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Walter Hill

Walter Wesley Hill (born January 10, 1942 in Long Beach, California) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Hill is known for male-dominated action films and revival of the Western. He said in an interview, "Every film I've done has been a Western," and elaborated in another, ...
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Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions is a 1985 comedy film starring Richard Pryor and John Candy based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. It is the seventh film based on the story, with a screenplay by Herschel Weingrod & Timothy Harris....

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PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 100 min (60 hs )

Broken Trail

Broken Trail is a 2006 revisionist Western miniseries that originally aired on American Movie Classics as their first original movie. It stars Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church, and was directed by Walter Hill. The screenplay for Broken Trail...

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  • 2006

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Runtime:

  • 184 min (110 hs )

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Hard Times

Hard Times is a 1975 film starring Charles Bronson as Chaney, a drifter who travels to Louisiana during the Great Depression and begins competing in illegal bare-knuckled boxing matches. This was Walter Hill's directorial debut. The main characters...

Initial release date:

  • 1975

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Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

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The Driver

The Driver is a 1978 crime film directed by Walter Hill and starring Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, and Isabelle Adjani. The film is notable for its impressive car chases and no frills style of filmmaking. The Driver (Ryan O'Neal) is a professional who...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 10, 1978

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Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

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The Warriors

The Warriors is a 1979 cult action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on the 1965 novel by Sol Yurick. Much like the novel, the film borrows certain elements from the Anabasis by Xenophon. Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 9, 1979

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Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

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The Long Riders

The Long Riders is a 1980 western film directed by Walter Hill. It was produced by James Keach, Stacy Keach and Tim Zinnemann and featured an original soundtrack by Ry Cooder. Cooder won the Best Music award in 1980 from the Los Angeles Film Critics...

Initial release date:

  • 1980

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Runtime:

  • 99 min (59 hs )

Southern Comfort

Southern Comfort (1981) is an American thriller film directed by Walter Hill, working from a script by Hill, longtime collaborator David Giler, and Michael Kane. It featured Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Alan Autry, Les Lannom, Peter Coyote, T. K....

Initial release date:

  • 1981

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Runtime:

  • 105 min (63 hs )

48 Hrs.

48 Hrs. is a 1982 American action comedy film directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer. The title refers to the amount of time they have to solve the crime....

Initial release date:

  • Dec 8, 1982

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Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 96 min (58 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,000,000 (US$)

Streets of Fire

Streets of Fire is a 1984 film directed by Walter Hill and co-written by Hill and Larry Gross. It was described in previews, trailers, and posters as "A Rock & Roll Fable." It is an unusual mix of musical, action, drama, and comedy with elements...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 1, 1984

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Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 14,500,000 (US$)

Crossroads

Crossroads is a 1986 cult film starring Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca and Jami Gertz, inspired by the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson. The film was directed by Walter Hill and featured an original score featuring Ry Cooder and Steve Vai. Vai...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 14, 1986

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Runtime:

  • 96 min (58 hs )

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Extreme Prejudice

Extreme Prejudice is an American action film originally released in 1987. The movie was directed by Walter Hill; it was written by John Milius, Fred Rexer and Deric Washburn. (The latter collaborated with Michael Cimino on Silent Running and The...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 24, 1987

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Red Heat

Red Heat is a 1988 buddy cop film directed by Walter Hill. The film stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, as Moscow narc Ivan Danko; James Belushi, as Chicago detective Art Ridžić. Finding themselves on the same case, Danko and Ridžić work as partners to...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 17, 1988

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Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 103 min (61.8 hs )

Johnny Handsome

Johnny Handsome is an 1989 American crime-drama film directed by Walter Hill and starring Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin and Morgan Freeman. The film was written by Ken Friedman, from the novel by John Godey. A career criminal who has been deformed...

Initial release date:

  • 1989

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Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

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Another 48 Hrs.

Another 48 Hrs. is a 1990 action-comedy film and a sequel to the 1982 film 48 Hrs.. It was directed by Walter Hill and stars Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Andrew Divoff, and Ed O'Ross. Nolte returns as San Francisco police officer Jack...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 8, 1990

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Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,000,000 (US$)

Trespass

Trespass is a 1992 film directed by Walter Hill, and starring Bill Paxton, Ice Cube, Ice-T, and William Sadler. Paxton and Sadler star as two firemen, who decide to search an abandoned building for a hidden treasure, but wind up being targeted by a...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 25, 1992

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Runtime:

  • 101 min (60.6 hs )

Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing is a 1996 action film written and directed by Walter Hill, starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, and Bruce Dern. It is a credited remake of the Akira Kurosawa film Yojimbo. The film is known primarily for its intense gunfights...

Initial release date:

  • 1996

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Runtime:

  • 101 min (60.6 hs )

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Supernova

Supernova is a 2000 science fiction film, from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. The film was written by David C. Wilson, William Malone and Daniel Chuba and directed by Walter Hill, credited as "Thomas Lee." Though Hill was chiefly responsible...

Initial release date:

  • 2000

Runtime:

  • 87 min (52 hs )

Undisputed

Undisputed is a 2002 action movie released through Miramax. The film starred and was co-produced by Wesley Snipes, directed by Walter Hill, and written by David Giler and Walter Hill, who is probably best known as the writer/director of 48 Hours and...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 23, 2002

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Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

Geronimo: An American Legend

Geronimo: An American Legend is a 1993 film, starring Wes Studi as Geronimo, Jason Patric as 1st Lt. Charles B. Gatewood, Gene Hackman as Brig. Gen. George Crook, Robert Duvall as Chief of Scouts Al Sieber, and Matt Damon as 2nd Lt. Britton Davis....

Initial release date:

  • 1994

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Runtime:

  • 115 min (69 hs )
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