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Eleanor Parker has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1960s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Sound of Music.
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The Tiger of Eschnapur
1959
Adventure · Drama

On the Waterfront
1954
Crime · Drama

The Wild One
1953
Drama · Crime

The African Queen
1952
Romance · Adventure

Blackboard Jungle
1955
Crime · Drama

Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956
Drama

Casque d'Or
1952
Drama · Crime

West Side Story
1961
Crime · Drama

In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Dir. Robert Wise · With Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
Dir. George Sidney · With Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
Dir. Otto Preminger · With Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
Dir. William Wyler · With Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix

The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
Dir. Byron Haskin · With Eleanor Parker, Charlton Heston, Abraham Sofaer