Wild in the Country (1961)

Summary: A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career.

Release Date: June 15, 1961

Genres: Drama, Musical

Director: Philip Dunne

Writers: Clifford Odets

, J.R. Salamanca

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Jerry Wald Productions

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Summary: Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Release Date: June 29, 1957

Genres: Drama, Film-Noir

Director: Alexander Mackendrick

Writers: Clifford Odets

, Ernest Lehman

, Alexander Mackendrick

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Norma Productions, Curtleigh Productions, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, Norma Productions

Distributor: United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,400,000

The Country Girl (1954)

Summary: A director hires an alcoholic has-been and strikes up a stormy relationship with the actor's wife, who he believes is the cause of all the man's problems.

Release Date: May 17, 1955

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: George Seaton

Writers: Clifford Odets

, George Seaton

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Perlberg-Seaton Productions

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, CBS, Paramount Home Entertainment, RCA (II)

Country: United States

Language: English

Clash by Night (1952)

Summary: Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.

Release Date: June 06, 1952

Genres: Drama, Romance, Film-Noir

Director: Fritz Lang