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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
CriticCrunch has 4 Howard Koch titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Casablanca.
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In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Dir. Michael Curtiz · With Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.
Dir. Max Ophüls · With Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
Dir. William Wyler · With Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie
