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Jay Presson Allen has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Marnie.
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Marnie is a beautiful but emotionally withdrawn thief, stealing from employers before disappearing under new identities. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, discovers her secret, his fascination turns to obsession, and he blackmails her into marriage, convinced he can cure her. But as he probes deeper into Marnie’s fractured mind, long-buried fears and compulsions begin to surface.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker
Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.
Dir. Bob Fosse · With Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.
Dir. Ronald Neame · With Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin

When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.
Dir. Harry Hook · With Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly
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