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Sal Mineo has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s.
1956
Drama

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Dir. George Stevens · With Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
Dir. Nicholas Ray · With James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Dir. Robert Wise · With Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
Dir. Don Taylor · With Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
Dir. John Ford · With Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
Dir. Otto Preminger · With Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson