Walter Hill — Playwright (17)
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Dog and Cat (1977) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Dog and Cat
director: Bob Kelljan actor: Lou Antonio / Kim Basinger …
A veteran detective loses his partner in a shooting while they are investigating a gangster who is controlling the local porno rackets. He is stunned to discover that the new partner he is assigned is not only a rookie, but a female.
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Wild Bill (1995) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Wild Bill
director: Walter Hill actor: Jeff Bridges / Ellen Barkin …
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
director: Bud Yorkin actor: Ryan O'Neal / Jacqueline Bisset …
other title: Il ladro che venne a pranzo / Webster ist nicht zu fassen …
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.
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The MacKintosh Man (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The MacKintosh Man
director: John Huston actor: Paul Newman / Dominique Sanda …
other title: L'agente speciale Mackintosh / Med ryggen mod muren …
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
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Last Man Standing (1996) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Last Man Standing
director: Walter Hill actor: Bruce Willis / Bruce Dern …
other title: Ancora vivo / O Último a Cair …
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.
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Hard Times (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Hard Times
director: Walter Hill actor: Charles Bronson / James Coburn …
other title: L'eroe della strada / The Streetfighter …
In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
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Southern Comfort (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Southern Comfort
director: Walter Hill actor: Keith Carradine / Powers Boothe …
other title: I guerrieri della palude silenziosa / Manøvre med døden …
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.
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Dead for a Dollar (2022) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Dead for a Dollar
director: Walter Hill actor: Christoph Waltz / Willem Dafoe …
other title: Morto per un dollaro / Caçadores de Recompensas …
In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sent to prison years before. Max is on a mission to find and return Rachel Kidd, the wife of a wealthy businessman, who as the story is told to Max, has been abducted by Buffalo Soldier Elijah Jones. Max is ultimately faced with a showdown to save honor.
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The Driver (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge
The Driver
director: Walter Hill actor: Ryan O'Neal / Bruce Dern …
other title: Driver l'imprendibile / O Profissional …
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He promises pardons to a gang if they help to convict him in a set-up robbery. The Driver seeks help from The Player to mislead the detective.
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Streets of Fire (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData Skybridge
Streets of Fire
director: Walter Hill actor: Michael Paré / Diane Lane …
other title: Strade di fuoco / Estrada de Fogo …
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
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The Assignment (2016) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Assignment
director: Walter Hill actor: Michelle Rodriguez / Sigourney Weaver …
other title: Nemesi / A Missão …
Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.
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The Drowning Pool (1975) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Drowning Pool
director: Stuart Rosenberg actor: Paul Newman / Joanne Woodward …
other title: Detective Harper: acqua alla gola / Druknepølen …
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
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Alien³ (1992) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB Skybridge WikiData
Alien³
6.3 (26 ratings) director: David Fincher actor: Sigourney Weaver / Charles S. Dutton …
other title: Alien 3 - A Desforra / Alien 3
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.
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The Warriors (1979) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb Skybridge WikiData
The Warriors
7.0 (5 ratings) director: Walter Hill actor: Michael Beck / William James Remar …
other title: I guerrieri della notte / Krigerne …
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.