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John Paxton has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1950s.
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After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
Dir. Edward Dmytryk · With Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?
Dir. Stanley Kramer · With Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?
Dir. Edward Dmytryk · With Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan

The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.
Dir. László Benedek · With Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith
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