M. Emmet Walsh — Actor (80)
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The Gambler (1974) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Gambler
director: Karel Reisz actor: James Caan / Paul Sorvino …
other title: 40.000 dollari per non morire / Spieler ohne Skrupel …
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
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Alice's Restaurant (1969) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Alice's Restaurant
director: Arthur Penn actor: Arlo Guthrie / Patricia Quinn …
other title: El restaurante de Alicia / Alice’s Restaurant
After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner is over, Arlo volunteers to take the trash to the dump but finds it closed for the holiday, so he dumps the trash in the bottom of a ravine. This act of littering gets him arrested and sends him on a bizarre journey.
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The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015) [Movie]
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
director: Mike Elliott actor: Victor Webster / Ellen Hollman …
other title: Il Re Scorpione 4 - La conquista del potere / O Rei Escorpião: A Busca do Poder …
When he is betrayed by a trusted friend, Mathayus must marshal all his strength and cunning to outwit a formidable opponent who will stop at nothing to unlock a supreme ancient power.
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Bound for Glory (1976) [Movie]
Bound for Glory
director: Hal Ashby actor: David Carradine / Ronny Cox …
other title: Questa terra è la mia terra / Esta Terra é Minha Terra …
A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.
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Narrow Margin (1990) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Narrow Margin
director: Peter Hyams actor: Gene Hackman / Anne Archer …
other title: Rischio totale / På et hængende hår …
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. For the next 20 hours, as the train hurls through the beautiful but isolated Canadian wilderness, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues in which their ability to tell friend from foe is a matter of life and death.
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Missing in Action (1984) [Movie]
Missing in Action
director: Joseph Zito actor: Chuck Norris / M. Emmet Walsh …
other title: Rombo di tuono / Missing In Action: To Døgn I Helvede …
American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.
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The Mimic (2021) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Mimic
director: Thomas F. Mazziotti actor: Thomas Sadoski / Jake Robinson …
Based on a true story, ‘the Narrator’ is befriended by his young new neighbor, after he joins the local newspaper team. Obsessed with the idea that ‘the Kid’ may be a sociopath, ‘the Narrator’ goes to extreme lengths to uncover the truth about him. After unsettling rendezvous, the truth he finds is anything but what he expected.
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The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) [Movie] IMDb
The Milagro Beanfield War
director: Robert Redford actor: Rubén Blades / Richard Bradford …
other title: Milagro / Milagro - Der Krieg im Bohnenfeld …
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
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The Jerk (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge
The Jerk
director: Carl Reiner actor: Steve Martin / Bernadette Peters …
other title: Lo straccione / Hvem sa' fjols? …
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
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The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Pope of Greenwich Village
director: Stuart Rosenberg actor: Eric Roberts / Anna Thomson …
other title: Il papa di Greenwich Village / Nos Calcanhares da Máfia …
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
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The Immaculate Room (2022) [Movie] TMDB
The Immaculate Room
director: Mukunda Michael Dewil actor: Kate Bosworth / Emile Hirsch …
Mike and Kate, a young couple, get the once-in-a lifetime chance to win a cool five million dollars. The challenge: Live for 50 days in a blank space. Sticking it out for thirty days, and the five million are theirs. How difficult can it be?
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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) [Movie]
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
director: Dwight H. Little actor: Jason James Richter / Michael Madsen …
other title: Free Willy 2 / Befri Willy 2 …
Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
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Ordinary People (1980) [Movie]
Ordinary People
director: Robert Redford actor: Donald Sutherland / Timothy Hutton …
other title: Gente comune / En ganske almindelig familie …
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.
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Mikey and Nicky (1976) [Movie]
Mikey and Nicky
director: Elaine May actor: Peter Falk / John Nicholas Cassavetes …
other title: Mikey e Nicky / Jogo Mortal …
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long night…