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Sidney Blackmer has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1960s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Rosemary's Baby.
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Purple Noon
1960
Crime · Drama

The Day of the Owl
1968
Drama · Crime

The Swimming Pool
1969
Drama · Thriller

Highest 2 Lowest
2025
Thriller · Crime

Side Effects
2013
Thriller · Crime

The Naked Kiss
1964
Crime · Drama

The Night of the Hunter
1955
Crime · Drama

Rope
1948
Thriller · Crime

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
Dir. Roman Polanski · With Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.
Dir. Fritz Lang · With Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer

Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.
Dir. Allan Dwan · With Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy · With Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell

Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charles. When he wakes up the morning after the night before - he had attended a friend's stag party - he finds that he is married to the very beautiful woman who popped out of the cake - and who doesn't speak a word of English. Despite his initial protestations, he comes to like married life and even changes his cartoon character from a super spy to a somewhat harried husband.
Dir. Richard Quine · With Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas

With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
Dir. Charles Walters · With Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra