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John McGiver has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Late Autumn
1960
Drama · Comedy

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
Dir. John Schlesinger · With Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles

A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with a client's wife.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier

Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger up for an annual fishing tournament.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, Maria Perschy

A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly gang of sharpshooters.
Dir. Norman Tokar · With Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Harry Morgan

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
Dir. Michael Winner · With Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb