The best M. Emmet Walsh’s crime movies

M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh

22/03/1935 (89 años)
Today we present the best M. Emmet Walsh’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best M. Emmet Walsh’s movies.
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Knives Out

Knives Out
7.9/10
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill
7.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 24/07/1996
  • Character: Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Serpico

Serpico
7.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeHistory
  • Release: 05/12/1973
  • Character: Gallagher
Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself.

Raising Arizona

Raising Arizona
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 01/03/1987
  • Character: Machine Shop Ear-Bender
When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.

Blood Simple

Blood Simple
7.5/10
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

No Man's Land

No Man's Land
6.1/10
A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.

Brubaker

Brubaker
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 20/06/1980
  • Character: C.P. Woodward
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Narrow Margin

Narrow Margin
6.6/10
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.

Fletch

Fletch
6.9/10
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.

Straight Time

Straight Time
7.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 18/03/1978
  • Character: Earl Frank
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.

The Pope of Greenwich Village

The Pope of Greenwich Village
6.6/10
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.

The Gambler

The Gambler
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 02/10/1974
  • Character: Las Vegas gambler
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.

Twilight

Twilight
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 06/03/1998
  • Character: Lester Ivar
A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.

The Mighty Quinn

The Mighty Quinn
6/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 17/02/1989
  • Character: Fred Miller
Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in his Jacuzzi. Although the local political establishment, especially crooked Governor Chalk, insists that small-time thief Maubee is responsible, Xavier has his doubts. This view is complicated by the police chief's personal history with Maubee: The men have been friends since childhood.

Albino Alligator

Albino Alligator
6.1/10
While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.

The Deliberate Stranger

The Deliberate Stranger
7.3/10
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Theodore Robert Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many

Mikey and Nicky

Mikey and Nicky
7.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 21/12/1976
  • Character: Bus Driver
In Philadelphia, a small-time bookie who stole mob money is in hiding and he begs a childhood friend to help him evade the hit-man who's on his trail.

Sunset

Sunset
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 29/04/1988
  • Character: Chief Marvin Dibner
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.

The Naked Truth

The Naked Truth
3.5/10
Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his Terminator-like lackie to find them. The Franks hide by impersonating make-up women for a beauty pageant. While in drag, the mafioso falls in love with one of the Franks.

The Flash

The Flash
6.6/10
Barry Allen, crime lab detective, is transformed into the Flash, the fastest man alive, and takes on the Dark Riders, a motorcycle gang terrorizing Central City.

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