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M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh


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  • Blood Simple
  • Blood Simple review by drunkenmaster from Mid Glamorgan
    Rated - 4.0 stars Simply great 3 July 2005
    ...edaya in one of his best roles. John Getz is the man who wants to save her, and M. Emmet Walsh is the sleazy private eye who turns his investigation into a murder. Atmospheri...   Read customer review
  • Man in the Chair
  • Man in the Chair review by from Aylesbury/Bucks/England
    Rated - 4.0 stars A groundbreaking film with award-winning performances.. 25 January 2008
    ...g is remarkable and not just from Christopher Plummer, who dominates the movie. M. Emmet Walsh and Robert Wagner are particularly convincing. There are unusual, funky visuals...   Read customer review

M. Emmet Walsh - filmography


  • Youth in Revolt - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Michael Cera,  Justin Long,  Steve Buscemi
    Director: Miguel Arteta
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "Youth in Revolt" is the irreverent story about the wild adventures of a teenage boy named Nick Twisp who meets the girl of his dreams while on a family vacation and has to turn his life and the lives of all those around him upside down in order to be with her.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,218 members
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  • Moment Of Truth (2009)
    Starring: Thomas Haden Church,  Rachel Harker,  Stephen Benson
    Director: Jake Goldberger
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Don McKay, a high school janitor who leaves his hometown after a tragedy, returns 25 years later to rekindle a romance with his old flame, who is dying, but this homecoming brings McKay more than he bargained for.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2 members
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  • Youth in Revolt on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Michael Cera,  Justin Long,  Steve Buscemi
    Director: Miguel Arteta
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "Youth in Revolt" is the irreverent story about the wild adventures of a teenage boy named Nick Twisp who meets the girl of his dreams while on a family vacation and has to turn his life and the lives of all those around him upside down in order to be with her.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 13,496 members
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  • Haunted Echoes on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Sean Young,  M. Emmet Walsh,  David Starzyk
    Director: Harry Bromley Davenport
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Guy and Laura have recently suffered a parent's worst nightmare: their eight-year-old daughter Kimberly was abducted from her bedroom and murdered. They move to a charming old house in need of repair, hoping the project will alleviate their pain but they soon find themselves haunted by a young ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 34% from 1,038 member
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  • Big Stan on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Rob Scneider,  Jennifer Morrison,  Melanie Lynskey
    Director: Rob Schneider
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Stan, a two-bit con man, is being sent to prison for fraud and the prospect terrifies him. Seeking help from a mysterious martial arts guru known only as The Master, Stan transforms himself into a kung fu expert - ultimately bringing the warring prison gangs together and establishing peace within ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 3,391 members
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  • Christmas in the Clouds on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Timothy Vahle,  Sam Vlahos,  Mariana Tosca
    Director: Kate Montgomery
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in a ski resort, this riotous comedy finds a female Native American guest mistakenly identified by the management as a critic for a travel guide. Meanwhile, she thinks Ray, the owner of the resort, is a man she has been exchanging romantically inclined e-mails with. Chaos ensues.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 125 members
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  • Christmas With The Kranks on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Tim Allen,  Jamie Lee Curtis,  Dan Aykroyd
    Director: Joe Roth
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After faithfully and happily celebrating Christmas their entire lives, and with their daughter Blair in Peru to serve a stint in the Peace Corps, Luther and Nora Krank are facing the prospect of a very lonely holiday. One blustery Chicago night, Luther glances longingly at an alluring poster in a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 10,405 members
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  • Wild Wild West on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Will Smith,  Kevin Kline,  Kenneth Branagh
    Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Barry Sonnenfeld is reunited with his MEN IN BLACK star Will Smith in this gadget-soaked romp based (loosely) on the 1960s television show. WILD WILD WEST supplies many impressive visuals (thanks to brilliant production designer Bo Welch) and some hearty laughs. Will Smith is James West, a Civil ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 12,977 members
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  • Retroactive on DVD (1997)
    Starring: James Belushi,  Kylie Travis,  Shannon Whirry
    Director: Louis Morneau
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    What if you could go back in time to save a life? What if you could avert disaster? Karen Warren finds herself in the middle of an emergency, with the power to turn back the clock and rescue a battered womn. Her car breaks down on a hot Texas afternoon, and Frank, a despicable and lecherous man, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 384 members
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  • My Best Friend's Wedding on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Dermot Mulroney,  Cameron Diaz
    Director: P.J. Hogan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A 28-year-old woman, who years earlier made a pact with her closest male friend that if neither were married in ten years time they would marry one another, now faces the fact that the man is about to marry someone else. He asks her to be his best man and she agrees, planning to go to the ceremony ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 19,914 members
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  • Wilder Napalm (1993)
    Starring: Debra Winger,  Dennis Quaid,  Arliss Howard
    Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After a childhood spat drove brothers Wilder (Arliss Howard) and Wallace (Dennis Quaid) apart, they went their separate ways, until a chance meeting brought them back together again. Gifted with a psychic ability to spark fires, Wilder suppresses his gift, marries the lovely Vida (Debra Winger), ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • The Music Of Chance on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Mandy Patinkin,  James Spader,  Joel Grey
    Director: Philip Haas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A man on a yearlong road trip across the U.S. teams up with a young card shark against two rich amateurs in a game of poker that seems to represent the opportunity of a lifetime. But things don't turn out quite as planned for the partners when, after losing all their money, they find themselves at ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 409 members
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  • Narrow Margin on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Anne Archer,  James B. Sikking
    Director: Peter Hyams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A woman on a blind date (Anne Archer) has her life thrown into confusion and danger when her escort is slain by mob thugs. As the key witness to the murder, she becomes the responsibility of Robert Caulfield (Gene Hackman), a Los Angeles D.A., who travels to remote Canadian cabin to protect her so ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 631 members
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  • The Mighty Quinn on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  James Fox,  Mimi Rogers
    Director: Carl Schenkel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A wealthy businessman is brutally murdered. When the chief of police discovers that his closest childhood friend is the prime suspect, he is sure it is a set-up. The results of his investigation could have grave consequences.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 523 members
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  • Red Scorpion - Blu-ray (1988)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren,  M. Emmet Walsh,  T.P. McKenna
    Director: Joseph Zito
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A Soviet undercover agent assigned to infiltrate a rebel African uprising, unexpectedly finds himself drawn to the guerillas' cause. It's all out warfare as he leads an attack against his former comrades.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 57 members
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  • Red Scorpion on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren,  M. Emmet Walsh,  T.P. McKenna
    Director: Joseph Zito
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A Soviet undercover agent, assigned to infiltrate a rebel guerilla uprising in Africa, unexpectedly finds himself drawn to the guerilla cause. It's all-out warfare as he leads an attack against his former comrades...
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 538 members
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  • No Man's Land on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  Randy Quaid,  D.B. Sweeney
    Director: Peter Werner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A bored rich boy steals Porsches for ready cash, but mostly for the thrill. A rookie cop goes undercover to prove the boy is guilty of murder and gets involved in a life of easy money, glamorous nightlife, and fascinating danger.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 517 members
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  • Raising Arizona on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Sam McMurray,  Nicolas Cage,  Randall 'Tex' Cobb
    Director: Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Combining influences from Tex Avery cartoons to Sam Raimi horror movies to 1940s B-movies, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen followed up the stylish film noir of their debut, Blood Simple (1984), with this frantic screwball comedy. H.I. Hi McDonnough (Nicholas Cage) is a philosophical but slightly dim ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 18,213 members
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  • The Best of Times (1986)
    Starring: Robin Willimas,  Kurt Russell,  Pamela Reed
    Director: Roger Spottiswoode
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Jack Dundee is a meek banker living in Taft, California. He constantly thinks about the 1972 high school football game between Taft and powerhouse Bakersfield. Dundee fumbled a perfect pass from quarterback and friend Reno Hightower, and the game ended in a tie. He wants to replay the game, but has ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 9 members
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  • Critters on DVD (1986)
    Starring: M. Emmet Walsh
    Director: Stephen Herek
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Four features. In 'Critters' a breakout is underway in a top security prison, and several inhabitants of Death Row escape to the planet Earth. The razor-teethed critters must feed on flesh. Preferably human flesh... Also features 'Critters 2', 'Critters 3' and 'Critters 4: Critters In Space'.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,198 members
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  • Blood Simple (1983)
    Starring: John Getz,  Frances McDormand,  Dan Hedaya
    Director: Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    When a bar owner discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife, a complex web of deceit and double crosses ensues in a small Texas town. The Coen brothers' first picture is an intricately plotted film noir filled with surprises at each turn. The cast, largely unknown at the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 12,845 members
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  • Blade Runner - HD (1982)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Rutger Hauer,  Rutger Hauer
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It is 2019 and genetically made beings known as replicants exist as slaves and prostitutes in the off-planet colonies. Despite possessing such human traits as intelligence and virtual emotion, they are limited by a four-year life span which forces them to question their mortality. Four escaped ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 753 members
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  • Blade Runner - Blu-ray (1982)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Rutger Hauer,  Rutger Hauer
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It is 2019 and genetically made beings known as replicants exist as slaves and prostitutes in the off-planet colonies. Despite possessing such human traits as intelligence and virtual emotion, they are limited by a four-year life span which forces them to question their mortality. Four escaped ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 5,005 members
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  • Blade Runner - The Final Cut (1982)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Rutger Hauer,  Rutger Hauer
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its debut, Blade Runner returns in Ridley Scott's definitive Final Cut, including extended scenes and never-before-seen special effects. In a signature role as 21st-century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford brings his ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 3,827 members
    Not available for rental
  • Cannery Row (1982)
    Starring: Nick Nolte,  Debra Winger,  Audra Lindley
    Director: David S. Ward
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A depressed section of Monterey, California is the backdrop for an offbeat romantic comedy about a pair of mismatched lovers. Doc is a lonely marine biologist and former baseball star. Suzy is a scrappy, abrasive drifter who can't even succeed as a prostitute. Add Cannery Row's band of resident ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 3 members
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  • Blade Runner on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Rutger Hauer,  Rutger Hauer
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Four illegal humanoids, led by Rutger Hauer, have infiltrated 21st Century Los Angeles. Blade Runner hitman Harrison Ford, is recruited to eliminate the convincing android beings before they cause any damage or create unrest in the paranoid hi-tech urban society.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 50,406 members
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  • East Of Eden (3 discs) on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Jane Seymour,  Warren Oates,  Timothy Bottoms
    Director: Harvey Hart
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck considered East of Eden his quintessential novel. At more than six hours, this sumptuous 1981 production brings Steinbeck s bestseller to the screen more fully and faithfully than any other adaptation. Sweeping from Connecticut to California and from the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 48 members
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  • Ordinary People on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Donald Sutherland,  Mary Tyler Moore,  Judd Hirsch
    Director: Robert Redford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Devastated by the loss of their older son, Calvin (Donald Sutherland) and Beth (Mary Tyler Moore), a well-to-do suburban couple, are trying to rebuild their lives after their younger son, Conrad (Timothy Hutton), attempts suicide. While Beth, who always favored the elder son, retreats into an icy, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,693 members
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  • Mikey And Nicky on DVD (1976)
    Starring: John Cassavetes,  Peter Falk,  Ned Beatty
    Director: Elaine May
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Elaine May's tense, well-paced thriller is her third film, and one of her most innovative. Using three cameras that she sometimes left running for hours, May captured a spontaneous, real interaction between actor Peter Falk (of the TV series COLUMBO), and actor (and maverick director) John ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 177 members
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  • Serpico on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  John Randolph,  Jack Kehoe
    Director: Sidney Lumet
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Shot on location on New York's energetic and crime-filled streets, Sidney Lumet's SERPICO, based on Peter Maas's book, is a rousing portrait of courage in the face of insidious corruption, initiating a motif that Lumet would continue to mine in PRINCE OF THE CITY. Al Pacino is forcefully real as ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 8,236 members
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  • Alice's Restaurant on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Arlo Guthrie,  James Broderick,  Patricia Quinn (i)
    Director: Arthur Penn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Intrigued by the counterculture tale of Arlo Guthrie's epic 1968 talking-blues record The Alice's Restaurant Massacree, director Arthur Penn, co-scripting with playwright Venable Herndon, adapted the song into the 1969 feature Alice's Restaurant. Hippie outsider Arlo (Guthrie, playing himself) ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 390 members
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  • Sherman's Way
    Starring: James LeGros,  Enrico Colantoni,  Michael Shulman
    Director: Craig M. Saavedra
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An eccentric Olympic has-been who prefers leisure to work, finds himself stuck with a rigid pre-law Yale student with no time for wasting time. Between skinny-dipping and stealing cars, this odd-couple learn from each other that balance is the key to getting the girl, getting the job and getting a life.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1 member
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  • Don McKay
    Starring: Thomas Haden Church,  Elisabeth Shue,  Melissa Leo
    Director: Jake Goldberger
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Twenty-five years after abandoning his hometown, Don McKay gets a letter from his ex-girlfriend Sonny saying that she is dying and wants him to come see her. When Don returns home, Sonny doesn't seem quite like he remembers her and everything seems a little bit off. In his darkly comic debut ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 7 members
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M. Emmet Walsh facts

5 most recent films

Youth in Revolt - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Moment Of Truth - 3.5 stars
Youth in Revolt - 3.0 stars
Haunted Echoes - 1.5 stars
Big Stan - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Blade Runner - The Final Cut - 4.5 stars
Blade Runner - HD - 4.0 stars
Blade Runner - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Blade Runner - 4.0 stars
Serpico - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Wilder Napalm - 3 stars
Reds - HD - 3.0 stars
East Of Eden - 3.0 stars
Sherman's Way - 3.0 stars
Reds - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Sean Young - 9 times - show films
Daryl Hannah - 8 times - show films
Edward James Olmos - 8 times - show films
Rutger Hauer - 8 times - show films
Harrison Ford - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ridley Scott - 8 times - show films
Joseph Zito - 4 times - show films
Harvey Hart - 4 times - show films
Warren Beatty - 4 times - show films
Miguel Arteta - 3 times - show films