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Howard Da Silva has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1980s.
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Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
Dir. Nicholas Ray · With Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian American mother and European-American father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.
Dir. Henry Hathaway · With Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith

Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
Dir. George Marshall · With Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix

Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.
Dir. Frank Perry · With Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
Dir. Jack Clayton · With Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern