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Marlene Dietrich has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1960s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Witness for the Prosecution.
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An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
Dir. Stanley Kramer · With Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding

Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.
Dir. George Marshall · With James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Mischa Auer

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.
Dir. Josef von Sternberg · With Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron

In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the US congresswoman investigating her.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Dir. Michael Anderson · With David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine

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

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.
Dir. Josef von Sternberg · With Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe

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

A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.
Dir. Fritz Lang · With Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer

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
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