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John Ireland has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1990s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Spartacus.
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The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Dir. Stanley Kubrick · With Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons

Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.
Dir. John Ford · With Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature

Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Dir. John Sturges · With Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Jo Van Fleet

A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.
Dir. Robert Rossen · With John Ireland, Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
Dir. Nicholas Ray · With Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven
Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pulled. Rick sets up an escape for Joe, assuming that Joe will be killed while fleeing. But with the help of his love-struck girl Pat and his sympathetic legal caseworker Ann, Joe gets further than Rick intended...
Dir. Anthony Mann · With Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt

Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
Dir. Dick Richards · With Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland
In a small town in Wisconsin, a young teenage boy claims he has dreams of young women being brutally raped and murdered. A doctor and the local sheriff discover that the boy's dreams are real and that a sinister cult might be behind the brutal murders. They must track down the vicious killer, who may be the indestructible incarnation of a demon spawned from hell.
Dir. John Hough · With John Cassavetes, John Ireland, Helen Hughes

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
Dir. Anthony Mann · With Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness

The survivors of the first Waxwork must use a portal through time to defeat the evil that has followed them and turned their lives upside down.
Dir. Anthony Hickox · With Zach Galligan, Monika Schnarre, Martin Kemp
In Nazi Germany, Kitty runs a brothel where the soldiers come to 'relax'. Recording devices have been installed by a power-hungry official who plans to use the information to blackmail and usurp Hitler. One of the girls discovers the ploy and, with the madam's help, takes on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.
Dir. Tinto Brass · With Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin, Teresa Ann Savoy
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