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Ring Lardner, Jr. has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1970s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Laura.
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A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
Dir. Otto Preminger · With Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb

One of the world's most acclaimed comedies, M*A*S*H focuses on three Korean War Army surgeons brilliantly brought to life by Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt and Elliott Gould. Though highly skilled and deeply dedicated, they adopt a hilarious, lunatic lifestyle as an antidote to the tragedies of their Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and in the process infuriate Army bureaucrats. Robert Duvall, Gary Burghoff and Sally Kellerman co-star as a sanctimonious Major, an other-worldly Corporal, and a self-righteous yet lusty nurse.
Dir. Robert Altman · With Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt

Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
Dir. George Stevens · With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
Dir. Norman Jewison · With Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret