Joan Shawlee’s Typical Vibe
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Joan Shawlee has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1980s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Some Like It Hot.
Recurring themes

My Fair Lady
1964
Comedy · Romance

Kiss Me, Stupid
1964
Comedy · Romance

The Innocent
2022
Comedy · Crime

Amiche da morire
2013
Romance · Crime

We're No Angels
1989
Comedy · Crime

Crooks in Clover
1963
Comedy · Crime

I Love You Phillip Morris
2010
Comedy · Crime

The Trouble with You
2018
Comedy · Drama

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

When a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego in order to become her only customer.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Lou Jacobi

Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.
Dir. Norman Foster · With Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith

A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him.
Dir. Daniel Mann · With Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine, Sondra Locke
During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss
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