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Delmer Daves has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1950s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Dark Passage.
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A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
Dir. Delmer Daves · With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.
Dir. Delmer Daves · With Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
Dir. Leo McCarey · With Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
Dir. Archie Mayo · With Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
Dir. Leo McCarey · With Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya

Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he takes over as town doctor. He meets Elizabeth, who is suffering from shock, and the two soon fall in love. But when Elizabeth is attacked, Frail's attempt to help her lands them both in trouble.
Dir. Delmer Daves · With Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden

Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.
Dir. Delmer Daves · With James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget
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