David E. Peckinpah

Nacimiento : 1951-09-05, Fresno, California, USA

Muerte : 2006-04-23

Películas

When Danger Follows You Home
Director
A single mom and psychiatric intern encounters a troubled but brilliant young man who turns up dead in her house after she befriended him. When she finds herself the prime suspect, she sets out to solve the crime and clear her name.
Hijacked: Flight 285
Writer
A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after takeoff, two of his aides, traveling as ordinary passengers, take control and free him. He demands $20 million in bonds upon landing. And a sick passenger, bad weather or mechanical problems won't stop him.
El novio de mi madre
Story
Jack Sturges (Chevy Chase) es un abogado que cree haber encontrado el amor de su vida: la bella y madura Sandra (Farrah Fawcett). Hay un solo problema y es que Ben (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), el hijo de once años de Sandra, odia la sola idea de otro hombre en la casa. Con el propósito de espantar a Jack, sugiere que ambos se inscriban en un campamento de verano para conocerse mejor.
La muerte tiene cara de ángel
Writer
Comienzan a sucederse una serie de asesinatos en un pequeño pueblo. El repartidor de periódicos trata de hacer buenas migas con una familia. Una vez que la familia empieza a sospechar que es un psicópata, lo expulsan de sus vidas. Ahí empieza el terror...
Obsessed
Writer
Lorie Brindel works at an insurance company and falls in love with one of her clients, the much older Ed Bledsoe. Spending weeks of passion together, Lorie is convinced that Ed is the man of her life and that he would marry her. When Ed decides to break up the relationship, Lorie does not accept it and tries to win him back, falling from her extreme love into an equally extreme hatred.
The Diamond Trap
Teleplay
When streetwise Manhattan police detectives Rawlings (Howard Hesseman) and Brendan Thomas (Ed Marinaro) discover a major diamond heist is about to go down at a renowned gallery, they enlist one of their suspects, gallery employee Tara Holden (Brooke Shields). But an attempt to foil the robbery explodes with deadly consequences for Tara. Committed to break the case, Rawlings relentlessly pursues the clues through a twisted maze of deceit and danger that takes him to England, where he and Scotland Yard detecive Charlie Lawson expose the ultimate con and solve the crime.
In Self Defense
Story
Un conductor que acaba de cometer tres asesinatos durante un atraco, después de huir a toda velocidad, colisiona contra el vehículo de Susan. En su intento de ayudar a la justicia, Susan consiente en testificar en el juicio, pero el asesino es puesto en libertad y organiza una campaña de terror contra la joven. A partir de aquí, la vida de Susan irá convirtiéndose en un infierno, las amenazas y el acoso del asesino acaban por destrozarle los nevios. Decidida a acabar con esta situación, decide tomarse la justicia por su mano.
In Self Defense
Teleplay
Un conductor que acaba de cometer tres asesinatos durante un atraco, después de huir a toda velocidad, colisiona contra el vehículo de Susan. En su intento de ayudar a la justicia, Susan consiente en testificar en el juicio, pero el asesino es puesto en libertad y organiza una campaña de terror contra la joven. A partir de aquí, la vida de Susan irá convirtiéndose en un infierno, las amenazas y el acoso del asesino acaban por destrozarle los nevios. Decidida a acabar con esta situación, decide tomarse la justicia por su mano.
Stillwatch
Writer
Television journalist, Patricia Traymore, moves to Washington to do an in-depth interview with vice presidential hopeful, Senator Abigail Winslow. She moves into a house where she lived as a child and where her father murdered her mother and attempted to kill her. She wants to face the past and, with the help of a psychic neighbor, Lila Thatcher, find some answers about this tragic event. In the meantime, Senator Winslow has some secrets she is hiding.
Chase
Writer
A big-city lawyer (Jennifer O'Neill) returns to her small hometown after her father's death to resume his practice. There she is called upon to defend a migrant worker who has been accused of murder.
As de plumas
Writer
Un conocido piloto de la Fórmula NASCAR está en la cima de su carrera, pero está cansado de hacer lo que le dicen. Decide rebelarse contra su patrocinador, una cadena de restaurantes especializada en pollo frito que le hace vestirse con un disfraz de pollo gigante, mientras intenta ligar con las chicas más guapas.
Hotline
Screenplay
A crisis helpline assistant attracts the attention of a serial killer who delights in feeding her cryptic, nursery-rhyme style riddles when planning his next murder!
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Writer
This Olympics film, tied in with the planned 1980 games from which the United States subsequently withdrew, focuses on an American athlete whose dreams of winning the Decathlon are threatened by his romance with a pretty Russian gymnast.