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Joseph Sargent has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2000s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Something the Lord Made.
The Drowning Pool
1975
Thriller · Mystery

A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
Dir. Joseph Sargent · With Alan Rickman, Yasiin Bey, Kyra Sedgwick

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.
Dir. Joseph Sargent · With Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam

The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
Dir. Joseph Sargent · With Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent

An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Dir. Joseph Sargent · With Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty

After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.
Dir. Joseph Sargent · With Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles