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Calder Willingham’s Typical Vibe
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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Calder Willingham has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Paths of Glory.
Recurring themes
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
Dir. Stanley Kubrick · With Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Dir. Mike Nichols · With Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
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
Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.
Dir. Marlon Brando · With Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado