On this day in movie history - Blood Simple (1984)

Blood Simple

directed by Joel Coen,

written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen,

was released in the United States on January 18, 1985.

Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams.

Born on this day – M. Emmet Walsh:

M. Emmet Walsh

Actor

March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024

Credits:

Outlaw Posse (2024); A Little White Lie (2023); M. Emmet Walsh: Defining the Character (2022); Dotty & Soul (2022); The Immaculate Room (2022); The Righteous Gemstones (2019–2022); American Gigolo (2022); The Mimic (2020); Knives Out (2019); South of Bix (2019); Sneaky Pete (2019); Raising Buchanan (2019); Faith, Hope & Love (2019); Sorry, Not Sorry (2019); Toto (2018); Change in the Air (2018); Shifting Gears (2018); The 4th Annual Carney Awards (2018); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2018); The Man for the Part (2016); Captain America: Civil War Reenactors (2016); Boiling Pot (2015); Adventure Time (2012–2015); Empire (2015); The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015); Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories (2014); 5-Second Films (2014); Calvary (2014); Cigar Man (2013); Pound Puppies (2010–2013); Love Sick Love (2012); Damages (2012); Arthur Newman (2012); The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012); Army Wives (2012); The Assignment (2010); Chasing 3000 (2010); 'Til Death (2010); Pound Puppies (2010); Odds & Ends (2009); Comedy Is Pain (2009); Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency (2009); Youth in Revolt (2009); Don McKay (2009); Haunted Echoes (2008); Your Name Here (2008); Sherman's Way (2008); Big Stan (2007); Man in the Chair (2007); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); The Kite Runner (2007); Only in LA (2005); Greener Mountains (2005); Racing Stripes (2005); Christmas with the Kranks (2004); The Guardian (2001); Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003); Charlie Lawrence (2003); Baggage (2003); What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002); The Mind of the Married Man (2001–2002); Snow Dogs (2002); Frasier (2001); Night Visions / Reunion (2001); Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1999–2001); Eyeball Eddie (2001); Christmas in the Clouds (2001); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); Ed (2000); Gideon's Crossing (2000); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000); Poor White Trash (2000); NYPD Blue (2000); Jack of Hearts (1999); Monster! (1999); Me and Will (1999); Random Hearts (1999); The Wild Thornberrys (1999); The Iron Giant (1999); Wild Wild West (1999); The X-Files (1999); Nightmare in Big Sky Country (1998); Men in White (1998); Erasable You (1998); Tracey Takes On... (1998); Twilight (1998); Chairman of the Board (1997); My Best Friend's Wedding (1997); The Killing Jar (1997); Retroactive (1997); The West (1996); Early Edition (1996); Romeo + Juliet (1996); The Lottery (1996); Albino Alligator (1996); A Time to Kill (1996); Portraits of a Killer (1996); The Outer Limits (1996); Criminal Hearts (1996); Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995); From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1995); Panther (1995); Dead Badge (1995); The Way West (1995); Baseball (1994); Relative Fear (1994); Home Improvement (1994); Probable Cause (1994); The Glass Shield (1994); Camp Nowhere (1994); Madness of Method (1994); Cops and Robbersons (1994); Bitter Harvest (1993); Wilder Napalm (1993); The Jackie Thomas Show (1993); The Music of Chance (1993); Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992); Wild Card (1992); The Naked Truth (1992); Equinox (1992); White Sands (1992); Killer Image (1992); The 6th Annual Independent Spirit Awards (1991); Silverfox (1991); Fourth Story (1991); The Flash (1990); The Civil War (1990); Narrow Margin (1990); Love and Lies (1990); The Nerd (1989); Chattahoochee (1989); Catch Me If You Can (1989); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Thunderground (1989); Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989); Unsub (1989); The Mighty Quinn (1989); Brotherhood of the Rose (1989); Red Scorpion (1988); War Party (1988); Clean and Sober (1988); Sunset (1988); The Milagro Beanfield War (1988); No Man's Land (1987); Harry and the Hendersons (1987); Murder Ordained (1987); The Abduction of Kari Swenson (1987); Raising Arizona (1987); Broken Vows (1987); Vanishing America (1986); Amazing Stories (1986); The Magical World of Disney (1986); Back to School (1986); The Deliberate Stranger (1986); Resting Place (1986); Critters (1986); Wildcats (1986); The Best of Times (1986); The Right of the People (1986); The Hitchhiker (1986); The Twilight Zone / Dealer's Choice (1985); ABC Weekend Specials (1985); Fletch (1985); Missing in Action (1984); Courage (1984); Grandview, U.S.A. (1984); The Outlaws (1984); The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984); You Are the Jury (1984); Blood Simple (1984); Scandalous (1984); AfterMASH (1984); Silkwood (1983); Night Partners (1983); ABC Afterschool Specials (1983); Blade Runner (1982); Fast-Walking (1982); The Escape Artist (1982); Cannery Row (1982); Reds (1981); Little House on the Prairie (1981); Back Roads (1981); Hellinger's Law (1981); East of Eden (1981); High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980); Ordinary People (1980); Raise the Titanic (1980); Brubaker (1980); City in Fear (1980); Skag (1980); The Gift (1979); The Jerk (1979); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979); Dear Detective (1979); No Other Love (1979); James at 16 (1978); Straight Time (1978); A Question of Guilt (1978); Superdome (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1976–1978); Red Alert (1977); Airport '77 (1977); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1977); Slap Shot (1977); Gibbsville (1976); Nickelodeon (1976); Mikey and Nicky (1976); Bound for Glory (1976); The Invasion of Johnson County (1976); Baretta (1975–1976); Kate McShane (1975); Crime Club (1975); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Waltons (1975); At Long Last Love (1975); Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975); The Rockford Files (1975); Amy Prentiss (1974); McMillan & Wife (1974); The Gambler (1974); Doctor Dan (1974); Serpico (1973); Kid Blue (1973); The Sandy Duncan Show (1972); The Bob Newhart Show (1972); Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972); What's Up, Doc? (1972); Nichols (1971–1972); The Don Rickles Show (1972); Bonanza (1971); Ironside (1971); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971); All in the Family (1971); They Might Be Giants (1971); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); Cold Turkey (1971); Julia (1971); Arnie (1970); Little Big Man (1970); The Traveling Executioner (1970); End of the Road (1970); Alice's Restaurant (1969); Stiletto (1969); The Skirts of Happy Chance (1969); Midnight Cowboy (1969); N.Y.P.D. (1969); The Doctors (1968).

On this day in movie history - Straight Time (1978)

Straight Time

directed by Ulu Grosbard and Dustin Hoffman,

written by Alvin Sargent, Edward Bunker and Jeffrey Boam,

based on the novel No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker,

was released in the United States on March 17, 1978.

Music by David Shire.

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, Rita Taggart, Kathy Bates, Sandy Baron, Jake Busey, Tina Menard, Stephanie Ericsson, Dave Kelly, Don Sommese, Kit Jee Wong, Peter Kwong, Jane Howard, Ronald L. Mellinger, Michael Blakley, John Colton, Edward Bunker, Corey Rand, John Gilgreen, Mary Craven, Peter Jurasik, Enid Hendershot, James Ray, Stuart I. Berton, Barry Cahill, Susan Sherman, Francesca Drown, Emily Le Rue, Ernest Taylor III, Fran Ryan, Bob Jarvis, Mark F. Hill, Mags Kavanaugh, Daniel Nunez, John McKinley Robertson, Mary Margaret Robinson, Deborah Sahagun.

On this day in movie history - Raising Arizona (1987)

Raising Arizona

directed by Joel Coen,

written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen,

was released in the United States on March 13, 1987.

Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray, Frances McDormand, Randall "Tex" Cobb, T.J. Kuhn, Jr., Lynne Kitei, Peter Benedek, Charles 'Lew' Smith, Warren Keith, Henry Kendrick, Sidney Dawson, Richard Blake, Troy Nabors, Mary Seibel, John O'Donnal, Keith Jandacek, Warren Forsythe, Ruben Young, Dennis Sullivan, Richard Alexander, Rusty Lee, James Yeater, Bill Andres, Carver Barns, Margaret H. McCormack, Bill Rocz, Mary F. Glenn, Jeremy Babendure, Bill Dobbins, Ralph Norton, Henry Tank, Frank Outlaw, Todd Michael Bogers, M. Emmet Walsh.