M. Emmet Walsh
Actor
- Alice's Restaurant (1969)
- Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn, James Broderick…
- Loosely built around the adventures of hippie troubadour Arlo Guthrie (son of Woody and star of WOODSTOCK), as he wanders rural America asking…
- Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. John Astin, Tom Smothers, Allen Garfield…
- Quirky Brian de Palma comedy about an exec who wants to become a tapdancing magician.
- What's Up Doc? (1972)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn…
- Creditable homage to the screwball farces of Hawks and Sturges, with Barbara Streisand as the wildcard in the life of musicologist Ryan O’Neal.…
- Mikey and Nicky (1976)
- Dir. Elaine May
Feat. Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty…
- Loosely improvised drama, with a wild–eyed John Cassavetes calling on old pal Peter Falk to help escape the Mob. Turns out he may not be such a…
- Slap Shot (1977)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean…
- Violent ice–hockey scenes jostle with profane humour in this ironic sports–flick based around a failing minor–league team, coached…
- Straight Time (1978)
- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, M. Emmet Walsh, Harry Dean Stanton…
- Dustin Hoffman is brilliantly convincing as a convicted felon fighting a losing battle to go straight after a six year jail term, as are most aspects…
- Ordinary People (1980)
- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch…
- Mary Tyler Moore contends with familial troubles of the well–heeled in Robert Redford's directing debut.
- Brubaker (1980)
- Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander…
- Straight–edged prison drama based around the true story of a warden who disguised himself as a convict in order to expose the corruptions of…
- East of Eden (TV Mini-series) (1981)
- Dir. Harvey Hart
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, Jane Seymour, Bruce Boxleitner…
- Over six hours long, this sumptuous Emmy and Golden Globe winning mini–series, adapts Steinbeck’s quintessential novel "more fully and…
- Blood Simple (1984)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya…
- A humdinger debut from the Coen Brothers, who teasingly draw out the sinister activities of shady activities of shady rednecks before nailing things…
- Missing in Action (1984)
- Dir. Joseph Zito
Feat. Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh
- Simplistic but iconic 80s actioner, with Norris as a RAMBO–figure, a Vietnam Vet who returns to liberate POWs from their jungle hellholes.…
- Critters (1986)
- Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Zane
- A gang of teeth–knashing alien fur–balls who have escaped from 'space prison' invade smalltown Kansas and terrorize the locals, cutting…
- Clean and Sober (1988)
- Dir. Glenn Gordon Caron
Feat. Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman…
- Unflinching, powerful drama with Michael Keaton utterly convincing as a real estate broker who decides to lay low at a drug rehabilitation facility…
- Brotherhood Of The Rose (Mini-Series) (1989)
- Feat. Robert Mitchum, David Morse, Peter Strauss…
- Mini–series from author David Morrell about two orphans raised to be super–soldier CIA operatives who become embroiled in an…
- Mighty Quinn, The (1989)
- Dir. Carl Schenkel
Feat. Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, Mimi Rogers…
- Entertaining Caribbean caper stars Denzel as the chief of police on a tropical island who is suddenly thrust into action when his crooked best friend…
- Narrow Margin (1990)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking…
- Gene Hackman stars in this remake of the 1952 classic about a protected witness who must testify against a mob killing. All set on a fast moving…
- Flash, The (TV Series) (1991)
- Feat. John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, M. Emmet Walsh…
- Vastly underrated TV adaptation of the DC comicbook hero, in which a forensic detective (Shipp) has a laboratory accident which causes the molecules…
- White Sands (1992)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke…
- When Deputy Willem Dafoe discovers a dead man and half a million bucks, we know something is mighty queer. Enter Mickey Rourke and all is explained.
- Music of Chance, The (1993)
- Dir. Philip Haas
Feat. James Spader, Mandy Patinkin, Charles Durning…
- Impressively cast against type, James Spader's slimy card shark entices broken family man Mandy Patinkin to accept a poker challenge by two eccentric…
- Panther (1995)
- Dir. Mario Van Peebles
Feat. Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine, Joe Don Baker…
- Released to some controversy, this relates the saga of the 60s community group–turned–'urban guerillas', the Black Panthers. A violent,…
- Albino Alligator (1996)
- Dir. Kevin Spacey
Feat. Matt Dillon, Viggo Mortensen, Faye Dunaway…
- Directing debut for Kevin Spacey, reupholsters a classic crime plot, with all the mordant, cold–blooded wit of his acting. Matt Dillon and his…
- Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
- Dir. Joe Roth
Feat. Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd…
- A yuletide chucklefest, with Allen and Curtis playing a suburban couple, the Kranks, who decide to opt out of Christmas celebrations when their…
- Racing Stripes (2005)
- Dir. Frederik Du Chau
Feat. Bruce Greenwood, M. Emmet Walsh, Hayden Panettiere
- Likable family comedy has 'Stripes' the zebra (voiced by Frankie Muniz) growing up on a farm believing he is a racehorse and being humoured by other…
- Youth in Revolt (2009)
- Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Zach Galifianakis…
- Perfectly typecast, Michael Cera plays an adorable, sexually–frustrated "nice guy" who invents a trouble–making alter ego –…
- Moment of Truth, The (Don McKay) (2009)
- Dir. Jake Goldberger
Feat. Thomas Haden Church, Elisabeth Shue, Melissa Leo…
- Quirky thriller with a downtrodden janitor lured back to his hometown by a letter from an old flame but upon his return he soon finds things are not…
- Odd Life of Timothy Green, The (2012)
- Dir. Peter Hedges
Feat. Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams…
- A married couple struggling to start a new family are greeting in the aftermath of a storm by a curious young boy on their doorstep in this…
- Arthur Newman (2012)
- Dir. Dante Ariola
Feat. Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Anne Heche…
- Two troubled souls trying to leave their pasts behind shack up in this moody American road movie, a fine vehicle for the talents of Colin Firth and…
- Calvary (2014)
- Dir. John Michael McDonagh
Feat. Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly…
- A small–town priest has a crisis of faith when a death threat is passed onto him during confessional.