Jules Furthman’s Typical Vibe
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Jules Furthman has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1920s through the 1950s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Rio Bravo.
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A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Dir. Frank Lloyd · With Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone

A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess

A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.
Dir. Edmund Goulding · With Tyrone Power, Helen Walker, Coleen Gray

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
Dir. Josef von Sternberg · With Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong

A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
Dir. Josef von Sternberg · With George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova

In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
Dir. Josef von Sternberg · With Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Cary Grant

Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.
Dir. Josef von Sternberg · With Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou

Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of Billy the Kid. In a surprising turnaround, Billy and Doc become friends. This causes the friendship between Doc and Pat to cool. The odd relationship between Doc and Billy grows stranger when Doc hides Billy at his girl Rio's place after Billy is shot.
Dir. Howard Hughes · With Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell
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