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Daniel Mainwaring has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1980s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Dir. Don Siegel · With Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Dir. Jacques Tourneur · With Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas

Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.
Dir. Ida Lupino · With Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.
Dir. Don Siegel · With Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix
Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan is in desperate need of money. Crooked nightclub owner and bookie Jake Wise offers Terry a hefty sum to go to Mexico and find his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler. Terry cannot turn the offer down. When Terry locates Jessie, the two fall in love. Terry reports that he failed to find her, but Jake sends someone else. Terry and Jessie's love must endure unexpected twists.
Dir. Taylor Hackford · With Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods
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