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Dean Jagger has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1980s.
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Elevator to the Gallows
1958
Crime · Drama

Rififi
1955
Crime · Thriller

Death of a Cyclist
1955
Crime · Drama

Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
Crime · Drama

Killer's Kiss
1955
Thriller · Crime

Force of Evil
1950
Crime · Drama

East of Eden
1955
Drama

Rebel Without a Cause
1955
Drama

White Christmas
1954 · Movie · Actor
Top 15%Prime Video · Included

Elmer Gantry
1960 · Movie · Actor
Top 26%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Nun's Story
1959 · Movie · Actor
Top 29%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Alligator
1980 · Movie · Actor
Top 47%Peacock · Included

Forty Guns
1957 · Movie · Actor
Top 53%Tubi · Free w/ ads

King Creole
1958 · Movie · Actor
Top 67%Paramount+ · Included

Kowalski works for a car delivery service, and takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to drive from Colorado to San Francisco. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
Dir. Richard C. Sarafian · With Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
Dir. Michael Curtiz · With Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.
Dir. John Sturges · With Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan

A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.
Dir. Richard Brooks · With Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy

In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.
Dir. Henry King · With Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Dir. Fred Zinnemann · With Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans

A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.
Dir. Lewis Teague · With Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo

Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.
Dir. Henry Koster · With Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature

An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.
Dir. Samuel Fuller · With Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger

Delinquent Danny Fisher flunks out of high school, quits his job as a nightclub busboy, and one night gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at The Blue Shade. Danny declines, but Fields won't take no for an answer.
Dir. Michael Curtiz · With Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
Dir. Robert Clouse · With Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger
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