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Ida Lupino has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1970s.
2014
Thriller · Crime

Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.
Dir. Ida Lupino · With Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Dir. Fritz Lang · With Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
Dir. Raoul Walsh · With Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…
Dir. Alfred L. Werker · With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
Dir. Raoul Walsh · With George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino

A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.
Dir. Nicholas Ray · With Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.
Dir. Ida Lupino · With Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmond O'Brien

With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father.
Dir. Sam Peckinpah · With Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino
Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Looking for help, Morgan stumbles across a barn inhabited by an enormous killer chicken. After doing some exploring, they discover the entire island is crawling with animals that have somehow grown to giant size. The most dangerous of all of these, however, are the rats, who are mobilizing to do battle with the human intruders.
Dir. Bert I. Gordon · With Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker
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