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Jack Weston has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Wait Until Dark.
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After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed Hendrix back to his place to retrieve it. When Hendrix leaves for business, the crooks make their move -- and find his blind wife, Susy, alone in the apartment. Soon, a life-threatening game begins between Susy and the thugs.
Dir. Terence Young · With Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
Dir. Emile Ardolino · With Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Rhodes

After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.
Dir. Elaine May · With Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston

A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.
Dir. Gene Saks · With Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn

After a blackout in his office building, accountant David Stillwell emerges outside to find out a man he did not know either jumped or was pushed out a window to his death — and that he can't remember the past two years of his life. Enlisting the help of a rookie private eye and a reluctant old flame, Stillwell uncovers the mystery detail by unexpected detail.
Dir. Edward Dmytryk · With Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
Dir. Norman Jewison · With Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret

A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes that he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist--until he must match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.
Dir. Norman Jewison · With Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke

Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
Dir. Kenneth Johnson · With Tim Blaney, Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean

A BMX racer, who lives in a small town with his mother and sister, is faced with a tough decision, qualify for Helltrack or take his SATs in order to attend college.
Dir. Hal Needham · With Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire
A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.
Dir. Brian G. Hutton · With Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Wilford Brimley
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.
Dir. Elaine May · With Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani
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