanders the streets and eventually stops at a bar. There he runs into a drunken factory worker named Joe, who hates...

Direction Michael Ritchie

Cast Robert Redford · Peter Boyle · Melvyn Douglas · Don Porter

Synopsis Bill McKay (Robert Redford) is an idealistic young lawyer and son of a famous governor who is pressured into running for the United States Senate against the popular incumbent, with the assurance that he will lose and not have to...

Direction Buzz Kulik

Cast Natalie Wood · William Devane · Steve Railsback · Roy Thinnes

Synopsis TV Miniseries. 3 Episodes. Story takes place at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii just before the attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. The main plot deals with the adulterous love affair between Sgt. Warden and Karen Holmes, who's married to...

Direction Wim Wenders

Cast Frederic Forrest · Peter Boyle · Marilu Henner · Roy Kinnear

Synopsis San Francisco, 1928. Dashiell Hammet, a former detective of the Pinkerton Agency, in his thirties, is a tuberculous drunkard who barely survives writing detective stories. An old colleague, Jimmy Ryan comes to visit him -- he needs Dashiell's help to...

Direction Art Linson Productions

Cast Bill Murray · Peter Boyle · Bruno Kirby · Rene Auberjonois

Synopsis Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

Direction Norman Jewison

Cast Sylvester Stallone · Rod Steiger · Peter Boyle · Melinda Dillon

Synopsis Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to...

Direction Derek Wayne Johnson

Cast Sylvester Stallone · Ralph Macchio · Elisabeth Shue · Matthew McConaughey

Synopsis An examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema's most beloved motion pictures.

Direction Alex Cox

Cast Peter Boyle · Miguel Sandoval · Christopher Eccleston · Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

Direction William Reilly

Cast John Turturro · Katherine Borowitz · Dennis Farina · Peter Boyle

Synopsis A hitman (John Turturro) heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts his ascension by clandestinely executing the heads of the family and casting the blame on others. However, with power comes...

Direction Bob Clark

Cast Timothy Hutton · Robert Urich · Kim Cattrall · Robert Culp

Direction Herbert Ross

Cast Candice Bergen · Peter Boyle · James Caan · Marcia Rodd

Synopsis An idealistic young woman arrives in Chicago with hopes of finding romance, adventure and a fulfilling career.