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Charles Lederer has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1960s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by His Girl Friday.
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.
Dir. Lewis Milestone · With Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Dir. Henry Hathaway · With Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray
Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
Dir. Christian Nyby · With Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
Dir. Lewis Milestone · With Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
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