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Willis Bouchey has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1960s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Pickup on South Street.
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3:10 to Yuma
1957
Western · Drama

Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
Crime · Drama

Killer's Kiss
1955
Thriller · Crime

Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
Western · Drama

No Way Out
1950
Drama · Crime

Nightfall
1956
Crime · Thriller

The Enforcer
1951
Drama · Thriller

Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
Western

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
Dir. Samuel Fuller · With Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
Dir. Fritz Lang · With Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.
Dir. Burt Kennedy · With James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan

as Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
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Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Dir. John Ford · With Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
Dir. Roy Ward Baker · With Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.
Dir. John Ford · With James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.
Dir. Lewis Allen · With Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason

While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be the first casualties.
Dir. Ray Milland · With Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon
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