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Peter Hyams
Writer 83 years old

Peter Hyams

New York City, New York, U.S.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peter Hyams (born July 26, 1943) is an American screenwriter, director and cinematographer, probably best known for directing the 1984 science fiction adventure 2010 (the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey), Capricorn One,... Read full bio →

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10 titles
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Peter Hyams 2009 1h 45m 5.1

Remake of a 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a novelist's investigation of a dirty district attorney leads to a setup within the courtroom

Narrow Margin

Narrow Margin

Peter Hyams 1990 1h 37m 6.3

An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to discover that the killers are onboard with them.

2010

2010

Peter Hyams 1984 1h 56m 7.3

A joint American-Soviet space expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery.

The Star Chamber

The Star Chamber

Peter Hyams 1983 1h 45m 5.3

Disgusted with criminals escaping the judicial system via technicalities, an idealistic young judge investigates an alternative method for punishing the guilty.

Outland

Outland

Peter Hyams 1981 1h 50m 7.3

In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder.

The Hunter

The Hunter

Buzz Kulik 1980 1h 33m 6.7

He's not as fast as he used to be ... That's makes him human. He's a bounty hunter... And that's what makes him dangerous.

Hanover Street

Hanover Street

Peter Hyams 1979 1h 49m

Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.

Capricorn One

Capricorn One

Peter Hyams 1978 2h 3m 7.0

In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base.

Telefon

Telefon

Don Siegel 1977 1h 42m 6.7

Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under hypnosis, so they can't remember their missions until they're told a line of a Robert Frost poem.

Busting

Busting

Peter Hyams 1974 1h 32m 6.0

Two Los Angeles vice squad officers find themselves up against their corrupt superiors when they try to bring a crime boss to justice. During the course of their investigation, the two cops disguise themselves as gay men and raid a gay bar.

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