Movies by M. Emmet Walsh
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Youth in Revolt (2009)
Cast: Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart …
Directed by: Miguel Arteta
Nick Twisp (Michael Cera), a cynical, sex-deprived teenager living a less-than-satisfactory existence, is pushed by the manifestation of his debonair, rebellious id (also Cera) to bed his…
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Don McKay (2009)
Cast: Thomas Haden Church, Rachel Harker, Stephen Benson …
Directed by: Jake Goldberger
At the urging of his ex-girlfriend, Sonny (Elisabeth Shue), who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, high school janitor Don McKay (Thomas Haden Church) returns to his hometown for the…
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Jr. Detective Agency (2009)
Cast: Luke Perry, M. Emmet Walsh, Katherine McNamara …
Directed by: Tom Whitus
Taking cues from his real-life detective dad (Darren Kennedy), 13-year-old sleuth Sam Steele Jr. (Jacob Hays) sets out to catch one of Des Moines, Iowa's most elusive criminals -- a…
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Sherman's Way (2008)
Cast: James LeGros, Enrico Colantoni, Michael Shulman …
Directed by: Craig M. Saavedra
When uptight Yale law student Sherman (Michael Shulman) gets dumped by his girlfriend (Lacey Chabert) and cut off from the family fortune in one fell swoop, he hitches a ride to Los Angeles…
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Haunted Echoes (2008)
Cast: Sean Young, M. Emmet Walsh, David Starzyk …
Directed by: Harry Bromley Davenport
Laura (Sean Young) and Guy (David Starzyk) are devastated by grief when their 8-year-old daughter, Kimberly, is murdered. Hoping to repair their tattered marriage, they move to a quiet town…
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Chasing 3000 (2007)
Cast: Trevor Morgan, Rory Culkin, Ray Liotta …
Directed by: Gregory J. Lanesey
Determined to see Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente get his 3,000th hit, recently uprooted Pennsylvania brothers Mickey (Trevor Morgan) and Roger (Rory Culkin) make an…
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Man in the Chair (2007)
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Michael Angarano, M. Emmet Walsh …
Directed by: Michael Schroeder
Hoping to craft the winning entry in a student film competition, teenage movie geek Cameron (Michael Angarano) enlists the help of an ornery old Hollywood gaffer named Flash (Christopher…
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Big Stan (2007)
Cast: Rob Schneider, David Carradine, Jennifer Morrison …
Directed by: Rob Schneider
Rob Schneider stars as a diminutive real estate con man who, upon learning he's headed for prison, hires a martial arts guru to train him for the purpose of self-defense behind bars.…
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Racing Stripes (2005)
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Caspar Poyck …
Directed by: Frederik Du Chau
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes (voiced by Frankie Muniz) who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken…
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Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Cast: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: Joe Roth
A break from the frenetic activity of Christmas is what Luther Krank and his wife have in mind when they decide to skip the holiday, nixing the tree and the rooftop Frosty. But can they…
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Greener Mountains (2004)
Cast: Chris Heuisler, Kimberly McCullough, Brad Raider …
Directed by: Lee Shallat-Chemel
J.P. Barton (Chris Heuisler) knows little about life away from the Vermont resort his adopted family owns and operates. So when beautiful, free-spirited New York artist Alice (Kimberly…
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Snow Dogs (2002)
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Randy Birch …
Directed by: Brian Levant
Miami dentist Dr. Ted Brooks (Cuba Gooding Jr.) treks to Alaska to claim an inheritance that turns out to be a team of champion sled dogs. Trouble is, old curmudgeon "Thunder" Jack Johnson…
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Poor White Trash (2000)
Cast: William Devane, Sean Young, Jason London …
Directed by: Michael Addis
Trailer-dweller Linda Bronco (Sean Young) can't wait for her son, Michael (Tony Denman), to start college. But when her boy and his best friend, Lennie (Jacob Tierney), get arrested for…
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Jack of Hearts (2000)
Cast: Nick Mancuso, Louis Mandylor, Ben Gazzara …
Directed by: Serge Rodnunsky
Disgraced Florida cop Jack Newland (Louis Mandylor) hopes to get a fresh start by joining the Las Vegas police force, and sets his sights on bringing down corrupt businessman Roy Murcant…
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Wild Wild West (1999)
Cast: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh …
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Capt. James West (Will Smith) and Artemus Gordon (Kevin Kline) are so well-regarded as government agents that President Ulysses Grant (also played by Kline) charges them with tracking down…
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Chairman of the Board (1998)
Cast: Carrot Top, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Larry Miller …
Directed by: Alex Zamm
Edison (Scott Thompson, aka "Carrot Top"), a Venice Beach surfer boy/gadget inventor, has been trying to sell his wacky creations between catching waves, but he hasn't had much luck.…
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Me & Will (1998)
Cast: Billy Wirth, Melissa Behr, Patrick Dempsey …
Directed by: Sherrie Rose, Melissa Behr
Hard-partying Los Angeles women Jane (Sherrie Rose) and Will (Melissa Behr) meet in rehab and discover they share a common dream: To ride the motorcycle Peter Fonda made famous in Easy Rider.…
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My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Cast: Julia Roberts, Rupert Everett, Cameron Diaz …
Directed by: P.J. Hogan
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael…
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Retroactive (1997)
Cast: James Belushi, Kylie Travis, Shannon Whirry …
Directed by: Louis Morneau
Louis Morneau's inventive sci-fi thriller stars Kylie Travis as Karen, a psychiatrist who witnesses a deranged psychopath (James Belushi) commit a brutal murder. But all may not be lost…
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Albino Alligator (1996)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise …
Directed by: Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey made his directing debut with this edgy crime drama about a trio of small-time hoods (Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise and William Fichtner) fleeing after a bungled robbery in New…
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Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo …
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona…
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The Lottery (1996)
Cast: Dan Cortese, Keri Russell, Veronica Cartwright …
Directed by: Daniel Sackheim
On his deathbed in the hospital, Jason's father asks that he be buried in his hometown, beside the body of his wife. Jason (Dan Cortese) remembers little of the place where he was born…
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Panther (1995)
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, James Russo, M. Emmet Walsh …
Directed by: Mario Van Peebles
During the 1960s, Oakland, Calif., became a war zone as the Black Panthers battled police. Mario Van Peebles directed this sprawling history of the Panthers. Though the story is…
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1995)
Cast: Lauren Bacall, Jean Marie Barnwell, Jesse Lee …
Directed by: Marcus Cole
Rebelling against her monotonous life, young Claudia Kincaid (Jean Marie Barnwell) runs away with her brother, Jaime (Jesse Lee), to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they embark on a…
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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
Cast: Jason James Richter, Francis Capra, Mary Kate Schellhardt …
Directed by: Dwight H. Little
When Jesse (Jason James Richter) meets up with the Orca friend he liberated two years earlier, an offshore oil spill forces them into another race-against-time adventure. They must band…
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Relative Fear (1995)
Cast: Darlanne Fluegel, Martin Neufeld, James Brolin …
Directed by: George Mihalka
Like most new parents, Linda and Peter Pratman (Darlanne Fluegel and Martin Neufeld) have been looking forward to the arrival of their new baby. And when their little boy finally comes,…
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Camp Nowhere (1994)
Cast: Christopher Lloyd, John Putch, Peter Scolari …
Directed by: Jonathan Prince
It may seem like a real summer camp, but looks can be deceiving in this hilarious twist on a popular post-school-year ritual. The kids have convinced an unemployed drama coach (Christopher…
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Broken Vows (1994)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Annette O'Toole, Milo O'Shea …
Directed by: Jud Taylor
A priest, Father McMahon (Tommy Lee Jones), gives last rites to a man murdered on the streets of New York, only to have his life changed forever. With the help of the dead man's…
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Wilder Napalm (1993)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Debra Winger, Arliss Howard …
Directed by: Glenn Gordon Caron
Wilder (Arliss Howard) and Wallace (Dennis Quaid) are brothers blessed and burdened with the power to set things on fire through thought. But the two have long been alienated from each other,…
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The Naked Truth (1992)
Cast: Robert Caso, Kevin Schon, Erik Estrada …
Directed by: Nico Mastorakis
Bosom buddies Frank and Frank (Robert Caso and Kevin Schon) are on their way to Hollywood to become stars when they inadvertently witness a mob execution. Now they're prime witnesses for…
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Killer Image (1992)
Cast: M. Emmet Walsh, John Pyper-Ferguson, Michael Ironside …
Directed by: David Winning
When Max Oliver (John Pyper-Ferguson) learns that his photographer brother's been murdered, he suspects it wasn't a random killing. And when he finds his brother's last photos…
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Narrow Margin (1990)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking …
Directed by: Peter Hyams
In this loose remake of a 1952 noir classic, Carol Hunnicut (Anne Archer) experiences the worst blind date imaginable when mob thugs slay her companion. Realizing she's the lone witness…
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Red Scorpion (1989)
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White …
Directed by: Joseph Zito
On a mission to assassinate a rebel leader in Africa, Soviet KGB agent Lt. Nikolai instead finds himself beginning to sympathize with the locals. He soon turns against his superiors and takes…
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The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Cast: Denzel Washington, James Fox, Mimi Rogers …
Directed by: Carl Schenkel
While inspecting the murder of a prominent local businessman, Caribbean police chief Xavier Quinn (a criminally charismatic Denzel Washington) discovers that his boyhood pal Maubee (Robert…
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Chattahoochee (1989)
Cast: Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand …
Directed by: Mick Jackson
Based on a true story, Chattahoochee depicts the life of Emmett Foley (Gary Oldman), a Korean War hero who becomes an unlikely crusader on behalf of mental health patients. Unable to adjust…
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Clean and Sober (1988)
Cast: Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman …
Directed by: Glenn Gordon Caron
Michael Keaton received a Best Actor award from the National Society of Film Critics for his turn as Daryl Poynter, a big-time Philadelphia realtor with a hefty cocaine addiction, in this…
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Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Cast: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Margaret Langrick …
Directed by: William Dear
Returning home from vacation, the Hendersons -- George (John Lithgow), Nancy (Melinda Dillon), daughter Sarah (Margaret Langrick) and son Ernie (Joshua Rudoy) -- accidentally run over a…
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No Man's Land (1987)
Cast: D.B. Sweeney, Charlie Sheen, Lara Harris …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Benjy Taylor (D.B. Sweeney), a young cop fresh from the Academy, is assigned to crack a ring of auto thieves led by flashy, rich lothario Ted Varrick (Charlie Sheen). Taylor's quickly…
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The Best of Times (1986)
Cast: Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed …
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
In 1972, the Taft High School football team challenged its archrival in a game to end all games -- and might have won if Jack "Butterfingers" Dundee (Robin Williams) hadn't dropped the…
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Wildcats (1986)
Cast: Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Swoosie Kurtz …
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
It's gridiron laughs galore when Molly (Goldie Hawn), the daughter of a famed football coach who's dying to head her own team, gets her big chance when she takes over a team at an…
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Critters (1986)
Cast: Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush …
Directed by: Stephen Herek
When a team of Krites -- fuzzy aliens equipped with sharp teeth -- escape from an outer-space prison, they head straight for Earth and land in the quiet, rural town of Grovers Bend, Kansas,…
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Back to School (1986)
Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young …
Directed by: Alan Metter
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon (Rodney Dangerfield) decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's (Keith Gordon) college. While Jason tries to fit in with his…
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Fletch (1985)
Cast: Dana Wheeler, Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker …
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Chevy Chase enjoys his finest hour playing reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, a fast-talking master of disguise who poses as a derelict to uncover a story about drug dealers. When a wealthy…
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Missing in Action (1984)
Cast: Chuck Norris, James Hong, M. Emmet Walsh …
Directed by: Joseph Zito
Haunted by memories of his tour of duty in Vietnam, retired Army Col. James Braddock (Chuck Norris) joins a delegation returning to the country to negotiate the release of American prisoners…
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Blood Simple (1984)
Cast: Frances McDormand, John Getz, Dan Hedaya …
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
In a jealous rage, Texas tavern owner Julian Marty (Dan Hedaya) hires unscrupulous private detective Loren Visser (M. Emmet Walsh) to not only tail Marty's two-timing spouse, Abby…
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The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
Cast: Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah …
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
When he loses his job, his wife and his kid, regular-guy Charlie (Mickey Rourke) is at the end of his rope. But his no-good cousin Paulie (Eric Roberts) offers him hope -- in the form of a…
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Scandalous (1984)
Cast: Robert Hays, Pamela Stephenson, Ron Travis …
Directed by: Rob Cohen
While on a flight to London, a television anchorman (Robert Hays) thinks he has a solid lead on a story about espionage when a sexy passenger implies that he's on the right track.…
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Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze …
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
The town of Grandview, Ill., exemplifies heartland America in this 1980s dramedy about a group of high-schoolers eager to see what their futures hold. For Tim Pearson, the possibilities…
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The Escape Artist (1982)
Cast: Raul Julia, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz …
Directed by: Caleb Deschanel
A minor league Houdini-esque escape artist, teenager Danny Masters (Griffin O'Neal) boasts to local cops that he can free himself from prison within one hour. Childhood flashbacks reveal…
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Blade Runner: Theatrical Cut (1982)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is called out of retirement to snuff a quartet of "replicants" -- androids consigned to slave labor…
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Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Daryl Hannah, Brion James …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
In a smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles, blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is called out of retirement to snuff a quartet of escaped "replicants" -- androids consigned to slave labor…
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Blade Runner: Workprint (1982)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
In the dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is called out of retirement to snuff a quartet of escaped "replicants" -- androids consigned to slave labor on…
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Blade Runner: Theatrical and Director's Cut (1982)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
In a smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles, blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is called out of retirement to snuff a quartet of escaped "replicants" -- androids consigned to slave labor…
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Cannery Row (1982)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, John Huston …
Directed by: David S. Ward
In Monterey, Calif., a town populated by hookers and hobos, marine biologist Doc (Nick Nolte) and mercurial Suzi (Debra Winger) seem out of place … but their shared experience as…
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Reds (1981)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann …
Directed by: Warren Beatty
Radical journalist and socialist John Reed (Warren Beatty), along with his paramour, protofeminist Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), gets swept up in the world-changing spirit, euphoria and…
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Back Roads (1981)
Cast: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
In a fleabag hotel in Alabama, a hooker (Sally Field) -- who's just been evicted from her apartment but nonetheless exhibits plenty of joie de vivre -- is picked up by an equally…
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Ordinary People (1980)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton …
Directed by: Robert Redford
Everything is in its proper place in the Jarrett household -- except the past. Mary Tyler Moore scored an Oscar nod for her role as repressed mother Beth Jarrett, whose favorite son has died,…
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Brubaker (1980)
Cast: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander …
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
When new prison warden Henry Brubaker (Robert Redford) goes undercover in a state penitentiary, he's horrified by what he sees: Prisoners are being sold as slaves, and decent food…
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High Noon: Part Two: The Return of Will Kane (1980)
Cast: Jerry Jameson, Lee Majors, David Carradine …
A year after surviving a gun battle with Hadleyville ne'er-do-well Frank Miller, Will Kane (Lee Majors) returns to New Mexico Territory with his wife (Katherine Cannon), only to…
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The Jerk (1979)
Cast: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams …
Directed by: Carl Reiner
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson (Steve Martin) runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes…
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Straight Time (1978)
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Busey, Theresa Russell …
Directed by: Ulu Grosbard
Career burglar Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) tries to go straight when he's released from prison, but overzealous parole officer Earl Frank (M. Emmet Walsh) helps ensure he's soon back…
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Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Cast: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty …
Directed by: Elaine May
Elaine May directed this intense thriller about two friends, Mikey (Peter Falk) and Nicky (John Cassavetes), who, after 30 years, may finally have hit a wall in their friendship. With his pal…
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The Invasion of Johnson County (1976)
Cast: Bill Bixby, Bo Hopkins, John Hillerman …
Directed by: Jerry Jameson
When Boston transplant Sam Lowell (Bill Bixby) arrives on the Wyoming frontier in the late 1800s, he joins forces with cowboy George Dunning (Bo Hopkins) and other homesteaders to fight the…
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The Best of Baretta (1975)
Cast: Robert Blake, Tom Ewell, Dana Elcar …
Directed by: Bernard L. Kowalski
Robert Blake stars in this gritty, hip 1970s TV crime drama as Tony Baretta, a maverick NYPD detective who flouted the department's rules when he thought they might prevent him from…
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At Long Last Love (1975)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn …
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich directs this homage to the great musical comedies of the 1930s about three couples that meet, fight, sing and eventually fall in love in New York. A playboy (Burt Reynolds)…
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Serpico (1973)
Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Based on the real-life story of New York City undercover cop Frank Serpico (an honest man who was grievously wounded for refusing to take part in the corruption forced upon him by his peers),…
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman …
Directed by: Don Taylor
In this third installment of the Planet of the Apes series, Cornelius (Roddy McDowall), Zira (Kim Hunter) and Milo (Sal Mineo) travel back in time to escape the destruction of their world.…
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Alice's Restaurant (1969)
Cast: James Broderick, Patricia Quinn, Pete Seeger …
Directed by: Arthur Penn
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant, but the only thing music icon Arlo Guthrie needs is a good Thanksgiving dinner. After he gets his fill, Guthrie's run-in with…