Arthur Penn’s Typical Vibe
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Arthur Penn has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1980s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Miracle Worker.
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The Miracle Worker
1962 · Movie · Director
Top 7%MGM+ · Included

Little Big Man
1970 · Movie · Director
Top 9%MGM+ · Included

The Missouri Breaks
1976 · Movie · Director
Top 57%Prime Video · Included

Dead of Winter
1987 · Movie · Director
Top 59%MGM+ · Included

The Left Handed Gun
1958 · Movie · Director
Top 79%Max · Included

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.
Dir. Arthur Penn · With Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Dir. Arthur Penn · With Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George

In the 1930s, bored European-American waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with a European-American ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Dir. Arthur Penn · With Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard

Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
Dir. Arthur Penn · With Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, John Crawford
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
Dir. Arthur Penn · With Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford

When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.
Dir. Arthur Penn · With Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid

A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
Dir. Arthur Penn · With Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubeš
A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.
Dir. Arthur Penn · With Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Gayle Hunnicutt

When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.
Dir. Arthur Penn · With Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner