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Preston Foster has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1950s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.
Recurring themes

I Want to Live!
1958
Drama · Crime

The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Crime · Drama

The Big Combo
1955
Drama · Crime

The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Drama · Crime

Piranhas
2019
Drama · Crime

You Only Live Once
1937
Crime · Drama

Pépé le Moko
1937
Drama · Crime

Port of Shadows
1938
Romance · Drama

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy · With Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson

An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.
Dir. Phil Karlson · With John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?
Dir. John Ford · With Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster