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Crane Wilbur has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1960s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by House of Wax.
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House of Wax
1953 · Movie · Writer
Top 10%Max · Included

He Walked by Night
1949 · Movie · Writer
Top 29%Prime Video · Included

Mysterious Island
1961 · Movie · Writer
Top 43%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Bat
1959 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 51%Prime Video · Included

Solomon and Sheba
1959 · Movie · Writer
Top 62%Prime Video · Included
A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.
Dir. André de Toth · With Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk

Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.
Dir. Alfred L. Werker · With Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .
Dir. Cy Endfield · With Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan

Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it.
Dir. Crane Wilbur · With Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon

Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that Solomon's benevolent rule and interest in monotheism will threaten their tyrannical, polytheistic kingdoms. The Queen of Sheba makes an agreement with the Egyptian pharaoh to corrupt Solomon for their mutual benefit.
Dir. King Vidor · With Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders