M. Emmet Walsh — Actor (79)
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The Deliberate Stranger (1986) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Deliberate Stranger
director: Marvin J. Chomsky actor: Mark Harmon / Frederic Forrest …
other title: Il mostro / Alptraum des Grauens …
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.
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Criminal Hearts (1996) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Criminal Hearts
director: Dave Payne actor: Kevin Dillon / Amy Locane …
other title: Verso il nulla / Criminal Hearts - 45 Grad in der Hölle
An aspiring actress hits the highway through the American Southwest looking to confront her cheating boyfriend when she picks up a charming, small-time robber on the run after hitting gas stations linked to a drug money laundering operation. Their spontaneous road trip quickly ignites into a high-stakes Bonnie-and-Clyde-style adventure as the pair gets tangled in a web of federal corruption involving crooked FBI agents.
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Cannery Row (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Cannery Row
director: David S. Ward actor: Nick Nolte / Debra Winger …
other title: Die Straße der Ölsardinen / Destino sin Rumbo
Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.
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Back Roads (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Back Roads
director: Martin Ritt actor: Sally Field / Tommy Lee Jones …
other title: Lykken er lige om hjørnet / De Volta à Estrada …
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
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Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
director: Piers Haggard actor: Judge Reinhold / Patricia Clarkson …
other title: Assalto a Tombstone / Gut gezielt ist halb getroffen …
Ernest Albright opens his eyeglass store in what he thinks is a thriving community, but soon discovers that his store is just a shabby shack in Tombstone, Arizona. The town's Doom Brothers are trouble for everybody including Wyatt Earp, the sheriff. Ernest uses his own special brand of short-sighted shooting to help Wyatt rid the town of its worst citizens and live in peace.
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The Escape Artist (1982) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Escape Artist
director: Caleb Deschanel actor: Raúl Juliá / Griffin O'Neal …
other title: 60 minuti per Danny Masters / Der große Zauber …
The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.
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Fourth Story (1991) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Fourth Story
director: Ivan Passer actor: Mark Harmon / Mimi Rogers …
other title: Seducción mortal
Valerie's husband Darryl leaves for work as usual, but never returns. She hires private eye Shepard to find him. Soon he discovers that David had a second identity and obviously doesn't want to be found. But since Shepard is strongly attracted to the pretty Valerie, he investigates further and gets involved more than professionally.
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Wild Card (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Wild Card
director: Mel Damski actor: Powers Boothe / Cindy Pickett …
Thriller about a former preacher, now a professional gambler, who heads down New Mexico way to visit an old buddy, only for him to be killed. It is not long before the Preacher is uncovering a hotbed of corruption and murder in the seemingly peaceful town, aptly named Farewell.
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The Traveling Executioner (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Traveling Executioner
director: Jack Smight actor: Stacy Keach / Bud Cort …
other title: Der reisende Henker / La Balade du Bourreau …
Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading condemned men to accept their deaths before electrocuting them on his electric chair. After he's assigned his first woman to execute, however, Jonas' sense of purpose is shaken.
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Men in White (1998) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Men in White
director: Scott P. Levy actor: Thomas F. Wilson / Karim Prince …
other title: Los Hombres de Blanco
National Lampoon's Men in White is a straight-to-television satirical parody of contemporary science fiction movies, mainly spoofing Men in Black and Independence Day. It debuted in 1998 on the Fox Family Channel.
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Probable Cause (1994) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Probable Cause
director: Paul Ziller actor: Michael Ironside / Kate Vernon …
other title: Das achte Opfer / Meurtres à répétition …
A series of cop murders plagues the city. The remaining officers on the force are increasingly worried as the deaths increase with no leads. As the department's finest must solve the case before the killer strikes again.
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The Mighty Quinn (1989) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Mighty Quinn
director: Carl Schenkel actor: Denzel Washington / James Fox …
other title: Jamaica Cop / Big Bad Man …
Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in his Jacuzzi. Although the local political establishment, especially crooked Governor Chalk, insists that small-time thief Maubee is responsible, Xavier has his doubts. This view is complicated by the police chief's personal history with Maubee: The men have been friends since childhood.
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Relative Fear (1994) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Relative Fear
director: George Mihalka actor: Darlanne Fluegel / James Brolin …
other title: Sotto controllo / Wiege des Terrors
Linda and Peter Pratman's son Adam is autistic, but they still love him and hope that he'll at least start talking some day. However he's teased and abused by the kids of the neighborhood and his grandpa . When several people around Adam die an unexpected death, his parents start to suspect Adam - is he just simulating to be so ignorant about his environment?
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The Lottery (1996) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Lottery
director: Daniel Sackheim actor: Dan Cortese / Keri Russell …
other title: Il complotto / El último deseo …
Returning to his small hometown of Icara, Maine, a man discovers its horrible secret -- a bizarre, clandestine ritual that led to his mother's early death and his father's insanity.
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Cops & Robbersons (1994) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cops & Robbersons
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Chevy Chase / Jack Palance …
other title: Poliziotti a domicilio / Cops & Robbersons - Das haut den stärksten Bullen um …
When the police discover that a mob hitman has moved in next door to the Robbersons, they set up a stakeout in the Robbersons' home. Hard-nosed, tough-as-nails Jake Stone and his young partner Tony Moore are assigned to the stakeout, but now it is a question of whether Jake can last long enough to capture the bad guys. The Robbersons want to help, and by doing so, drive Jake crazy.
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Equinox (1992) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Equinox
director: Alan Rudolph actor: Matthew Modine / Lara Flynn Boyle …
Estranged twins Henry and Freddy navigate their drastically different lives— one a troubled bookworm, the other a hardened criminal. As a young writer uncovers their royal lineage and inheritance, the brothers’ fate intertwines in unexpected ways.